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...called in loans, panic selling swept the world's financial markets. But the further asset prices fell, the worse the crisis became. Securities that had been the collateral for immense pyramids of debt were suddenly unsellable. The central banks had to admit they lacked the means to stem the outflow. The only way to avoid a complete financial implosion was literally to close the world's stock exchanges. London's exchange remained shut down until January...
...droves of sub-Saharan Africans gathering on Libyan shorelines in order to gain concessions on outstanding diplomatic questions, including Italian reparations for past colonial injustices. Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo P?rez Rubalcaba is traveling today to Senegal and Mauritania to meet with authorities and discuss measures to control the outflow. Vice-president Mar?a Teresa Fern?ndez de la Vega will visit Finland on Wednesday to discuss the issue with the Finnish authorities, who hold the rotating EU presidency...
...money to fund fellowships at state research facilities, right on cue, opponents went back to court seeking an order refunding at least some of the money to the state treasury. Meanwhile, the influx of talent anticipated to arrive with the 2004 law has ended up being more of an outflow, with some of the country's best scientists being recruited away, including two genetics researchers who turned down posts at Stanford's Stem Cell Biology Institute last year to take jobs in Singapore...
...board will bring both new businesses and skilled workers to New Zealand. In a small, remote country, the attraction of studying or working elsewhere - especially for high achievers - is strong. The overseas experience (OE) is a rite of passage, particularly for men. During the past 25 years, the outflow of young men has become a deluge. For thirtysomething Kiwi women, finding a mate has never been more difficult - they outnumber blokes in the 30-39 age group by 25,000. The differential stalls birth rates and has serious implications for the sustainability of the country's tax regime and generous...
Sixty neuroscience researchers, who comprise four research groups, are studying the link between depression tendencies and genetics using brain imaging technology, according to Brittain. Brittain declined to disclose the names of the researchers since negotiations are still underway. But Harvard professors said they knew very little about the possible outflow of scientists. Even before the USTAR bill was passed last week, HMS Professor of Neurobiology David Corey said he was skeptical. “The whole thing seems to be pretty conditional,” Corey said. “In my opinion, there may be a group of neuroscience...