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...maybe the argument is flawed. New research by David Barker of the University of Iowa and Eric Miller of the Congressional Budget Office indicates that homeownership actually has little to no effect on how kids do in school. Their paper, "Homeownership and Child Welfare," which appears in the summer issue of Real Estate Economics, is drumming up interest in housing-policy circles for calling into question one of the basic rationales for encouraging people to own homes. It's yet another idea - like house prices always go up, and down payments aren't that important - being re-evaluated...
...movies with a lower body count and slower pulse, Julie & Julia and The Time Traveler's Wife kept purring along; Meryl Streep's impersonation of Julia Child has now earned more than $70 million, while the Eric Bana-Rachel McAdams love story is nearing $50 million. In its opening weekend, Taking Woodstock - Ang Lee's tale of peace, love and outrageous Jewish stereotypes - took in a wan $3.7 million. That wouldn't be too big a disappointment for a low-budget film, but Woodstock cost a mediumish $30 million - the same as District...
...other areas where Google has ventured. That includes e-mail and office programs (Gmail, Google Docs), a cell-phone operating system (Android) and a Web browser (Chrome). Google scans and sells books, runs a phone system and is even working on a desktop operating system to rival Windows. CEO Eric Schmidt recently stepped down from Apple's board of directors because the two companies now compete in so many areas. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating a legal settlement between Google and the publishing industry over the company's book-scanning service, and Christine Varney, Justice's antitrust chief, said...
...Eric Schmidt, Google CEO The Revenue Question: 97% of its revenue is from online ads. Everything else is a hobby The Search Strategy: Ignore Bing for now and focus on making Google even better The Perception Problem: Google is losing its halo as it expands into phones and operating systems...
...Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu...