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...patients' 10-year risk of death from prostate cancer was just 6% - a significant improvement over the risk in a similar group of men who were diagnosed from 1949 to 1992. Previous studies showed that their risk of death was as high as 15% to 23%. (See how to prevent illness...
Therefore, although there are lessons to be learned going forward, calls to drastically scale back risk-taking in the future are unfounded. This would prevent Harvard from recovering from its current dire straits and stunt our growth prospects. HMC should instead look to manage money mindfully, attaining good enough returns given the university’s particular situation. This is our best hope to seeing the endowment recover and making the budget cuts of the past year a distant memory...
...preserve jobs and industries, in turn undermining a global recovery. The Chinese press was quick to point out this danger as well. A commentary on the state-run news service Xinhua reminded readers that protectionism was a key cause of the Great Depression. "Smarter actions are required to prevent a repeat of that painful history," the commentary said. "The latest U.S. decision was not one of them." (See pictures of China's investments in Africa...
...should he. Bloom is a pioneer when it comes to worker buyouts, in which the employees of a faltering firm buy an ownership stake to prevent plant closings or job losses. The idea of an economy of worker cooperatives may seem utopian, and the notion of using the tools of modern finance to do so absurd. But Bloom and his mentor at Lazard, Eugene Keilin, helped prove it possible—and did so with no less than the largest airline in the nation: United...
Evans hopes that her injury will not prevent her from following in the footsteps of a different Palo Alto native. Men’s basketball co-captain Jeremy Lin, who also grew up in Palo Alto, attended Evans’ rival high school. Evans remembers cheering for Lin as he led Palo Alto High School over the favorites from Matter Dei in the 2006 CIF Division II State title...