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...Most recessions in the last fifty years have lasted three or four quarters. That meant that as the economy fell apart, companies would make predictions for the upcoming year and expect that financial circumstances would improve. These companies might have gone through one set of deep cuts to offset dropping sales, but, as the expense benefits from those layoffs began to bear fruit, a new recovery started...
...Zindman finished with a final score of 3-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-1, and Park emerged victorious, 9-6, 2-9, 9-4, 9-2.A 3-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-1 come-from-behind win by sophomore No. 5 Bethan Williams was offset by a heartbreaking five-game loss at the No. 8 spot. Junior Sandra Mumanachit took a 2-0 lead, but faded late, falling 9-5, 9-4, 8-10, 6-9, 1-9 to Trinity’s Emily Paton.The Crimson won its fifth and clinching match on a thrilling five-game...
...Actual money is better for these banks," says Alex Pollock of the American Enterprise Institute. "Because they can use it to offset losses wherever they come...
...Dell does not do well what it is supposed to do well. It has become a second rate PC company. It proposes to partially offset that by entering a business which is controlled by Apple (AAPL) and RIM (RIMM), the maker of the Blackberry. Because smartphone margins are high, Nokia (NOK), the world largest cellphone company, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson are also rushing into the market. The traffic jam is going to be extraordinary...
Worse, many experts consider the offset system deeply flawed. A 2008 Stanford University study found that between one-third and two-thirds of carbon offsets under the U.N.'s Clean Development Mechanism - which oversees offset projects under the Kyoto Protocol - do not represent actual emission cuts. In addition, the USCAP proposal recommends that many of the initial carbon emission allowances under a cap-and-trade system should be given to industry free, rather than auctioned - even though auctioning would push carbon reductions faster. (President-elect Obama has said he's in favor of auctions.) "The proposal is a dead...