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...temperatures dropped to record lows outside, freezing rail lines and bringing mass transport to a halt, Merkel has huddled with her political allies and opponents alike to hammer out a new approach. The shift comes after a raft of bad economic news, with the government now pressing ahead on a number of fronts. Merkel's coalition nearly doubled its stimulus package to €50 billion this week and is drafting plans for a €100 billion Germany Fund to provide credit for midsize businesses. And Commerzbank, Germany's second biggest bank, has said it is to be partly nationalized...
...Bush's decisions, respect for the presidency should count for something. To me, Ghosh clearly disregards that with his less-than-objective rendition of objects being hurled at a U.S. (or any country's) President. What happened to that "journalists' code of objectivity" Ghosh writes about? Jeff Seyler, Wilbraham, Mass...
...already taking out federal loans to pay unemployment benefits. But Massachusetts’ unemployment benefit system remains “strong and solvent” for the foreseeable future, bolstered by over $1 billion in trust fund reserves, according to Robb Smith, director of Policy and Planning for the Mass. Labor and Workforce Development Office. From January through November 2008, the state collected $1.4 billion in employer contributions and paid out $1.3 billion in benefits. While employer contribution tax rates are set to increase this year, Smith said unemployment would likely increase as well—he estimated that...
...Harvard men's basketball team pulled off a stunning upset of Boston College tonight in Chestnut Hill, Mass., beating the No. 17 Eagles by an 82-70 margin just three days after BC upset then-No. 1 and undefeated North Carolina on the Tar Heels' home floor in Chapel Hill...
...harms children’s health may be important in persuading adults to prohibit smoking at home, Winickoff said. Joan Friebely, one of the study’s co-authors, as well as an instructor at HMS and a researcher at the Center for Child and Health Policy at Mass. General Hospital, said she was not surprised about the study’s results. “It should give another reason to protect their kids and other friends and family from smoking and may also help them quit smoking,” Friebely said. —Staff writer...