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This year's college graduates face a rosier jobs picture than last year's class, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, which forecasts a 13% increase in hiring. A survey out last week from CollegeGrad.com reports that Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Geico Direct and the FBI, among other employers, plan more than 1,900 entry-level hires each during 2004. But predictions can overshoot reality. Overall job growth is still falling short of economists' estimates, with unemployment hovering at 5.6%. --By Barbara Kiviat
...ultramodern Armani Casa furniture and furnishings. (True obsessives can park their Armani-styled Mercs outside.) "We have been exploring the idea of bringing the Armani philosophy of design and style to hotels for many years," said Armani. He's not the first: other luxury brands with stylish rooms to rent include Versace, which has a hotel license in Australia, and Bulgari, which is opening a Milan property in May. Just last month, Brioni opened a custom-tailored suite at Milan's Four Seasons Hotel. The Armani deal, a partnership with Dubai's Emaar Properties, includes an initial investment of over...
...radio address as well as at his Sackler talk, Cuno questioned the MFA’s recent controversial decision to rent 21 Monets from its collection to a Las Vegas casino gallery. Cuno, who says he would have been wary of renting the valuable paintings, describes the MFA’s argument that they are bringing art to a wider audience as a “disingenuous remark.” Had that really been their primary goal, he says, there were far more effective strategies—like mounting an exhibition in Boston’s poorer neighborhoods...
...overhead costs were too expensive for the store—which claims to be the nation’s oldest family-run sporting store—to remain in the Square, according to owner Jim Brine. “Rent is high for what the traffic is these days,” he said...
...United States truly wishes to amend for its callousness, it should try something a little more substantial than a couple of thousand rent-a-cops in fancy uniforms. For starters, May 14 would be a prime day to take advantage of the fiftieth anniversary of the Hague Convention by declaring America’s intention to sign and ratify the pact at last. Becoming a global leader in social responsibility will go farther to ending anti-U.S. sentiment and terrorism than bullying and warmongering ever will...