Word: downturn
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...they get older. About 35% to 50% of those who have officially retired choose to work part time, says Donald Davis, vice president for work-force development for the National Council on the Aging--all the more important now that retirement savings are being flattened by the economic downturn. "I'm noticing that about three-fourths of my clients ages 55 to 70 are working in some capacity and don't really want to move too far from their business contacts," observes Adorna Carroll, a partner in the Berlin, Conn., real estate firm of Realty 3 Carroll & Agostini...
...this economic crisis, which began months ago with an “economic downturn,” you have not said anything or done anything...
...Gore's laugh lines that got the local media going. "Amid rib-cracking jokes, Gore spoke on a variety of issues, bordering on mother's supremacy, perfect marriage partners, cultural diversity and his life outside the American presidency," the Guardian writes. Example: His take on the economic downturn: "I was the first to be laid off on the 1st of January...
...Kennedy School of Government (KSG) plans to close its Washington office, restrict administrative budgets and decrease new faculty hirings in response to the recent economic downturn and the events of Sept. 11, KSG Dean Joseph S. Nye said in an interview yesterday...
...economists conferred over e-mail and in conference calls to put a final date on the recession, according to Frankel.The committee finally focused on employment data, which showed a peak last March as well as significant downturn over the past two months...