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...figuring out ways to fish sustainably. One method is a quota system that guarantees individual fishermen or cooperatives a prearranged share of the total catch for, say, Alaskan halibut. These catch shares eliminate the incentive to overfish. And a recent study in Science found that catch shares can halt fishery collapses--defined as fish populations falling to 10% of historic highs--and even reverse the trend over time. "It's truly a win-win situation," says Steven Gaines, a marine biologist at the University of California at Santa Barbara and one of the study's co-authors...
...credit immediately, and the benefit will begin to flow to small businesses shortly thereafter," he says. Every $1 of equity creates $10 in lending power. Half of the $250 billion set aside for capitalization is targeted at smaller banks. Some banks are wary of the strings attached--including a halt to dividend increases--but they may have no choice...
...ability to continue to run on all cylinders despite both expected and unexpected losses in key areas is a testament to Murphy and Co.’s eye for talent and an indicator that the Crimson’s recent run of success is not coming to a halt anytime soon...
...that boom has come to a halt. On Oct. 13 Opel suspended production at Eisenach for three weeks to help sell off a stockpile of excess cars, hundreds of which crowd a parking lot inside the factory complex. Opel electrician Katrin Huber, 29, isn't happy about this vacation. "The plant shutdown is going to cost me more than $400," she says. "But worse is that we just don't know what the future holds. I'm afraid that the plant could close...
...Monday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and FDIC chairwoman Sheila Bair announced a widely expected effort to inject $250 billion in government funds into the troubled U.S. banking system. The goal: to get banks lending again and keep the economy from grinding to a halt. The funds will come out of the $700 billion bailout package already passed by Congress...