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...game was largely controlled by the Big Green after it went on a dominating 20-5 run in the first half. The run erased Harvard’s seven-point lead, its largest, which came five minutes into the game. Dartmouth was able to score, seemingly at will, with short jumpers and aggressive drives to the basket. The Crimson was left playing catch-up the rest of the way and finally fell short in overtime...
...Microsoft (MSFT) said its last quarter was bad, and looking out over the next six months, its businesses will probably deteriorate further. With sharp personnel cuts and the sale of its video game operation, the fortunes at the world's largest software company could rapidly change and the stock could outperform the market. Of course, management may be stubborn and there may be no restructuring at all. (See pictures of Bill Gates: The Early Years...
...unit of Britain's poor, battered currency? Not much - apart from power, influence and an entrée into the highest echelons of the British establishment. These are the potential byproducts of an agreement reached on Jan. 21 by Russian oligarch and politician Alexander Lebedev to buy London's largest newspaper, the Evening Standard, from its current owners Associated Newspapers for the nominal fee of one pound sterling...
...time of plunging stock markets, bank bailouts and deepening recession, the economic data released by the Chinese government on Thursday might be enough to make many drool. GDP for the world's third-largest economy surged 9% in 2008 from the year earlier. But first looks can be deceiving. The statistics also showed just how quickly and severely the global economy decelerated in the latter part of the year. China's growth in the fourth quarter, at 6.8%, was the slowest the country has experienced in seven years. Compare that figure to the first half of 2008, when growth...
...more logical to stay at 35 hours, and go beyond or below it with affordable extra-time as demand surges or decreases," says Zenevre, who is also head of the Lorraine regional section of France's General Confederation of Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses, the nation's largest employer category. "This flexibility is particularly valuable with the recession setting in and really disrupting demand...