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...struggling car markets, and citizens who can be taxed rather than being a tax on the federal and state governments. The news will be particularly bleak if the economy sheds more than 500,000 jobs in any of these months. A plunge of that magnitude in every month could push unemployment to double digits with only eight months of the year gone. (Find out 10 things to do with your money...
...management of domestic auto companies, Obama should use his immense political capital to make a policy decision that no recent President has shown the guts to make but that would be greatly in the national interest. A stiff new gas tax, phased in as the economy strengthens, would push new-car demand toward more fuel-efficient vehicles just as the U.S. market for cars improves and auto production ramps back up. That would both stimulate the market for new cars and help curb our self-defeating addiction to buying oceans of oil from countries that wish us ill. It would...
...attempt to paper over the extent of their losses, the Communists have been quick to point out their vital influence in shaping the policies of Singh's past government. The rural upliftment schemes that many believe won Congress this election, for instance, were pushed and prodded along by Communist support. "They have an effect that goes beyond their electoral strengths," says Jayati Ghosh, a professor of economics at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University and a prominent left-wing columnist. But the country's focus now is more on the effect of the Communists' absence. Unshackled from leftist dogmas against free...
...sentiment is strongest. "In certain sections of the Ukrainian political and business élite, there are links with Russia stretching back to Soviet times," says Paliy from the Institute of Foreign Policy. "There are also a large number of Russian-sponsored think tanks in Ukraine, which function freely and push the Kremlin's views...
...Cortese’s charismatic nature and ability to engage and work with all aspects of the orchestra were breathtaking,” said HRO violinist and search committee member Catherine D. Buzney ’09. “He treated us like professionals, demanding that we push ourselves to achieve a new level of muscianship that is challenging but very much within the capability of the HRO.” Cortese, who formerly served as assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, said he “understands the dynamics of a student orchestra and how to most...