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...month of January offered those who track the ups and downs of the U.S. economy 92 significant data releases and announcements to digest. That's according to a calendar compiled by the investment bank UBS. The number doesn't include corporate earnings, data from abroad or informal indicators like, say, cardboard prices (a favorite of Alan Greenspan's back...
...obvious advice is to focus on trends and ignore the noise. But the most important economic moments come when trends reverse - when what appears to be noise is really a sign that the world has changed. Which is why, in these uncertain times, we jump whenever a new economic number comes out. Even one that will be revised in a month...
Estimates of the January earthquake’s death toll place the figure around 200,000, though the final number may be even higher. But Baptiste said Friday that the consequences of the earthquake reverberate beyond the bare statistics and the country’s borders...
...will be a working process and dialogue [with the administration],” Hysen said, noting that the UC hopes to encourage the College to increase the number of students granted housing during J-term so that they can take advantage of potential opportunities on campus next year...
...response to the limited number of programming options offered during the College’s inaugural January Term, the Undergraduate Council will collaborate with over a dozen student groups to create new on-and off-campus opportunities for next year...