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...global recession increasing, it's becoming clear that not even the world's fastest-growing major economy can avoid a pronounced slowdown. Any remaining hopes to the contrary were dashed recently when China's National Bureau of Statistics released the country's latest economic data: in the third quarter, GDP growth had slipped to 9%, the slowest quarterly pace since 2003. Meanwhile, estimates for 2009 growth are being slashed to as low as 8%, which would be a dramatic deceleration from last year's 12% rate and would rank as China's worst results since...
...example, restricting credit for property development, is resulting in a sharp falloff in construction. After 35% growth in real estate investment in the first half of the year, Wang estimates that growth dropped sharply to some 20% in July and August. The property sector accounts for about a quarter of all fixed-asset investment in China and about 10% of national employment. A slump could drag down other sectors like steel production. "Beijing cannot afford a collapse in the housing market," wrote Jing Ulrich, chairman of China equities for JPMorgan, in a recent note to investors...
...collegiate tournament held each fall. With his wins yesterday, Clayton has secured himself a spot both in the singles and doubles events at Nationals. In the process, Clayton erased sour memories of his poor performance last week at the D’Novo ITA All-American Tournament and his quarter-final loss at the Northeast Regionals last year. In the finals of the singles event, Clayton played through cramps to defeat Columbia’s Bogdan Borta, the seventh seed in the tournament. Down 5-1 in the first set, Clayton succeeded in breaking back twice and forced Borta into...
...commitment to open dialogue on all sides of issues, a philosophy which he brought to the committee with his insistence that the readings left space to address multiple aspects of privilege from a variety of viewpoints. Professor Counter shares this same commitment and has worked tirelessly for over a quarter of a century to make Harvard a more diverse and understanding community...
...10gb quotas.” But some students will be able to use the new e-mail addresses and interface much sooner than this spring. Within the next few weeks, the e-mail specifies, up to 1,600 students—or about a quarter of the College’s undergraduates—will be tapped to take part in a pilot program that will last for a “few months,” until the entire student body is assigned new addresses. For the duration of the pilot, students’ old @fas.harvard.edu addresses will remain...