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...Cash for Clunkers program rumbled to a halt after less than a month because of unexpectedly high demand. Buyers shed nearly 700,000 vehicles to claim government rebates on more-efficient models. Dealers complained that Uncle Sam was slow with payments, but consumers embraced the program, whose $1 billion budget was tripled by Congress after sales soared. Washington crowed that the effort created or saved 42,000 jobs. The bad news for Detroit? The three most popular models were Japanese...
...standard, Selsby said, and FAS IT has sent notifications to every account that has used its dial-up service in the last six months. FAS IT administrators made the decision to cut the service earlier this summer, when all departments and units across the Faculty were combing through their budgets. After announcing last spring that they would have to close a $220 million deficit over the space of two years, FAS administrators have only identified $77 million worth of budget cuts that are set for immediate implementation. Should users wish to “check their e-mail very, very...
...that money works well to stimulate the economy because the poor don't save - they spend, and fast. "Recovery money aimed at low- and moderate-income households has a dual benefit," says Chad Stone, chief economist at the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. "Besides relieving hardship, it gets spent quickly, stimulating economic activity that would not otherwise take place." (See 10 things to buy during the recession...
...recent budget cuts and costs of library maintenance has forced HCL to substantially reexamine its operations, and at a meeting for all HCL staff held on July 22, HCL’s head librarian Nancy M. Cline said that the unit “will not get by with modest, incremental change,” according to notes provided by Brainard...
Recently, the Harvard administration announced that budget cuts to the Quad shuttle service would be less substantial than previously stated. Last semester, students responded with understandable outrage to a College proposal to halt weeknight shuttle service at 1:30 AM. But now they can rest assured: The College has agreed to keep Quad shuttles running through 3:45 AM, meaning that weekday service will not be modified at all. Students returning to the Quad from late nights studying in Lamont, socializing at the river, and engaging in extracurricular activities in the yard area will no longer be left...