Word: inflationitis
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Six years after Princeton capped the number of A’s its professors doled out, discussion over grade inflation has reemerged on Ivy League campuses.
Students at Princeton recently expressed discontent with their school’s grade inflation policy, which limits the number of A’s awarded in each department to 35 percent.
Two notes of restraint: First, the movie's income is swelled by the higher prices charged for the 3-D version and the Imax experience. (These formats account for 80% of the film's domestic gross; worldwide, Avatar has earned about $125 million in just 262 Imax theaters.) Second, the...
A chilling frugality may remain in the air, but buds of optimism for retailers are sprouting nonetheless. The National Retail Federation (NRF), in its 2010 outlook released Tuesday, Jan. 26, expects retail sales to rise 2.5% on average in 2010, reversing the 2.5% decline seen in 2009. "As we continue...
Back in Vogue Volcker was living in New York City, getting engaged to his longtime assistant, giving speeches around the world, making wry comments about the uselessness of financial innovation and the remorselessness of Wall Street. He was also making cagey references to his lack of influence with Obama, for...