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...central-bank chairman Ben Bernanke in particular. Beset by a slowing economy amid the subprime loan meltdown, Bernanke is trying to ease interest rates without triggering higher inflation. Additional inflationary pressure from one of America's largest trading partners will undermine his ability to reduce rates further to prevent the U.S. economy from stalling. He's not likely to get much help from Beijing, which has its own priorities and a limited set of tools to rein in consumer prices. Efforts to cool economic growth by reducing liquidity - China has raised the amount Chinese banks must set aside in reserves...
...mail. The legislation calls for the U.S. Secretary of Education to identify the 25 colleges and universities with the highest number of copyright infringement cases each year. These institutions would be required to inform students of their illegal downloading policies and review and develop mechanisms to prevent such action, including anti-piracy software. Currently, Harvard advises students about copyright law and responds to notices of claimed infringement on its networks. Since 2000, it has dealt internally with a handful of copyright infringement cases. The University has not received any pre-litigation notices, Seltzer said. The bill has been met with...
...Shuman said, “because you hit a lot of shots on the green, the way it’s designed. It’s really a tribute to the Yale golf course” that the scores were high. The course was not able to prevent the Crimson from realizing its goal of improving on its disappointing play two weeks ago. The team used that outing as a source of motivation and came together as a group. “Practices have been going really well, and it showed in the result,” Shore said...
...Diana and companion Dodi Al Fayed ahead of their fatal car crash in August 1997. The current investigation comes at the behest of Dodi's father, Mohammed Al Fayed, who insists his son and Diana were killed in a plot by the royal family and secret services to prevent the couple's impending marriage. Those charges have been rebuffed by an official French investigation and at least two U.K. rulings that said the deadly crash was an accident. Still, this new inquiry was ordered convened - and it trip to Paris slated as part of its examination...
...Gibbs' column about several recent warnings delivered on the state of the environment [Sept. 24]. Yet even with an awareness of the crisis, I am at a loss to know what the solutions might be. Gibbs noted that even drastic reductions in greenhouse gases would not be enough to prevent the melting of the Arctic ice cap. We need to know the maximum amount of harmful waste that can be tolerated globally and devise a concrete plan to stay within that limit. This may necessitate enormous changes within our society. Claudia Schaer Calgary, Canada...