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...Market sentiment was boosted earlier in the week by a surprisingly good profit report from Goldman Sachs, which logged second quarter earnings of $3.4 billion and an eye-popping return on equity of 23%. Investors got a second round of heartening news on Wednesday morning when Intel reported sales that were 10% better than analysts had been expecting; Intel's earnings also beat expectations by a wide margin and the company offered encouraging guidance about the third quarter. The chipmaker's shares rose more than 7% Wednesday, putting the stock's rise so far this year at 25%. Intel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Despite the Economy's Struggles, Stock Market Soars | 7/16/2009 | See Source »

...physicians, even while the number of older Americans who depend on such first-stop doctors is expected to double between 2005 and 2030. A similar study two decades earlier had seen roughly 9 percent of students saying they would be entering primary care, according to a 2008 Associated Press report...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMS Suspends Funding for Primary Care Division | 7/16/2009 | See Source »

...Gist: Narrowing the persistent gap in achievement between white and minority students is one of the toughest challenges in education. In its first major report during the Obama Administration, the Department of Education offers one of the most comprehensive looks yet at the achievement gap between white and black pupils, based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The NAEP (pronounced nape) is a federal standardized test - known as "the nation's report card" - administered to fourth- and eighth-grade public-school students in reading and math. The state-by-state results show clear evidence of a continued problem: black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Studying the Impact of Race in the Classroom | 7/16/2009 | See Source »

...problem: The report is not good news for Wisconsin. Excluding the District of Columbia, the Badger State had the nation's largest achievement gap in three of four areas: fourth- and eighth-grade reading as well as fourth-grade math. As in many Northern and Midwestern states, Wisconsin's white students generally perform well, providing a stark contrast to its underperforming minorities. Conversely, the small achievement gap in places like West Virginia (with a racial divide of just 13 points in fourth-grade reading) can prove a mixed blessing, as it often indicates that white students are missing the mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Studying the Impact of Race in the Classroom | 7/16/2009 | See Source »

...special report on the science of appetite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taiwan Cuisine: The Secret's Out | 7/15/2009 | See Source »

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