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...incentives without its increasing near-term costs.The Program was a key cost-cutting initiative devised by the University this past year in response to a planned 30 percent drop in value of the endowment over the fiscal year, which has also caused an 8 percent drop in the amount paid out from the endowment to the University's schools next year. Because compensation costs comprise nearly half of Harvard's annual $3.5 billion operating budget, University officials have long alluded to the need for further layoffs, which have been rumored to take place by the end of the summer.Galvin said...
...appears to be far weaker than one described in early drafts of the HELP Committee's legislation. If those early drafts are any indication, the HELP version would look a lot like Medicare, with the rates that it reimburses hospitals, doctors and other health-care providers linked to those paid by the government medical plan for senior citizens, which generally run about 30% lower than what private insurers pay health providers. (However, the HELP version may well be in flux; a version of the legislative language filed Tuesday contained no mention of a public plan at all.) (Read "The Five...
...Computer System Engineering Company, will cash a nice check from the government, which will apparently underwrite the inclusion of the program." Jinhui Computer System Engineering, a private company based in Henan Province, currently offers the Green Dam Youth Escort software to the public as a free download. The government paid the company $6.1 million for one year's usage rights, but it's unclear if PC makers will be required to pay for copies. (See the 25 best blogs...
While it struggled to pull the economy out of its tailspin, the White House and Congress paid fitful attention to culture, not all of it welcome. During the debate in February over the federal stimulus package, the Senate passed a version of the bill that explicitly barred money from theaters, museums and other arts groups. Though that provision was removed in the final version, it impressed on the arts community that it had to remind leaders that "real people" work in their sector of the economy, which provides 5.7 million jobs and nearly $30 billion in tax revenue...
Ventriloquism? Yes, it's a profession, and Dunham, 47, has been paid for doing it since he was 12, having been given an instruction manual and LP when he was 8. He started performing in Kiwanis clubs and church socials in his hometown, Dallas, and worked his way up to four nights a week, 40 weeks a year, at comedy clubs. "I was making between $600,000 and a million a year," he says. Not bad for a guy and a dummy, but Dunham had bigger plans. "I knew if we could let the masses see it and not just...