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...credits of $3,500 to $4,500 to trade in old vehicles for new, more fuel-efficient cars. The incentive is expected to cost the government $4 billion and to boost sales of new vehicles by one million units. "We believe this will play an important role in driving demand and stimulating sales," says Ray Young, GM's chief financial officer. (Read "My $4,500 Lemon: Taking the Feds Up on Cash For Clunkers...
...Meanwhile, Harvard University Dining Services will enhance its Brain Break budget by 40 percent, meeting a more significant demand from students for late-night food and service. Brain Break offerings will include...
...areas that experience strong seasonality in demand – such as offices serving students – new, reduced-schedule employment options are being explored and implemented. This change will better align staff hours with seasonal demands of support for students and faculty. Additionally, it will provide a more flexible work schedule, a request often voiced by employees who struggle with childcare issues in the summer months and school holiday periods...
Staffed food service at the SOCH’s Penthouse coffee bar will be discontinued for next academic year due to minimal use by students. The Penthouse self-service espresso machine will remain available if demand is sufficient, as well as snack and drink vending machines. The coffee bar space will be available for event programming, informal student use, or reservations for private events by student organizations...
...Proposals for a nonprofit organization to trim its workforce in light of a recession are rightly controversial, even from economic point of view. In the Keynesian model, a recession can lead to a vicious circle of self-perpetuating cutbacks unless the government steps in to buttress demand. Under this logic, any actor claiming to act in the public interest (including but not limited to the government) ought to buy more goods (and labor) in a recession than a for-profit corporation under comparable constraints in order to maintain employment and demand levels...