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...attempts to run the border are growing costlier and more dangerous. Since Sept. 11, the demand for smugglers who guide workers through remote crossings has risen, doubling the average fee to $2,000. Tougher enforcement in border cities has pushed migrants to cross through the desert, where some die of dehydration. Francisco Perez has made four solo attempts. Now, he says, "my family will hire someone"--meaning a smuggler to guide him through the desert. Sept. 11 has made it both tougher to cross into the U.S. and ever more urgent...
...court time in the Murr can only be reserved for a fee that the club team says it can’t afford...
...BioMed Centrals founders insist the journal has a future because of its revolutionary approach to publishing, where scientists pay a nominal fee for their article to undergo review and the journal itself makes no profit from the publication of the article...
Jones said that in addition to the new wage proposal, Harvard was “intrigued” by the union’s health benefit proposal. The proposal would have Harvard contribute to a fund that would help workers’ pay their share of a health care fee...
...refused to bail out Sogo, a hopelessly debt-ridden but beloved chain of department stores, forcing it into bankruptcy. And the bank initiated bankruptcy proceedings against First Credit Corp., Japan's biggest mortgage-loan specialist. Aside from overhauling its investment-banking business, Shinsei also launched a retail business featuring fee-free, 24-hr. services at its network of 56,000 atms--a concept considered revolutionary here. Shinsei offers savers returns higher than those of traditional banks, at which, Yashiro notes, the annual interest income on a 1 million yen deposit--about $7,700--earns the equivalent of two bus tickets...