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...shrinking yields on Treasury bonds expand the scope of their pension fund liabilities. Taken together, the double dose of bad news means companies will have to pony up as much as $70 billion in pension contributions in 2009 - up from $10 billion in 2008 - a development that will surely crimp many companies' earnings. (Find out 10 things to do with your money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pension Losses Could Whack 2009 Corporate Profits | 1/12/2009 | See Source »

...really interesting to undergraduates.” The hope is that an increased understanding of Warhol will lead to a greater understanding of the larger complexities of contemporary art and culture. Citing his own topic of interest—Warhol, film, and sexual politics–keynote lecturer Douglas Crimp of the University of Rochester emphasizes this point as well. “Anyone interested in culture and in American culture in the second half of the 20th century and into the present would be interested because Warhol continues to have an enormous influence on contemporary art production...

Author: By Kerry A. Goodenow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For His 80th, Warhol Granted More Than His 15 Minutes | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...Beijing and Brussels as much as in Boise. Economists are already outlining the downward spiral that they predict will follow. Banks will cut back on their lending to households and businesses. Mortgages and car loans will become harder to get. That in turn will stifle consumer spending and crimp investment in companies, leading to production cuts and job losses. Judging by previous crises, it can take about 18 months to two years for a financial squeeze to spread to the rest of the economy, which means that 2009 is shaping up to be a bleak year everywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Global Markets' Meltdown | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...Legal scholars will be paying close attention to see if Allred continues to crimp the government's case. "The decision may have a significant impact on Mr. Hamdan's case, but it doesn't change the fact that the system in place allows for the introduction of coerced evidence," says Deborah Colson, who has dealt with the Guantánamo proceedings as a lawyer with Human Rights First. "It doesn't change the fact that the system is fundamentally flawed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judge Limits Hamdan Prosecution | 7/22/2008 | See Source »

...households plowed on, and for the first time ever, consumer spending kept rising during a recession. It continued rising afterward, much faster than incomes, with Americans paying for the difference by taking on more and more debt. That debt spiral is now unraveling, and the ensuing credit crunch could crimp spending for years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rites of Recession | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

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