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...Greek stock market have fallen 9% over the past two days. The parlous state of Greece's public finances has prompted credit-rating agency Fitch to lower the country's debt rating to BBB+, the lowest in the euro zone, Europe's single-currency region. Further blows could follow: rival agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's have threatened similar moves in recent days. (See 10 things to do in Athens...
Recipes are rarely followed. While they are useful for inspiration, Goldfeder said, it is impossible to follow a recipe when cooking for 32 people...
...pretty much returned to normal, many smaller firms are still struggling to get the money they need from banks. It's a problem that even Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has talked about in recent weeks. The seeming solution: help get small, growing companies loans and the jobs will follow...
Analysis of the study, conducted in China between 2002 and 2006, is ongoing, but researchers based at Vanderbilt University and the Shanghai Institute of Preventive Medicine report data from the first four years of follow-up (total follow-up was five years) in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The 5,042 women enrolled in the study were all breast-cancer survivors, ages 20 to 75, and they consumed soy from naturally occurring sources, such as tofu or soybeans; none of the women took soy supplements. They fell into two groups based on soy intake...
...Management Development, Taiwanese work some of the longest hours in the world, averaging nearly 44 hours a week, and Taiwan's women are very career-oriented. "Most women are afraid of losing their jobs" by taking time out to have a child, says Liu. He says Taiwan should follow the lead of European countries like Germany, where women are entitled to up to three years of maternity leave by law. Taiwan has been making progress in this area; in 2002, the government passed a law requiring companies to allow their employees two-year parental leaves without pay. This year...