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...During the question-and-answer portion of the meeting, multiple audience members expressed concern about the possibility of staff layoffs. Though Smith did not explicitly presage job cuts, he said some FAS jobs may no longer be necessary, as he cited the “huge” deficit on the projector screen...
...Indeed, trading has always been a big portion of Goldman's business. But it has become even more so. The firm generated nearly half of its revenue, or $5.7 million, from trading in the first three months of this year. That's up from about 35% on average over the past four years. It has yet to be seen whether other firms have upped their trading bets as well. Goldman was the first of the major financial firms to report earnings in the first quarter. Citigroup and J.P. Morgan have said that they, like Goldman, made money in the first...
That's the theory. But some experts point out that, in practice, stem cell transplants are not always a home run. For one, transplantation is a grueling and toxic process in which a portion of the body's tissues - the immune system - is destroyed with dangerous radiation. Then, there is the question of timing. In most cases, patients with type 1 diabetes do not show symptoms of their disease - such as high blood sugar levels - until they have depleted their beta cell population considerably. Dr. David Nathan, director of the diabetes center at Massachusetts General Hospital, notes that at this...
...Harvard’s most limited action in three weeks, and the regattas represented the end of team racing for the co-ed squad for the next several weeks until the championship portion of the schedule begins...
Although Harvard’s sailors were less than satisfied their results from the weekend, the squad did learn valuable lessons heading into the fleet racing portion of their schedule next weekend...