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...Reuters poll of economists does not offer much hope for an improvement in the nation's financial condition. Many see unemployment topping 10%. The news service reports that "Median forecasts now assume gross domestic product will shrink an annualized 5.3% this quarter, following a brutal 6.2% decline...
...same time taking older, potentially more polluting vehicles off the road. This seems to be working, at least in Germany. The VDA expects registrations for the first quarter of 2009 to trump those seen in the same period last year. But a more modest $1,300 on offer to French motorists who give up their clunkers hasn't been enough to prevent car sales there from sliding 13% last month. Scrapping schemes in Italy and Spain failed to halt even steeper falls...
...initiative of its own. Almost 90% of all cars sold in the U.K. are imported, with most of those arriving from Continental Europe. So while 61% of those polled in a survey for Britain's Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said they'd likely take up such an offer, a British scrapping scheme "wouldn't be a huge boost to British car factories," says Garel Rhys, president of Cardiff University's Centre for Automotive Industry Research. "In a sense it would be the British taxpayer subsidizing factories in France and Germany...
...Elizabeth Hinz, district liaison for homeless and highly mobile students. In the winter, her staff members hand out coats, mittens and hats. Year-round, they find free medical clinics to treat earaches and provide dental services. School social workers take kids to get glasses and vaccinations. Many high schools offer laundry or shower facilities for teenagers - who are often left to fend for themselves when a family becomes homeless - as well as a secure locker for their belongings. "We've seen students put their whole lives in those lockers," says Elena Shaw, MPS's high school support liaison. (See pictures...
...diversity of opinions as well as racial, economic, gender and international diversity,” according to founder Honor S. W. McGee ’10. Each Council member works with a distinct IOP program, such as the IOP forum or IOP TV, to publicize events, offer advice on appealing to a more diverse audience, and encourage racial groups to actively engage with the IOP. Council members have also begun compiling suggested names for the IOP fellows program in the fall and plan to submit a suggested list for consideration to Program Manager Eric R. Andersen in April...