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...order to really understand the CIA's angst, you have to remember that the Pentagon already takes more than 80% of the intelligence budget. It runs the National Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency and is in charge of satellites. In Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon dwarfs the CIA in terms of people and money it has for spying. Which leaves the CIA with stations like Kabul serving as small but important citadels of independent civilian intelligence. (Read "The CIA's Silent War in Pakistan...
...planned 30 percent drop in value of the endowment over the fiscal year, which has also caused an 8 percent drop in the amount paid out from the endowment to the University's schools next year. Because compensation costs comprise nearly half of Harvard's annual $3.5 billion operating budget, University officials have long alluded to the need for further layoffs, which have been rumored to take place by the end of the summer.Galvin said that it is "premature" to predict when workforce changes will take place. He also said that discussions are continuing about the feasibility of a similar...
...will start her job shortly after the University asked the Law School to cut 10 percent from its operating budget in order to cope with a precipitous fall in Harvard's endowment. And though much of the budget for the coming fiscal year will have been written by Jackson, the acting dean, tough economic times are likely to continue, and Harvard has said support from the endowment will fall still further in the following fiscal year...
...consider to be onerous. Though not spelled out at this point, the bill will include "hardship" exemptions. More importantly, it would also feature a big expansion of Medicaid, the federal-state program that provides health care to the poor, though lawmakers are still awaiting figures from the Congressional Budget Office that would indicate how much bigger they could make the existing program...
...Budget European carrier Ryanair promises to follow through, within two years, on its threat to charge travelers to use onboard toilets. That luxury will cost you 1 pound ($1.60). The airline will also eliminate airport check-in desks, instead charging passengers 5 pounds ($8) to self-check in online. Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary considered asking passengers also to load their own luggage, but security officials say that's impractical, logistically speaking...