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...1960s to cover the cost of processing credit-card transactions. "But even as technology has dropped that cost dramatically, banks and credit-card companies have pushed swipe fees higher and higher, turning it into a cash cow," the report notes. "For many businesses, swipe fees are now their single highest non-labor operating cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailers Ready for Fight on Credit-Card Fees | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

Boston College has started its season with a perfect 6-0 record, and its defense is proving to be nearly impenetrable. It is one of only five teams in the nation to have not allowed a single goal, and among those five has the highest number of goals scored with...

Author: By Madeleine Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Looks To Rebound in Key Contests | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

...past year remained a sore spot. Jane Collins, a staff assistant in the Harvard College Dean’s Office, asked Smith if it seemed “fair” that over a hundred custodians were laid off without instituting cuts in the salaries of the highest paid employees in the University. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi and Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: FAS Cuts $220M Deficit in Half | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...Cove's central points, however, is not as open for cultural interpretation. Dolphin meat - like whale - contains high levels of mercury, and at its highest instances, the concentration of methyl mercury in bottlenose dolphin meat is 32 times the limit set by Japan's Health Ministry. School children in Taiji eat dolphin, like the rest of the town's population. Junichiro Yamashita, who years ago raised national awareness of dolphin meat's health risks as Taiji's local assemblyman, was interviewed for the film along with current assemblyman Hisato Ryono. But Ryono, who was touted as a hero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan Gets Its First Chance to See The Cove | 9/16/2009 | See Source »

...scientist of remarkable scope, having made important contributions to two distinct fields, visual system development and motor system function,” said Earth and Planetary Sciences Chair Jeremy Bloxham in a press release. “A highly creative researcher, his publications are consistently of the highest quality. He is also an outstanding teacher, a wonderful colleague, and a generous member of the neuroscience community.” Graduate student Eva Naumann, who has been a teaching fellow in Engert’s MCB 105 class, said that he breaks down “hardcore science?...

Author: By Huma N. Shah, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Engert Receives Tenure in MCB | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

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