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...coin floats on water (or beer), a perfect analogy for the last few years of the dollar's strength against Japanese currency. Now, however, the yen is sinking to the bottom of the glass as the dollar has becomes featherweight. On Thursday it slipped to 99.7 yen, the lowest it has been since November 1995. Following suit on Friday, Tokyo stocks plummeted to their lowest levels since August 2005. Just a few months ago, the rate was 113 to the dollar...
...SEONGMIN LEE Contributing Writer Despite a recent report saying that the number of students nationwide who concentrate in computer science has hit its lowest point in the last decade, Harvard computer science professors say that the trend is not troubling. In a report aired on National Public Radio (NPR) on Wednesday, one correspondent said that computer science programs across the country are facing an “enrollment crisis.” NPR reported that since the “dot-com” boom ended in 2001, the number of concentrators has been decreasing and now the number...
...stakes could hardly be higher: With a U.S. recession looming and the dollar at its lowest-ever value against major currencies, oil prices reached a new record high on Thursday, crashing through the $111-a-barrel mark. That's a climb of about 30% in just six months, and this week it sent the prices at U.S. gas pumps soaring to a record national average of $3.27 a gallon...
...What was your lowest point as commissioner, and your highest point? -Luiz Dias, Fort Worth, TexasThe worst has probably been having to suspend players for life for failing drug tests. Another was being at the announcement that Magic [Johnson] was HIV positive, when we expected to lose him. [The best] has been watching the U.S. and the world embrace the athletes of the NBA, who had earlier been described as "too black" for us to succeed...
According to CUPA-HR Communications Director Gayle Kiser, the fields with the highest and lowest salaries remain “pretty consistent” with past years...