Word: lowing
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...Based on the way that oil has traded recently, the perception that the economy has bottomed has fueled the belief that the demand for crude is about to jump. That can be combined with the fact that low oil prices have slowed exploration, so there may be a significant pinch between supply and demand as the summer rolls around...
Banks shares leapt 53% since early March. That's more than double the 21% jump in the overall market since stocks hit a low on March 9. Investors are pilling into financial firms in that hopes that changes in accounting rules, optimism from bank CEOs and government fixes spell the bottom for these stocks. (Read "Unemployment Rise Shows Recession Far From Over...
...attached to the Science Complex project, despite Harvard’s announcement in February that it would be slowing construction of the complex due to the unprecedented decline in the school’s endowment. But Jake Carman, founder of the Allston Brighton Neighborhood Assembly, which aims to support low-income and working class interests in Allston, emphasized that his group is “opposed to community benefits as an appeasement and a replacement of having direct neighborhood participation [in the planning process].” Glavin said he is open to the idea of petitioning Harvard to extend...
...problem is that Amnesty's documentation of the problem is less than complete. Though the dismissal figures of French police officers accused of brutality are remarkably low in relation to the total number of complaints, Amnesty says getting similar data from other countries is just as difficult as in France - making it impossible to compare that French record with other nations. But "even if there were comparative reports, we'd contest the conclusions drawn in this one as woefully incorrect," says Dider...
...According to Curtis, the Japanese public may be ready to accept that "maybe Aso is the best we can get right now ... by not making big mistakes, he benefits because the expectations about him are so low...