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...nearly out from under the subprime mortgage meltdown and already analysts are speculating about the next industry crisis, related to the little plastic cards in your wallet. With American Express becoming a bank-holding company this week in order to get low-cost funds and share in the $700 billion bailout pool, it's clear that even traditionally resilient industries like credit cards are feeling pressured. "Credit cards are in line to fall," says Adam Levitin, associate law professor at Georgetown University. "The question is whether they will beat out the auto industry - they're racing for the honors...
...That modest, albeit startling growth allowed French officials to express the hope that a recession may yet be averted. But with the entire 27-nation European Union economy sliding .02% in the third quarter, and major industries such car manufacturing posting a combined 15% drop in sales last month, experts advise against viewing Europe's economic glass as anything but half empty, and leaking...
...prosecution e-mail describes how jurors repeatedly contacted the government's legal team during the trial to express, among other things, one juror's romantic interest in a member of the prosecution team. "The jurors kept sending out messages" via U.S. Marshals, the e-mail says, identifying a particular juror as "very interested" in a person who had sat at the prosecution table in court. The same juror was later described as reaching out to members of the prosecution team for personal advice about her career and educational plans. Conyers commented that the "risk of [jury] bias ... is obvious...
...University and see how these initiatives have moved forward,” he says.‘WHAT’ AND NOT ‘HOW’Though they may not directly experience the Task Force’s reforms, current Harvard students have been able to express what they hope the future holds for the arts at Harvard. Some are optimistic that the present Task Force will advance the institutionalization of the arts initiated by the 1954 committee. From publications like the Harvard Advocate to musical groups such as the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, many artistic student organizations still...
...telephone address to tens of thousands of his supporters who had gathered in a Bangkok stadium, Thaksin brushed off concerns about his refuge woes. Several countries, he has claimed, have offered him honorary citizenship. Although Thaksin didn't specify his possible future home, the Bahamas did express initial willingness to host the former premier when he fled Thailand this summer after his wife was found guilty of tax evasion. Thai media have also reported that the Central African Republic might take Thaksin in if he's willing to invest some of his fortune in one of Africa's poorest countries...