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...Consumer sentiment is tied first and foremost to their jobs and job security. I think the main influence on this report was the unemployment numbers for February, which came out in the first part of March. With unemployment at 4.2 percent, I think people realize that whatever happens in the markets, the most important factor in their lives is going to be whether they're working or not, and the fact that unemployment is still holding - after eight months of the economy sliding - has to be encouraging...
...DIED. PETER HAYES, 52, renowned Australian racehorse trainer and member of one of his country's foremost racing dynasties, in a light airplane crash; in western Victoria state. The son of legendary trainer Colin Hayes and brother of champion Hong Kong trainer David, Peter Hayes took over the family's internationally acclaimed Lindsay Park stud in 1995. Known for his quiet courtesy, he was the leading trainer in Victoria and Adelaide three times in the past five years...
...with Geibel. Their initial idea was to build a trading platform on the Internet to bring together buyers and sellers of industrial fasteners such as nuts, bolts and screws - the very products ABC makes. But the old-line manufacturers balked. In fact, Dicke's father was among Matchbid's foremost opponents, arguing that the Internet could destroy his business by increasing price transparency and driving down margins. Dicke tried everything to woo his father, including giving him a year's free membership in the exchange for his 70th birthday last September. "He couldn't convince his father - this...
...foremost authority in the U.S. on comparative corporate governence," said Thayer Professor of Law Reinier H. Kraakman '71. "We don't have anyone [at HLS] who does exactly what he does...
...Democrats controlled the debate, they paid for the mike, they owned the issues. Bush was busy campaigning on the promise of a huge tax cut that most voters said they didn't want; Clinton was insisting that it was more important to pay down the debt first and foremost, and taking credit for every merry thing that was happening to every leading economic indicator...