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...other ways, the world's economies are more linked than ever before. Today, 45% of the revenue for S&P 500 companies comes from overseas, compared with just 30% a decade ago. Securities backed by mortgages on homes in Miami and Detroit are held by banks from Switzerland to China. So, how much does the U.S. really matter? "If the world economy were a train, we'd now have a greater number of engines pulling that train," says Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at Standard & Poor's Equity Research. "However, the biggest engine is still...
...have a war in the Middle East and political division, and we chose a speaker to talk to us about children’s books,” Marco P. Basile ’08 said in an interview in the Quincy House Dining Hall. “It’s a slap in the face to what the University stands for. We should hear about the challenges facing the world...
...statement released Wednesday, Harvard spokesman Robert P. Mitchell said there are “no current discussions about or plans for change” in the ownership of the land, which was given to Harvard in the 1927 will of former Boston mayor Nathan Matthews...
Denise Simmons won the Cambridge mayorship in a unanimous vote this week, becoming the first African-American woman to hold the post. Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87, another veteran council member, was elected vice mayor. Simmons said yesterday that she would continue to focus on the issues she has supported since joining the city council in 2002: education, housing for low and middle-income residents, and creating “green-collar jobs”—new employment opportunities in the environmental field. “Cambridge is changing, and Cambridge policies...
...taken that I heard were easy that got harder,” said Jana C. Berglund ’08, “And I would blame that on the Q guide.”Some students question the Q’s usefulness, contributing to lower response rates.Siobhan P. Connolly ’08, along with Berglund, said that because classes change from year to year, the previous year’s ratings are sometimes irrelevant.“I definitely use the Q, but I don’t base any final decisions...