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...rise, and we need to begin protecting sensitive coastlines better than we did in New Orleans. The Pacific Institute study suggests that some 1,100 miles of improved coastal defenses - including dunes and seawalls - would be needed to protect against a 1.4 m sea rise. It won't be cheap - the cost will be at least $14 billion up front, according to the Pacific Institute, with an additional $1.4 billion a year in maintenance costs. But even that might not be enough. "Eventually you could see phased abandonment of certain areas that would experience flooding a lot," says Cooley...
...Taylor does not sell expensive clothes and accessories and it does not sell cheap ones. That puts it right in the center of the drop-off in middle class buying power. Firms including Liz Claiborne (LIZ) and Talbot's (TAL) are in about the same spot. Ann Taylor is probably much better off than genuinely failing retailers including Bon-Ton (BONT) and Gap (GPS). Ann Taylor, of course, is not Wal-Mart which will most likely stay in a world all its own for the duration of the downturn...
...yesterday’s general meeting the UC voted unanimously to endorse and publicize getoutofcambridge.com, a Web site designed to help students coordinate cheap transportation from Harvard...
While the first half of the legislation—which resolved to have the Council endorse and publicize www.getoutofcambridge.com, a site designed to help students find cheap transportation from Harvard—received unanimous support from the Council, two other clauses were much more contentious...
...Cheap Sleeps. If you're staying within the shores of the U.S. or Canada and are looking for modest accommodations, Country Inns & Suites, which offers free Wi-Fi, hot breakfast and morning newspapers, is giving guests 33% off each night of a three-night stay through April 30 at any of its 450 North American properties, plus a dining coupon at the T.G.I.Fridays restaurants. With the discount, nightly rates start...