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Three other nations on the fringe of the euro zone--Portugal, Ireland and Spain--are caught in the undertow of Greece's crisis. All three have displayed better fiscal behavior than Greece, but they suffer from the same disconnect between their dire local economic conditions and the monetary policymakers in Frankfurt with other things on their minds. Meanwhile, a core euro-zone country, Italy, has also fallen out of favor with investors because of its high government debt. In a sure sign that these troubles are serious, market analysts have assigned them a catchy acronym: PIGS, for Portugal, Ireland, Greece...
Associate Vice President of Harvard Real Estate Services James W. Gray said that while he agrees commercial real estate markets are stressed, the situation is less dire in Cambridge...
...about a quarter of the 1.2 million Haitians who lost homes have been given tents (which relief agencies argue are scarce right now on the global market) or plastic sheeting (which those agencies now say is more practical than tents). Sanitation is even scarcer, causing health officials to raise dire warnings about widespread disease. Amid increasing Haitian anger and desperation, the Washington Post reported last week that the head of the U.N.'s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs sent an e-mail to staff saying he was "disappointed" by their performance...
Perhaps the one defect of Buzz is that it enables virtually anyone you have ever e-mailed to follow you. Needless to say, this could have dire, awkward consequences, especially, say, if you posted a Playboy article before realizing that your TF was following you. Sure, you can “block” followers, but not until after they have started following you. However, this little function can easily be fixed—get to work, Google...
...Louis' newness is agreeably tempered by its location in a 100-year-old building overlooking the charming Viktualienmarkt (Victuals Market). This Munich institution imparts a wonderful sense of place to the Louis - something that many of today's increasingly formulaic boutique hotels are in dire need of. Here the breakfast buffet is full of fresh ingredients bought just a few feet away and every night the restaurant is filled with hungry locals. What Ludwig would have made of the sushi on the menu, however, is anyone's guess...