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...prime minister's outlook may be relentlessly depressing for anyone inspired by Rabin's vision, but Sharon supporters would see it as simply pouring cold water on the naïve dreams of the peaceniks. And they'll claim the events of the past six months as irrefutable evidence that Oslo could never deliver on its promise to Israelis...
...positive to this if they think the Fed's going to step in. But this is likely going to throw some cold water on the little bit of strength we've seen in stock prices the last week or so. With retail sales down and consumer sentiment down, the outlook for corporate profits isn't going to be good, and we've really reached a point where bad economic news like this is bad news for everybody, Main Street and Wall Street alike...
...This summer the firm will publish an online analysis of school districts in Michigan and Pennsylvania, using six categories: student achievement (including scores on state and national tests), learning environment (facilities and class size), finances (spending and revenue sources), return on resources (how spending has affected student performance), fiscal outlook (projections for school spending and federal and local funding), and demographic indicators (including household income, parental education and employment rates). The site, standardandpoors.com is expected to be a politics-free comparative tool for school administrators and lawmakers--as well as for businesses that are considering different towns in which they...
...there's a chance that there'll be no serious surprises. If a company has already warned, and it's still a surprise, well, shame on them. With the outlook as glum as it has been, you've got to warn sufficiently, and there's a good chance most of the companies have heeded that...
...outlook for the garbage-dump people of Boa Vista is a fly-blown, post-apocalyptic scene of desolation at the edge of the world. Their shacks are built of cardboard, driftwood, old iron and fraying plastic. Near-naked children play tag among the filthy debris. Only one in three will survive beyond the age of five. Most of the Boa Vista squatters have no formal identity papers. They have to beg, steal or barter for food and clothing. Motorists who drive along the potholed road below the cliff-dwellers look the other way. "Yes, we know about Boa Vista," said...