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...still hurting. Shares in blue-chip companies fell yesterday as layoffs in places like PepsiCo loomed. In the days ahead, Wall Street will receive several reality checks that could take the fizz out of any good cheer brought on by the Dow's biggest one-day gain since...
...there are growing questions about whether that could buck other worrying trends. On Wednesday, Britain announced its unemployment rate had jumped half a point to 5.7% - its highest in eight years. Last month the government acknowledged that France lost 40,000 jobs in August despite predictions of a net gain. Unemployment data and generally sagging company results, observers say, reinforce the view that Europe has already entered a recession...
...from households with incomes of less than $60,000.When students get their decisions, they are required to attend the highest-ranked school that admits them, with the exception of a few schools that are non-binding.Each student accepted this way receives a full scholarship. If they don’t gain admission in the early round, their applications are put through the regular decision process.Colleges participating in the program include Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, and the University of Chicago. Last month, the University of Pennsylvania joined the list.204 students were admitted with full scholarships through QuestBridge last year.Harvard...
...American invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. There, they trained virtually unimpeded until the Pakistani army began to intervene in 2004. Rashid said the United States’s lack of focus on rebuilding and stabilizing Afghanistan was a major reason the Taliban was able to regain power and gain new recruits. “How did we get here?” he asked. “In one word, Iraq.” The solution will not come from solely increasing U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, Rashid said. The remedy should be a major diplomatic initiative, involving countries such...
...seventh day, the market rested. After five days of tumult that added up to the worst week in stock-market history, and a sixth day that saw the biggest point gain ever, the Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday finished down 76.6 points, or 0.8%, an extremely mild loss considering the rollercoaster ride of recent days. The S&P 500, a broader measure of the stock market, finished down 0.5%, and the NASDAQ lost...