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...that measures the greenback's value against a basket of major currencies, including the euro and yen, has fallen about 15% from a three-year high reached in March and is now hovering near a 14-month low. Economists and analysts expect the dollar to lose a lot more ground. Daisuke Uno, chief strategist at Japan's banking giant Sumitomo Mitsui, believes the Japanese currency could strengthen to 50 yen to a dollar by 2011 (from around 90 today) due to continued weakness in the U.S. economy. Harvard historian Niall Ferguson says the dollar could slide by as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Dollar Dying a Slow Death? | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...able to learn them well, it’s like trying to plant a field without having the seeds,” Grotzer says. “You have to know what to do to nourish them, to make them grow. Unless you know what to do on the ground, you aren’t going to change education...

Author: By Daniel K. Lakhdhir, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Project Zero Returns to Square One of Artistic Education | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...latest release, “Transitions,” is sleek and uninspired, relying on common tropes and clichés in order to appeal to a mass audience and mask its subpar vocals. While the album remains relatively listenable, Leslie’s attempts to create common ground render his songs false and hollow...

Author: By Hana Bajramovic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ryan Leslie | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...Avalon/Little Killer” is a maudlin piano ballad that falls short of the powerful simplicity that “All Gone, All Gone” achieves, and for which it strives. While emotive and marginally moving, the music is fairly boring, never quite leaving the ground. It is chilling, but only slightly so, and while it maintains the unmediated feeling of someone sitting down and heedlessly expressing their emotions over a few simple chords, this self-indulgent approach to songwriting can make for a boring listen...

Author: By Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Molina & Johnson | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

With such success on the ground, the Crimson’s passing game has seen less of the statistical spotlight...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Slumping Lions Not To Be Underestimated | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

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