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...some parts of Asia, palliative measures to combat a sudden surge in joblessness were first tried out a decade ago, during the region's economic crisis in the late 1990s. That doesn't mean they're always popular, especially if they involve involuntary pay cuts. Several Taiwanese high-tech companies, for example, began a forced policy of unpaid leave at the end of last year, prompting hundreds of workers to protest in front of the government's Council of Labor Affairs. The council requires that employers pay at least minimum wages and sign agreements with their employees on the terms...
...will do little to stop global warming. But the city is ensuring that it will be ready for a warmer world. The Bloomberg administration began by creating a homegrown version of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Those scientists reported that by the end of the century, annual mean temperatures in New York City could increase 7.5şF (13.6şC), with sea levels rising as much as 55 in. (140 cm), depending on how fast polar ice melts. "Coastal floods will be very powerful and very damaging," says Cynthia Rosenzweig, a NASA researcher and co-chair...
What does it mean for the rest of us if he's right? Top-of-the-class M.B.A.s would have to find other careers, and pension funds and endowments would lose some money. But there's a silver lining: Among the greatest bargains in investing right now, Siguler said, are brand-name giants such as General Electric and Boeing. Private-equity firms can't afford to buy them. You and I can, a share at a time...
...when someone elbows you in the eye but says it’s an accident. It wasn’t anyone’s fault that that stray brick had messed up Ezekiel’s ear. But that didn’t mean he was defunct. And even if he was a Negro, it was still such a waste: that this man, whose family was “away” (dead), was about to just toss out his Easter.Before I could even think to be scared I said, “Why don’t you just...
...It’s a meritocracy,” Jones says. “If you can get on the court, the seniors will treat you like an upperclassman.”But that doesn’t mean Jones hasn’t been playing the role of freshman. Always humble and ready to learn, Jones listens whenever an upperclassman or coach has advice to give. “Erik [Kuld] helped me out earlier this year,” Jones says. “Little things like keeping my elbow higher have helped...