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Most large companies have released their first quarter earnings and the critical economic figures for March and April are out. A growing number of economists say that the consumer will begin to conquer his panic by year's end and GDP will revive as if nothing had happened. The most recent poll from the Blue Chip Economic Indicators newsletter shows that many analysts expect GDP to recover as early as the third quarter but since that the measure was down 6% the last two quarters, such a swift recovery would be like building the Great Pyramid by hand...
...summer, the Administration's plan to help worthy mortgage holders reduce their monthly payments should show early signs of slowing the year-long acceleration of foreclosure rates. If unemployment and desperation among people with homes worth less than their mortgages leads a greater and greater number of mortgage holders to send their keys back to their lenders, the first, and most important step the government has taken to reverse the collapse of housing will become a disheartening symbol that the Administration and Congress have not solved a big part of the cause of the recession...
...over the past two weeks, fears over H1N1 have cooled considerably, as the virus has failed to spread easily outside North America and the number of deaths from the disease has remained low, leaving the WHO fending off critics who questioned whether the international agency overreacted. "We know that we are seeing things change on an almost daily basis," said Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's interim director for health, safety and the environment. "It is still a confusing situation." (See pictures as the swine flu hit Mexico...
...addition to several detailed cuts, such as the closure of the Widener Library Cafe and the Student Organizations Center at Hilles Penthouse coffee bar, the list included a number of vaguer items that implied possible future changes to staff hours, the number of Teaching Assistants and Teaching Fellows who help teach College courses, and long-term capital projects...
...rely heavily on the endowment to fund our teaching and research mission. We have identified a number of endowment funds that are not being utilized. We have analyzed the terms of these endowments to identify areas where the endowment income can be used, in line with the donors’ intent, to make a positive impact within the FAS or for interdisciplinary priorities of the FAS across the University. These changes will serve to protect our academic programs from unnecessary reductions...