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...July this year rose to 5.4%, up from 3.3% in mid-2008. And despite optimistic signs of recovery, the outlook for employment is bleak "as business sentiments remain cautious and employers are generally conservative in hiring new hands," said Hong Kong's Secretary for Labor and Welfare, Matthew Cheung, in a statement in mid-August. To stem the shock, the government has instituted relief measures including rental waivers for its lower-income public-housing tenants...
...think you're seeing the cycle repeat itself all over again, and Starwood and all of these guys are seeking to capitalize on the dislocation in the credit markets and purchase distressed debt that's out there," says Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller analyst Matthew Howlett...
...This really addresses an unmet medical need for fracture prevention in men receiving androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer," says Dr. Matthew Smith, director of genitourinary medical oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and the lead author of the HALT paper. "Given that we have such little data on fracture prevention in men, these findings are important...
...University of Michigan asked parents to report their oldest child's weight and height and then gauge whether he or she was a healthy size. "About 40% of parents of obese children ages 6 to 11 perceived their children's weight status to be 'about the right weight,'" says Matthew Davis, the University of Michigan pediatrician who directed the poll. A further 8% believed their child was actually underweight. "It's almost as if parents don't know what obese looks like in that school-age group," Davis says...
...work for smaller, no-name companies. Which should, among other things, help reduce the dangerous overconcentration of capital and risk that made the present crisis so dangerous and devastating. "If the risk-taking spreads out to these smaller institutions, it is no longer a systemic threat," according to Matthew Richardson, a finance professor at New York University. "And innovation is spreading out too. This is a good thing...