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...struggle throughout middle school and high school history classes: the steadfastness of Rosa Parks, the oratory of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the many indignities that spurred non-violent protests throughout the South. But can anyone remember what was happening in the North at the same time? University of Pennsylvania professor Thomas J. Sugrue attempts to remedy this gap in our historical memory with his new book, “Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North.”Sugrue’s book is something to be celebrated. We all know...
...timing is everything. So why did it take Detroit 30 years to catch up? "Either the crisis isn't big enough or the vision isn't persuasive enough," says John MacDuffie, a manufacturing expert at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Instead, during those years, the domestic auto industry has been a slow leak, skidding from one restructuring to the next, chasing its declining market share as its costs have inflated...
...Fortune 500 Forum in Washington Dec. 1-3, featuring, among others, U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chair Sheila Bair. The conference will bring high-ranking executives of America's leading companies together with top policymakers, including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell, to talk about the intersection between the government and the economy. As we have been reporting week in and week out, this is issue No. 1 and it is not going away...
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA and YALE UNIVERSITY The University of Pennsylvania and Yale University have been optimistic about their ability to maintain their operations in spite of the financial crisis. Both schools have cited prudent spending strategies that have buffered their operating budgets from short-term downturns, while saying that they will remain flexible and react to market conditions as they develop...
...senior council at the firm. But Rubin has been at Citigroup for a number of years, and it's not clear he has been helpful so far in stopping the losses. What's more, with a Democrat headed back to the White House his eye may be on Pennsylvania Ave. and not Park Ave., where Citi's executive offices are located...