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...data available from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. But Rhode Island's situation is hardly unique as the effects of the nation's economic downturn gather pace amid the ongoing financial turmoil. Twenty-one states have unemployment rates above the national average, with Michigan and Minnesota showing rates near Rhode Island's to make up the top three. Unemployment figures are certain to rise when the bureau releases its next set of figures on Nov. 7. Some economists are predicting that unemployment will go higher than 8% nationwide before the end of the year and continue to climb toward...
...optimistic forecasts show GDP growth slipping until sometime in the latter part of 2009, when it is expected to inch upward again. But even an uptick in broad economic indicators after next year is unlikely to ease unemployment. The high unemployment rates taking shape now are likely to hover near record levels for some time, because economic recoveries in recent decades have tended to go forward without generating many jobs...
...Harvard lab, playing the violin as a section leader in the Mozart Society Orchestra, or just hanging out, Peter Cai ’10 could always be found with a smile on his face, friends said yesterday. The Adams House resident died suddenly Saturday morning, going into cardiac arrest near Weld Boathouse after completing the men’s race of the semiannual River Run. “This is the worst type of tragedy,” said Adams House Master Sean G. Palfrey ’67. “It was unexpected, unexplained, sudden, and absolute. Despite...
...absurdity and Eastern European accents, the American Repertory Theatre’s world premiere of “The Communist Dracula Pageant” creates an image of madness that is both entertainingly and shockingly outlandish.The players will perform this unbelievable truth through Nov. 9. The audience is told near the beginning that “with the exception of rumor, everything here is fact. Apart from all the very colorful bits, it is imagination; this is how we create a history.”Performed on a relatively sparse stage at the Zero Arrow Theatre, the show frequently transitions...
...following summer, Sufrin moved to Boston, where she now teaches at Northeastern University. Several months later, Simon proposed at Simon’s Cafe near Porter Square...