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...Other central banks are making similar calculations, although they are not moving as aggressively - yet. The Bank of Japan will terminate its purchases of corporate debt this December. The Bank of England is cutting back on a program to buy government bonds and commercial paper with newly created money. The European Central Bank is mulling an end to its 12-month loans to banks next year. "Not all our liquidity measures will be needed to the same extent as in the past," says ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet...
...urge all Europeans to consider the potential consequences of union, since these consequences are likely to play out the current fears we all have over our economies - economies that have been wrecked largely by incompetent British and currently inconvenienced American power players. Marissa Cockling, PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND...
...wants Britain to be central to European policy; that's all very well, but it is increasingly clear that this is not what the people of Britain want. If Britain is a democracy then the will of her people alone should ultimately decide the outcome. C.S. Lewis, DERBY, ENGLAND...
...expensive, faceless bureaucracy like the E.U. I urge all Europeans to consider the potential consequences of union, since they dovetail with the current fears we all have over our economies - economies that have been wrecked largely by bureaucrats and kleptocrats ensconced in ivory towers. Marissa Cockling, Portsmouth, England...
...colors are only getting greener. Continuing a promising pattern of leading higher education in sustainability, Harvard signed a 15-year deal this week that will ensure that 10 percent of the energy needs for its Cambridge and Allston buildings will be provided by wind power from the New England-based company First Wind. Not only does this decision reflect Harvard’s commitment to reducing its impact on the environment—making it the fourth-largest consumer of green power for U.S. colleges—it also sets an example for institutions of Harvard’s size...