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WASHINGTON, D. C.: Hoping that its third interest rate cut in the past eight months will provide a kick-start to a gradually slowing economy, the Federal Reserve Wednesday lowered short-term interest rates one quarter point to 5.25 percent. Commercial banks quickly followed the move, dropping their prime lending rates to 8.25 percent. The White House welcomed the Fed's action, hoping that lower interest rates will encourage consumers to borrow and spend more. The cut came despite new government figures released Wednesday that show wholesale prices rose 0.5 percent for the second month...
...month, the separatist Parti Québécois (PQ) government of Quebec launched 18 commissions to drum up public support for sovereignty. In what was to have been an explosive first month, the commissions have proven to be the latest flop in a series of failed attempts to kick-start nationalist passions. Only 38.5 percent of Quebecers in a recent survey indicated that they were "paying a lot or some attention" to the commissions. One source reported that in the midst of "many tough questions" on separation, the commissions produced "few clear answers." Support for sovereignty hovers at around...
...game, it could be a start: the power play needs a kick-start, and the team as a whole could still use a booster shot. And Tomassoni is right--Konik is too good to stay downtrodden for long...
...meantime, Dr. Robert Redfield of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington and his colleagues are trying to develop a vaccine that helps people who are already infected. By injecting a slightly modified form of the virus' protein coat, the Army researchers hope to kick-start the patients' immune systems into mounting an effective counterattack. Redfield thinks that his version of the viral coat may share enough characteristics with all the known mutant strains of HIV to overcome the variability problem. Said Redfield, a rare, unabashed optimist at the Amsterdam meeting: "I believe HIV is very simple, very...
...government is preparing a spending package designed to kick-start the economy out of its lethargy, though many doubt it will rev up all that easily. Says Kenichi Ohmae, managing director of the Tokyo office of McKinsey & Co. and the author of several best-selling business books: "This is the first time we have experienced an asset-based recession. Nobody knows how deep...