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...National Retail Federation, the average family with K-12 students will spend $548.72 on school merchandise, a 7.7% decline from 2008. Britt Beemer, founder and chairman of America's Research Group, a retail consulting firm, predicts spending will drop from 8.5% to 12.5% this year, compared with a 5% fall last year. "In my 30 years of tracking this, we've never seen two straight year of declines," says Beemer. "It's pretty...
...easy for the Taliban. Under his charismatic and fearsome leadership, at least 13 separate and disparate groups were able to forge a fractious but powerful alliance. If Mehsud is gone, that alliance is likely to fracture. His replacement will determine the new direction of the Pakistani Taliban: it may fall under the greater influence of al-Qaeda, concentrate on fighting in Afghanistan, continue fighting chiefly in Pakistan or break up into small, rival groups. (Read a story about the attack on Baitullah Mehsud...
...incident resulted in no injuries, according to FAS Director of Communications Robert P. Mitchell. The University has yet to determine the incident’s cause, but suspects that “a number of natural factors contributed to the fall,” Mitchell said...
Harvard Operations contacted professionals as soon as possible following the fall, said Mitchell, and “work began on removal the very next morning.” He added that the University is considering replacing the tree, but has yet to reach a decision. The exact age of the elm is unknown...
Farhi points out that Iran's regime began making preparations for U.S. petroleum sanctions as early as 2007, diversifying its sources of supply, moving to upgrade its refineries and implementing a comprehensive rationing system, all of which can help the regime manage the impact of a fall in gasoline imports...