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...recent study found that mortality rates don't increase during a recession. But your research of earnings and death records in Pennsylvania found that when high-seniority males, especially those around age 40, are laid off, their mortality rate initially jumps 50% to 100% and that while the risk abates over time, a job loss can shave 1 to 1½ years off their life expectancy. Are these studies in conflict? No. For these people [in our group], being laid off in a recession was important because they experienced a big and long-lasting shock to their lives, including large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economist Till Marco von Wachter | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...million, for the quarter that ended Aug. 1. In a depressed retail environment, same-store sales jumped 6.8% for the quarter; the retailer's shares have risen over 40% since mid-February. "For us, the world is our oyster," Gary Philbin, Dollar Tree's COO, said at a recent analyst presentation. "With other folks canceling deals or cutting back, Dollar Tree is still out there to take advantage and we can move quickly." (See 10 big recession surprises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dollar Stores: A Great Price for the Recession | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

Beyond the scope of TV drama, Baer also noted the potential of film documentaries to give a voice to untold stories, describing his most recent project, “Mozambique,” in which he helped to chronicle a 16-year-old’s plight as an AIDS orphan in Africa...

Author: By Janie M. Tankard, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Baer Emphasizes Narrative | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...laws on photographing children in public have become tougher in recent years too. This has led to controversies over where to draw the line. In July, a grandmother was reportedly prevented from taking pictures of her granddaughters at a public swimming pool as one of them showed off their diving. "I like to think it would have been obvious that I was their grandmother," 85-year-old Sheila Campbell told the Daily Telegraph at the time. "There were no other children anywhere near her, but anyway, I was only interested in taking photos of my grandchildren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nude Brooke Shields Causes a Flap at London's Tate | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...bombing, the latest in a series of troubling attacks on foreign aid workers in Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent months, came as the Pakistani army is poised to mount a fresh ground offensive in the South Waziristan tribal area against the country's most fearsome al-Qaeda-linked Taliban militants. It also followed a vow by the Pakistani Taliban leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, on Sunday to mount revenge attacks for the killing of the group's former leader in a U.S. air strike two months ago. Addressing Pakistan's parliament after the bombing, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that although security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suicide Attack on U.N. Office in Pakistan Kills Five | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

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