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...this week, Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, said that it planned to improve its second quarter sales by offering shoppers irresistible bargains. For the last quarter, Wal-Mart reported flat earnings of $.77 and said it expected to deliver a range of $.83 to $.88 in the current period. Same-store sales for this quarter are expected to be between flat and up 3%. Wal-Mart may have an uphill fight to post strong second quarter earnings. Recent employment numbers and shrinking access to credit will hurt retail sales, although Wal-Mart probably has its share of people...
...restructuring” as House Masters grapple with the administration’s mandate to trim next year’s House budgets by 25 percent. According to House administrators, who spoke to The Crimson on condition of anonymity for fear of losing their jobs, the College administration is currently considering two proposals, both of which would scale back the position. One option is to consolidate the responsibilities of the 12 resident dean assistants, requiring one assistant to manage two or three Houses. The other alternative would be to cut the position back by two months of the calendar year...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Information Technology division plans to cut the jobs of up to 25 students currently employed as User Assistants, FAS IT Senior Client Technology Advisor Noah S. Selsby ’95 confirmed to The Crimson yesterday. Selsby denied that the cuts were budget-related and wrote that the cuts are aimed at “refocusing the way the services are provided in order to increase efficiency.” “While the timing of these changes coincides with cuts in other areas of the university, this particular change will...
...Instead, says Samina Ahmed of the International Crisis Group, Zardari's government has muddled the message: rather than punish those who used terrorist tactics, he originally met their demands in Swat. Wajiha Ahmed, a Pakistani-American graduate student at the Fletcher School of Tufts University, hopes that the current chaos holds a "silver lining ... It might put pressure on the military élite and the political oligarchy to finally change the country's outlook so that it focuses on bettering the condition of its people." But for decades, talented exiles - writers, bankers, software engineers and international civil servants - have been...
...authorities; and biometric security systems to ensure that weapons are being used by their rightful owners. After the Winnenden shooting, it emerged that Kretschmar had used his father's gun, which he found in his parents' bedroom. His father had a permit to own the gun, but current law dictates that it should have been stored in a secure location...