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...that saw 1,500 students brave the pouring rain to meet with upwards of 140 employers. The participation of 38 consulting firms and 37 finance companies represented a strong presence at the event, though notably absent were major banks including Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, which have attended the career fair in the past. OCS’s interim director, Robin E. Mount, explained that many firms have said that the career forum would not be the best use of their recruiting budgets. Despite the turmoil on Wall Street, most recruiters interviewed said that their hiring numbers have not changed...
...shrewdly make a profit from the assets they purchase. The $700 billion price tag, however, appears to have been derived somewhat arbitrarily—especially considering that the targeted assets evade precise valuation. This large sum needs to be used sensibly, coupled with thorough negotiation with banks to determine fair values for damaged assets. Furthermore, the government should be more forthcoming in where they see these bailout funds coming from. Printing money will not be an acceptable source, and if they anticipate increasing taxes, that must be made clear. Moreover, alternative sources of funds to remove these assets should...
...part of an event put on by the Black Students Association. And, of course, dorm and House televisions across campus were tuned in. While this contest will be the first time that most undergraduates can vote in a presidential election, some students said that they have never witnessed a fair election period. Before the candidates took the podiums, a student from Ethiopia, Ammanuel G. Gebeyehu ’12, explained, “I actually want to know how these people handle pressure. I’ve never seen democracy before.” Even though he won?...
...from as far away as the Pacific island of Palau, employee turnover remains a problem. Management is also confronting efforts by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union to organize at the plant, as well as competition from a Minnesota meatpacker that boldly scheduled a job fair in Postville last week, offering higher wages than those paid by Agriprocessors...
...Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, which studies hate groups and extremism in America, disagrees: "That's hogwash," he says, citing a lawsuit under way against a different Klan branch, the Imperial Klans of America, for allegedly assaulting a teenager at a county fair in Kentucky...