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...reserve currency in its annual financial-stability report released last Friday. Raising concerns of a move away from the dollar as the world's reserve, the proposal for a "super-sovereign" coin nudged down the greenback vs. a host of major currencies. That may have been a tad more impact than Zhou was seeking: with something like two-thirds of China's roughly $2 trillion of foreign-currency reserves held in dollars, the lower a buck goes, the less China's vast pot of cash is worth...
...continuing to look for ways to curb drunk driving, MADD is emphasizing its negative economic impact. MADD estimates that drunk driving now accounts for 18% of the nation's auto-insurance bill and 20% of all emergency-room costs that are never reimbursed, as well as 16% of all probation costs and 6% of all jail cells used...
...surge in purchasing power, driving Bed Bath & Beyond's positive results. "Consumer spending is wrecked indefinitely," says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a retail investment banking and consulting firm based in New York City. "There is no more Linens 'n Things. How can that not have a tremendous impact on Bed Bath & Beyond...
...layoffs were spread across departments and included management staff, but Law School officials declined to specify the exact financial impact of the cuts...
...Langley said he is concerned that there is a "passivity" in the Harvard community about the recent University-wide staff layoffs, as well as the janitorial cuts. But he insisted that "despite what people say, [the cuts] will have an impact on the academic quality of the institution...