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...chilling frugality may remain in the air, but buds of optimism for retailers are sprouting nonetheless. The National Retail Federation (NRF), in its 2010 outlook released Tuesday, Jan. 26, expects retail sales to rise 2.5% on average in 2010, reversing the 2.5% decline seen in 2009. "As we continue to see signs of improvement throughout the U.S. economy in 2010, overall sentiment will begin to lift, making way for slight increases in consumer spending," said Rosalind Wells, NRF's chief economist. Although shoppers will continue to be "frugal," - yes, even she expects it - retailers will benefit from leaner, smarter inventories...
...meantime, the IPCC will remain a political football, as supporters and opponents of climate action battle in Washington. For the public, however, none of the scientific infighting really matters. A survey released last week by Frank Luntz, a veteran Republican pollster, found that despite all the noise, substantial majorities of Americans on both sides of the political divide believe that climate change is real, and that something needs to be done about it. They don't want to know the details - the exact speed of the Himalayan glaciers' melt is not going to motivate the public one way or another...
...unlikely” event that funds still remain after one year, the surplus will be donated to general Haiti relief, according to the HARVie Web site...
...feel certain that the recent five-week break was an improvement over Harvard’s previous calendar. If the College can provide additional programming and housing in the years to come, then we remain optimistic about the future of J-term...
...concentration requirements—such as those for General Education, language citations, or the Core—the Office of Undergraduate Education announced this week. But the current stipulation that no more than one course taken for a secondary field may be double-counted for a concentration will remain in place...