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...With reporting by Maithili Chakravarthy/New Delhi, Hanna Kite/Hong Kong, Jeffrey Kluger/Budapest, Megan Lindow/Cape Town, Dolly Mascarenas/Mexico City, Amany Radwan/Cairo, Jason Tedjasukmana/Jakarta, Michiko Toyama/Tokyo, Jennifer Veale/Seoul, Isabel Vincent/Rio de Janeiro, Jane Walker/Madrid and Jodi Xu/Beijin
...Congress to dictate the formulas by which student financial aid and endowment spend out should be connected.” But advocates of closer regulation argue that students are not benefiting from universities’ increasing wealth. Citing her findings in a report commissioned by the Finance Committee, Jane G. Gravelle, an economic policy specialist for the Congressional Research Service, argued that low endowment payments in recent years—a number she said hovered under 5 percent of yearly income—indicated a need to impose mandates on how schools use their money. “Small additions...
Credit Colin Firth and his toned torso emerging from a fountain in the BBC adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” for ushering in an era of Jane Austen fervor. Nearly 10 years after most women with a pulse realized Mark Darcy is the most eligible bachelor in fictional history comes “The Jane Austen Book Club,” a film adaptation of the popular novel by Karen Joy Fowler. The premise of “Book Club” is refreshingly intelligent. It is a step above standard romantic dramedy fare that...
...jury in St. George, Utah, agreed with the proscution. Jeffs, who heads the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (FLDS), was found guilty of two counts of being an accomplice to the rape of a 14-year-old girl, known throughout the trial as "Jane Doe IV," by forcing her into marriage with her first cousin, Allen Steed. In a town that is a 50-50 split between old Mormon residents and newcomers with more liberal politics and lifestyles - a split echoed in the makeup of the eight-person jury - it was a gamble for both...
...specialty stores or fashion discounters?Baker has made it his mission to reinvigorate the 181-year-old chain by keeping it small: he will downsize the New York City flagship store and continue with a tightly edited merchandise mix tailored to East Coast suburban families at all the stores. Jane Elfers, Lord & Taylor's CEO for the past seven years, has been quietly restructuring the brand away from the store your grandmother loves into a showcase for top American design talent. And the business-savvy Baker just might have the right mix of creativity and cash to give the turnaround...