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...with the rise of a newly affluent class and the rapid growth of the country's economy, the China market has become the fastest growing for almost any American company you can think of. Although Washington runs a huge trade deficit with Beijing, exports to China have risen 76% in the past three years. According to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce, 3 out of 4 U.S. companies say their China operations are profitable; most say their margins are higher in China than elsewhere in the world. "For companies selling consumer items, a presence here is essential," says...
These increases mark a slight decline from the previous year’s record high of a 13 percent tuition hike at public universities. Tuition has risen steadily in the past few years at colleges and universities nationwide...
...Harvard is in many ways an exception to the main thrusts of the study in that while tuition here has increased, financial aid has also risen, thanks to the largest endowment in the nation at $22.6 billion. “Endowments are shrinking and loans are increasing everywhere else but not at a few schools like Harvard, Yale and Princeton,” Baum said...
...Dimes poll designed to gauge awareness of the supplement's benefits found that while only half of American women ages 18 to 45 knew what folic acid was in 1995, that figure has now jumped to 77%. By 2004, the number of women taking their daily dose had risen to 40%, an all-time high. So, did the folic-acid advice reduce birth defects as intended? Indeed it did. According to CDC statistics, the incidence of two major types of neural-tube defect has dropped about 25% in the U.S. since...
Harvard has risen in the rankings dramatically since the survey was first instituted five years ago. In the 1999 survey, Harvard was ranked 28th. In following years, Harvard climbed to 19th and 11th before it broke into the top 10 this year...