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...they often need access to credit. While the ability of large firms to borrow has pretty much returned to normal, many smaller firms are still struggling to get the money they need from banks. It's a problem that even Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has talked about in recent weeks. The seeming solution: help get small, growing companies loans and the jobs will follow...
...Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for recent grads rose as well. It is now 10.6%, a record high...
...Research on Autism Some blame vaccines, while others target mercury. But the truth is that nobody knows what causes autism or what exactly accounts for the recent rise in cases. According to new data released by the Federal Government in October, 1 in 100 American children is now affected by an autism spectrum disorder, up from the previous federal estimate of 1 in 150. The roots of the increase are still unclear, but researchers this year identified one possible genetic clue: variations on a region of chromosome 5, which appear to play a crucial role in about 15% of cases...
Three of the most recent Ivygate posts feature Harvard (one relishes a rather unflattering portrayal of Harvard in a fake advertisement,another mocks an incident involving poisoned coffee at the Harvard Medical School, and the third makes it clear that an act of arson by a Harvard grad is very much out of character with an Ivy League education). Clearly, Harvard alums and events are crucial to the blog's content. But how big a deal is the Ivygate dry spell for Harvard students...
...society where the cost of living is high, the notion that kids are an unwelcome burden - taboo in many cultures - has become an accepted idea. Take the title of a recent panel discussion put on by Taiwan's Human Social Sciences Foundation: 'Having Children! Does It Hurt That Much?' "The hurt," explains the foundation's president, professor Liu Pei-yi, "refers to financial loss." In a research poll administered by Kun Shan University in 2007, students interviewed 100 residents of Taiwan between the ages of 20 and 40 about their family plans. One-third didn't plan to have...