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...change of heart? Basic economics. Fewer than 1 million cars were sold in the U.S. last month - the lowest monthly figure in 15 years - as car loans and job prospects dried up for many Americans. And in Europe, where nearly half of car purchases are financed, auto executives have told reporters that they are bracing for tough times ahead. (Click here to see the most important cars of all time...
...unsteady financial times: their property tax bills will also show little to no increase. Thanks to the City Council which agreed on the property tax rate for fiscal year 2009 last night. More than 58 percent of residential property owners will see either no change or an increase of fewer than $100 in their tax bill, while 25 percent will experience a decrease in their property taxes, City Manager Robert W. Healy told the Council last night. For the most part, the small percentage of residents to pay increases of over $500 have recently renovated their homes, thus increasing their...
...applying for jobs right now and there’s a lot more competition and there are fewer jobs so things are more stressful,” Kyle E. D. Wiggins ’09 said. “I’m looking for jobs in finance, consulting, and private equity, but because of the financial crisis I’m looking at Teach for America and thinking about going abroad...
...concerned things could go wrong," he says. So is he. Which is why he's decided to keep a tight cap on spending instead of expanding his business. That means $35,000 less juicing of the economy when Mitternight doesn't buy a truck. And it means one fewer job created for an HVAC technician...
...oldest debates in contemporary social science is why women earn less than men. Conservatives tend to argue that because women anticipate taking time off to raise children, they have fewer incentives to work hard in school, and they choose careers where on-the-job training and long hours are less important. Liberals tend to focus on sex discrimination as the explanation. Obviously some mixture of those factors is at work, but academics have long been frustrated when they try to estimate which force is greater: women's choices or men's discrimination...