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...economy will grow by 3.2% next year, 4% in 2010, and 4.6% in 2012. It would be hard to find a well-regarded forecast which is that optimistic. The IMF has a much darker view of the pace of economic recovery. Even the organization that produces the Blue Chip Economic Indicators survey, known for only talking to the most optimistic experts, has estimated economic expansion far short of those used in the Budget...
...more on the board before Harvard kicked into gear, bringing the score to 5-0. “We took the time out to regroup,” junior tri-captain Sara Flood said. “We just needed to get back out there and chip away, goal by goal.” Just a minute after the Minutewomen’s fifth goal, Halpern scored the first Harvard goal, giving the Crimson the energy it needed. Without missing a beat, freshman Kathryn Sall added another tally to the scoreboard, bringing Harvard within three goals of UMass. Another goal...
...feels like big companies are doing more than their fair share of letting employees go these days, that's not just because mass layoffs at blue chip firms are the ones that make headlines. New research suggests that in times of recession, large employers disproportionately lose workers, while small companies, as a group, fare better. "It's definitely the case that large firms are downsizing much faster in recessions," says Giuseppe Moscarini, an economist at Yale University who conducted the research with Fabien Postel-Vinay of the University of Bristol...
...cupcake for February 20, 2009, according to the cupcake-a-day calendar I gave my roommate for her birthday.Vanilla Dream: the signature cupcake from the “Hey Cupcake!” cupcake truck I encountered on the side of the road in Austin, Texas over intersession.Vegan Chocolate Chip cupcake with mini Obama flag: the cupcake I ate most recently—from Kickass Cupcakes in Davis Square on the day of my last final.Chocolate cupcakes baked in ice cream cones: the cupcakes my blockmates baked for my 21st birthday.Cupcake04: my first ever AOL screen name, based...
...held up while he’s inside. Van Damme manages to convince police, the media, and thousands of fans that he is the one burglarizing the post office. As the heist goes on, two of the robbers argue over their situation, using Van Damme primarily as a bargaining chip, while a third makes more immediate use of the aging acting hero: having Van Damme kick cigarettes out of his fellow hostages’ mouths for his own enjoyment.Taking place for a short time in the United States, and then moving to Belgium for the remainder, the entire movie...