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...Fear of the specter of inflation will likely prompt further interest rate hikes by the Fed - Baumohl expects rates to rise a half percent by the summer - but the economy may already have gotten Greenspan's message. "Remember, the latest numbers are already out of date," says Baumohl. "Many analysts believe the economy is already slowing to a growth rate closer to 3.5 percent as the effects of the rate hikes since last June are felt." But the new numbers highlight a growing debate among economists over whether the rules of the economy have changed. While the Fed remains wedded...
...while U.S. pressure will almost certainly prompt OPEC to at least partially back down, the price is unlikely to be pushed down to the depressed levels of the late '90s. "In the end," says Baumohl, "neither the U.S. nor its oil-producing allies want the price to fall too far. They'll probably look to find an optimal level, at which everybody wins." And that's a matter that will probably be settled nowhere near the free-trade mecca...
...will stand trail April 4, faces up to 18 months in jail if convicted, in addition to the record 23-game NHL suspension he is now serving. "We do allow a certain level of violence in sports," says Cohen. "But the fact that the courts have been involved could prompt the NHL to be clearer about what violence it does and does not accept...
Here at Harvard, members of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) have been staging rallies and demonstrations for almost a year. Their last attempt to distribute leaflets in Mass Hall resulted in prompt eviction...
...have experienced a confirmed TIA. An additional 1.2 million Americans over the age of 45, the study showed, have most likely suffered a ministroke without realizing it. These findings suggest that if the public knew how to spot the symptoms of stroke, especially ministrokes, and sought prompt medical treatment, thousands of lives could be saved and major disability could be avoided...