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...think anyone had ever lived through that big a swing in consumption, from double-digit growth to double-digit declines, in such a rapid period of time," says Stephen Sadove, chairman and chief executive of Saks...
...price, seems to be the preferred response. A recent presentation by the head of Chase's retail-financial-services division showed that the company's servicing portfolio went from having about 52,000 repossessed homes in September 2008 to some 30,000 in September 2009. Over that period, the average price at which the firm sold houses from that stock dropped from $175,000 to $150,000. (See how to plan for retirement...
Adolescent obesity is strongly associated with increased risk of multiple sclerosis later in life, according to a recent Harvard School of Public Health study that analyzed data from more than 200,000 women over a period of 40 years...
...fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago signaled a sea change in international policy and kick started a period of unprecedented global openness. While the border wall does not have this same public resonance, stopping its construction would be a first step toward creating a new environmental consciousness within the U.S. government. This sea change would prove no less significant than that which occurred after the fall in Germany. The last 20 years have seen international barriers shrink on an unprecedented scale; the next 20 must see environmental consciousness of the same scale...
...talk to any African-American women who lived through that time period? I did get to interview a white woman and her maid who were together in the 1960s. It was so interesting to compare their perspectives. The white woman's strongest memory of her maid was of the delicious pralines she made. When I went to speak to the maid, she [remembered] working for this woman when [civil rights activist] Medgar Evers had just been assassinated. Her children were walking down the street in a protest and she was so afraid her employer would turn...