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...machines and a host of other candy brands that will keep dentists employed for a millennium. Plus, most products have a kid-friendly feel - Elmo and Grover on the juice boxes, food packaged as "P'Sghettti Loops," toddler toothbrushes and such. Still, the intent of the "R" Market is clear. With nondiscretionary products like toys more vulnerable to consumer-spending swings, Toys "R" Us needs to give parents more reasons to shop at its stores. "Certainly, we believe this is right for the times, or we wouldn't be rolling it out," says Gerald Storch, chairman and CEO of Toys...
...younger professors to rise in their fields. In fact, in many ways this is a better cost-cutting method than the hiring freeze, which prevents any new talent from being hired. If FAS is faced with the choice between a buyout and a hiring freeze, the buyout is the clear best choice...
...unless your southern spring break was a month long, you're probably in the clear...
...meantime, the report concludes, colleges and universities can start closing the gap by beefing up mentoring programs, establishing clear guidelines and paths for promotion, and making sure that women are aware of those guidelines. "Institutions should promote people based on their values," says Feal. "So if they value service to the college community and they value teaching, they should find ways to evaluate professors' entire profile when they consider them for promotion...
...popular president taking on a reviled industry should get what he wants, in principle, especially when he's working with a sympathetic Congress. But it's not so clear Barack Obama will be able to deliver on his promises of clamping down on credit card abuses, thanks to the banking industry's experienced Washington lobbyists and their plans to limit proposed restrictions on their business...