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Bernardi said there were "only a handful--maybe three or four" law students signed up for Navy interviews...
Steven Sayers, a law student and member of the committee, said yesterday the committee has gathered 550 signatures on a petition protesting the placement office's decision to allow the Navy interviewers on campus...
Bernardi announced the decision Tuesday. Sayers said its timing had prevented organization of any protest beyond a boycott, and that the main purpose of calling for a boycott was to educate law students about the Navy's policies...
...Wall Street today is also very different from what it was a half-century ago. Then the market and the country were in an ebullient mood; optimism was king. The stock market law of gravity held that whatever goes up must go up again. During one day, RCA-the IBM of its era-soared 40 points. In recent years, however, the stock market has had the blahs, reflecting national uncertainty about the future. This summer the Dow Jones industrial average had already declined 50% from its peak of 1051 in 1973, when adjusted for inflation. Concludes Economist John Kenneth Galbraith...
PERSONAL LOANS: In many states interest rates on loans to buy a car or boat, finance a vacation or "for any worthwhile purpose," as the bankers say, have long been as high as the law allows-13.38% in New York on a three-year car loan. But bankers will tighten standards for receiving such loans; some say they will scrutinize a borrower's "relationship" with the bank. Translation: if you don't already have a savings or checking account there, don't bother asking for a loan. Bright spot: student loans will continue to be available...