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...Losses may also continue to mount as the financial crisis in the U.S. unfolds. Major Japanese banks, for example, have some $3 billion in exposure to Lehman Bros., which filed for bankruptcy last week. Individuals have also been hurt. In Hong Kong, hundreds of residents who purchased Lehman bonds held a protest on Sunday demanding the government help secure their investments...
Organizational psychologists Timothy Judge and Beth Livingston found that men who reported holding traditional views (that is, that women belong in the home, while men earn the money) earned on average $11,930 more annually for doing the same kind of work as men who held more egalitarian views. The reverse was true for women, to a much smaller degree. Female workers with more egalitarian views (that men and women should evenly divide the tasks at home and contribute equally to their shared finances) earned $1,052 more than women who did similar jobs but held more traditional views...
...from 14 to 22; by the end of the study, those volunteers were approaching 50. The salaries that researchers analyzed ranged from $22,795 on average for egalitarian-minded men to $34,725 for men with traditional attitudes. Women with egalitarian attitudes made $21,373, compared with women who held traditional attitudes and earned $20,321. The findings were published in the September issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology...
This weekend a reenergized men’s golf surged ahead of Princeton at the annual McLaughlin Tournament held at the famed Bethpage Red Course in Farmingdale, N.Y., finding redemption after last year’s last-place finish. “This year we’ve come back with a new attitude,” captain Michael Shore said. “For the first time in a long time we have more upperclassmen than lower classmen. Our attitude in practice is better, we’re playing better golf, getting better scores, and expecting more...
Although the season is just beginning for Harvard men’s tennis, its schedule suggests that the hard work starts now. From Friday to Sunday, the Crimson competed in two tournaments: the Northeast Invitational held in Flushing, N.Y. and the Brown Invitational held in Providence, R.I. With the Northeast USTA collegiate event providing a mixture of opponents—from highly-seeded national programs to Ivy League and local college teams—it was the ideal preparation for Harvard. With important tournaments to be played in the upcoming months, the Crimson aims to continue its progress...