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...instance, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation guarantees depositors up to $100,000 - would have done much to thin the lines. Keen to avoid the kind of panic triggered among Northern Rock's savers, the Treasury, the Bank of England and the FSA are now expected to overhaul the insurance system...
...inception in 2003, has been a priority since at least 2005, when former UC President Matthew J. Glazer ’06 informed the council that “our Web site is terrible and in dire need of fixing.” Petersen, who himself referred to the overhaul of the Web site as “a priority since day one,” first issued a request for proposals for the new site in June, receiving five bids ranging as high as $35,000. Tina Ye, a Tufts senior, was awarded the contract?...
...community has been so overwhelmingly positive because nobody feels like they’re going to be excluded,” Norton said. Reville faces a full docket this fall, between the retirement of state education commissioner David P. Driscoll and the beginning of a 10-year plan to overhaul public education in Massachusetts. Still, Reville remain optimistic about the challenges balancing his duties at the GSE with his new position on Beacon Hill. “I’ll be teaching about what I do, since my courses concern policy and school reform,” wrote Reville...
...weight (80% by volume), adding to the new jet's reputation as a "game changer." Carbon-reinforced plastic in places such as the wings, fuselage and floorboards not only makes the aircraft lighter--and reduces fuel consumption--but also provides the opportunity to change systems integration, rework maintenance programs, overhaul cabin interiors and upgrade aerodynamic performance. Boeing is working with the world's largest producer of carbon fiber, Tokyo-based Toray Industries, which is still fine-tuning its mass production (this is the first large-scale work Toray has done) and tooling. But with the use of more carbon-fiber...
...future of the space shuttle program, which impacts, among other things, the maintenance of the Hubble Telescope and the International Space Station, which can't survive without a space truck capable of delivering heavy construction loads. The investigation's thoroughness is also a direct result of an overhaul of NASA policies following the 2003 Columbia disaster. Asked whether the agency may have gone too far this time in information overload, Shannon, who never broke a sweat making his announcement in a press briefing, said no: "I love it. It's outstanding...