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...David Barker of the University of Iowa and Eric Miller of the Congressional Budget Office indicates that homeownership actually has little to no effect on how kids do in school. Their paper, "Homeownership and Child Welfare," which appears in the summer issue of Real Estate Economics, is drumming up interest in housing-policy circles for calling into question one of the basic rationales for encouraging people to own homes. It's yet another idea - like house prices always go up, and down payments aren't that important - being re-evaluated in the wake of the housing crash. (See pictures...
...consistent, non-volatile returns over several years," as well as how Madoff's alleged strategy and purported returns could not be duplicated by anyone else and had "no correlation to the overall equity markets in over 10 years." One tipster even nudged the SEC that "it may be of interest to you that Mr. Madoff keeps two sets of records - the most interesting of which is always on his person...
Already, student dance and music groups have expressed interest in performing in the newly created spaces. Executive board member of the Harvard Ballroom dance team Marco F. Perez-Moreno ’11 said that he and his teammates are thinking of putting on a lunchtime event...
...process. However, students should have also had greater say in actually outlining the requirements and the evaluative standards by which students will be allowed to stay. We also commend the College for making the Office of International Programs, Office of Career Services, Office of the Arts, Center for Public Interest Careers, and Phillip Brooks House Association available to help students find internships, travel-abroad opportunities and other activities...
...Praising China's use of moral suasion to persuade the banks to cut back on lending instead of resorting to the blunt instrument of raising interest rates, ING sees GDP returning to its trend growth of 10% next year. The Shanghai index now "rests two standard deviations below the trend line that starts in early November 2008, which we consider strong support," says ING chief economist Tim Condon. "We do not expect the support to be broken...