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...According to the University of Michigan survey, one-third of consumers cited fears over job security and income level as reasons for delaying purchases of household items including furniture and appliances. Jennifer Barrow, a writer for the TV show King of the Hill, says her extended family is considering limiting all Christmas gifts to $25 and may skip presents for adults. "While the financial crisis has not hit me personally, I am concerned," says the Burbank, Calif., single mother. "I am definitely trying to follow a budget for the first time and rein in spending...
...more big time players start jumping across the pond for briefcases full of Euros, the NBA will lose the foundation of its business: talented players. While this movement has not taken off yet, it makes sense that if one league loses its best talent, the level of play will decrease. Tom Brady, star quarterback of the Patriots football team, offers an object lesson for these issues. Brady completely changed the scope of the 2008 NFL season when he tore a muscle in his left knee during the first game of the year against the Kansas City Chiefs. While many Patriots...
...opportunities to bring campus-wide concerns to the attention of the administration. For instance, when party grants were discontinued last March, students screamed their disapproval over open lists and in dorm rooms, from Mather to the Quad. However, SAC’s response did not seem to match the level of outrage present on campus...
...Food Program (WFP) has stepped up its relief effort in recent months. The agency plans to provide food in the coming weeks for more than 6 million North Koreans - about a quarter of the population. In certain parts of the country, particularly the northeast, the situation is "reaching a level of humanitarian emergency," says Jean-Pierre de Margerie, the WFP's country director for North Korea in Pyongyang...
...government members of the euro zone - and their often petulant submission to the European Central Bank 's currency and monetary policies - there is precious little to build on toward a harmonization of the E.U.'s finance sector. Regulation of banks and credit groups is still handled on the national level, and even national banks of euro-zone countries still have some decision-making power. Given that disunity, governments have little option beyond national action to stave off company meltdowns and any broader temptation to make a run on their banks...