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...prepared to have Tupper reject me. Instead, he offered $25,000. I was hoping for about a quarter of that, and I was expecting it less in cash and more in posters and caps. A $25,000 check would more than cover the entire cost of this column, even including the dinner I claimed I had with him both in the paragraph above and on my expense report. I quickly accepted the check on TIME's behalf, promising that I'd subtly work his 100% American-made, antioxidant superpower juice into my column in a way no one would ever...
...Reuters poll of economists does not offer much hope for an improvement in the nation's financial condition. Many see unemployment topping 10%. The news service reports that "Median forecasts now assume gross domestic product will shrink an annualized 5.3% this quarter, following a brutal 6.2% decline...
...pieces of news. The first was that Citigroup CEO, Vikram Pandit, made public remarks that his company had a profit in the first two months of 2009. But, even school children who hone their skills trading mock accounts online know that two months do not make a quarter, especially in banking. Some auditor may mention that Citi's toxic assets ran into more trouble in this quarter or that its consumer credit and LBO businesses needed to be adjusted for bad debt. Simply put, Pandit's comments did not mean...
...economic data for the first quarter begins to come out in April and then second quarter information is released in July, it will become clear whether the idea that the Treasury can borrow enough money to right our national economic ship is plausible. There is absolutely no reason to believe that if GDP contraction hits 10% for a quarter or two and then unemployment increases to double digits that the government will be able to solve what the free market system cannot...
...school altogether. School districts across the country report a growing share of students who are "highly mobile" - who move multiple times within a school year. With each move, experts say, such students are at risk of falling some six months behind, or more, in their studies. Roughly one-quarter of homeless children have witnessed violence. It isn't surprising, then, that nearly half of such children suffer from anxiety and depression...