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...high energy prices are hurting workers, they are devastating a number of industries, most notably the airlines. Already buffeted by bankruptcies and labor disputes, the major carriers had made steady progress in shedding excess capacity and lowering labor costs. As a result, jets are fuller. But the till is still empty. Every dollar increase in the price of a barrel of oil translates into a $365 million immediate increase in fuel costs for the 11 major airlines. Even hyperefficient JetBlue has gone into the red. "High oil prices and continued losses will probably be a slow grind to liquidation...
...fuller version of this article originally appeared in TIME's European edition
...Enron trial this week was, at times, like attending a business school seminar. On the witness stand, testifying for the prosecution against his former colleagues Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, he spoke slowly and clearly, using easy-to-understand metaphors. When asked a question he often backtracked to give fuller, more detailed answers. His testimony was like a crash course in the financial shenanigans that led to Enron's collapse. One lawyer in the audience said listening to Fastow testify for one hour was like reading about the company...
...This It.” Then, the skinny-tie-wearing partiers, barely beyond their teens, rejected million-dollar studio techniques for a bare, garage-rock sound. But the five subsequent years have witnessed a significant evolution for the band. They’ve developed a fuller sound, both on record and on stage, and perform more challenging instrumental parts and more expressive, emotional lyrics. What the Strokes have since lost in edge and youth they have gained in confidence.Despite their change in sound, the Strokes pulled their tried-and-tested tricks out of the hat on Saturday. The precise, driving...
...more departmental courses that are cross-listed as Core courses will not be substantially different than the effects we envision after the implementation of the General Education proposal. Students will benefit from taking more rigorous departmental courses, although a few departmental courses may find their classrooms a little fuller. Current Core courses may find their enrollments drop. But one of the most welcome results of a more open distribution system will be an open market, so to speak, for courses, where the best-taught courses will be the cream that rises to the top of the pedagogical milk.That process...