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...ministers are irritated by suggestions that the E.U. is dragging its feet, pointing out that most of the calculations on stimulus packages forget the so-called automatic stabilizers: Europe's generous welfare payments that kick in when unemployment rises. "The U.S. government should better familiarize itself with economic-stimulus measures in Europe that have already been started or are about to get started," German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück said at a meeting of E.U. economic and finance ministers on March 9. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in February that she wants the G-20 summit to focus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe's Economic-Stimulus Message: Enough Already! | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

...launch date has not been set, but owner Courtney M. Forrester said she hopes to be serving her fresh-baked daily goods by early May. Forrester first opened the Boston branch of Sweet in May 2008. “I kind of got on a cupcake kick,” she said of her restaurant’s beginning. “I noticed, as I was experimenting with my own recipes, that there weren’t a lot of places in Boston to purchase things that were fresh-made.” Cupcakes have enjoyed an upsurge...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A ‘Sweet’ Addition to the Square | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

...direct support being pledged by governments. The $3.2 billion in loan guarantees offered by the British government in January, for instance, should boost struggling carmakers' access to much-needed credit to fund areas like research and development. In London on March 11, British carmakers and banks gathered to kick-start the distribution of the loan guarantees. With car registrations forecast to slide 20% in Britain this year, the government will be hoping that it can still save its auto factories, and the jobs that go along with them, from the scrap heap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany's Auto-Woes Fix: Scrap That Clunker! | 3/12/2009 | See Source »

...dawn on the broad leafy sidewalk that runs along the riverfront Binjiang Lu, scores of dancers kick up their heels to pseudo-jazz tunes, moving perfectly in time and with looks of complete serenity while the instructress tends the cassette player and urges loitering spectators to join in. Further along, in front of the shutters of the Dragon Sends Travel Agency Co., Ltd., three ladies practice a version of Tai Chi combined with Ping-Pong, twirling the paddle about their bodies while keeping the ball perfectly balanced. "We come here every morning; it keeps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going off Stream in Guilin | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...shifted some of the scoring responsibilities from its guards to its forwards. “It all depends on how they decide to play us,” Finelli said. “If they try to guard our post players during the game, we’ll kick it up top but we’re always able to change up play during the game.”Over the past three games, forward Emma Markley has spearheaded the Crimson offense posting 23 points against Penn, 13 points against Columbia and 13 points against Cornell. Harvard looks to surprise...

Author: By Evan Kendall, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Controls Destiny at Home | 3/6/2009 | See Source »

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