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...deteriorating even before the worst of the global financial crisis hit, and that will soften investment, which makes up more than 40% of GDP. In the first 11 months of 2008, profits at 350,000 enterprises in China grew a mere 4.9%, down from 37% in the same period in 2007. "We're already seeing a huge swing in the fortunes of Chinese companies," Walker says. "When people see a very different investment environment, they actually cut their investment. That's the real danger China is facing at the moment...
...especially among subprime mortgage holders, began to climb at an unprecedented rate. Many home loans had been given to people without even a credit check or income verification. The mortgages often carried very low interest rates in their first three years which reset to much higher numbers after that period. Homeowners found their monthly mortgage payments spiking up and, in many cases, they could no longer afford to make these payments as employment fell across the economy...
...Assisted Reproductive Technology, an affiliate of the ASRM, has progressively lowered its recommendations regarding how many embryos should be transferred in each cycle. According to the group, IVF-facilitated births of three or more babies dropped 69% from 1996 to 2005. That's no coincidence: in the same period, the average number of embryos transferred went from 3.9 to 2.4, a 38% drop. (Read "Calculating the Odds of a Baby Through...
...Matera said. “But it finally clicked this weekend.”But Princeton refused to allow the Crimson to take the insurmountable lead into the break. The Tigers answered back with a 13-2 run of their own in the final three minutes of the period to pull back to within eight at halftime.Princeton was in the game the whole second half, making Harvard sweat it out for the entire 20 minutes. Tigers’ sophomore Addie Micir scored a game-high 24 points, showing that Princeton will be able cope fine without the now-graduated Meghan...
...more interesting plays of the night, sophomore Pier-Olivier Michaud was called for holding in the third period after wrapping both arms around a streaking Union player in an attempt to slow him down...