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...letter also stressed the possibility of slowing construction projects or reevaluating “staffing levels,” and Forst confirmed that the University will reevaluate the scope and pace of every major capital program—including Allston expansion plans and House renovations at the College...
...president Thabo Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela in 1999, argued that ARV drugs were dangerous and ineffective. Mbeki’s organization restricted foreign donations to ARV efforts and instead emphasized folk remedies such as lemon juice and garlic. The Harvard study called the government a “major obstacle” in providing patients with ARV drugs, adding that high cost and lack of availability of the drugs are not sufficient explanations for why the government did not implement an ARV treatment program. Chigwidere, who spoke at the Museum of Science last night in honor of World AIDS...
...student reaches $100 in donations, GradeFund mails them a check. (Students can withdraw the money before they reach the $100 mark, for a $5 fee.) Kopko will be adding features to bring in revenue - including a job-search engine that will let employers search for a computer-science major who aced Spanish or any other equally specific set of skills. (See pictures of a diverse group of American teens...
...current debate in Washington over whether to extend a $25 billion lifeline to Detroit's Big Three carmakers has been framed almost exclusively in terms of domestic economic considerations: avoiding massive job layoffs vs. throwing money at possibly doomed companies. But a bailout would have major reverberations abroad as well. Though a bailout may not be the blatant protectionism of the 1930s tariffs introduced by the Smoot-Hawley Act, Europeans warn that a rescue of Detroit amid a major global slowdown could be the first shot in a new trade...
...plunging consumer demand - new-car sales across Europe dropped 14.5% in October - France's two major automakers, Renault and Peugeot-Citroen, have temporarily shut down production at several plants. Peugeot is expected to present a plan Tuesday to cut 2,700 jobs. In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel has been more cautious in response to the crisis, and warned against precipitate state intervention. Still, Berlin is expected to approve up to $1.26 billion in loan guarantees for Opel if parent company GM goes under...