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...that troubles at finance and banking companies are pushing economics concentrators into Teach for America interviews. Yet video games are not only beating the market but booming. In 2008, game sales broke records despite the biggest economic downturn since the industry began. U.S. game sales have risen to $2.91 billion. Nintendo Wii sales doubled in November to reach 2 million...
...money was pouring into the state's coffers, the Kremlin was able to dispense largesse to ordinary Russians through generous social spending programs and hefty pay raises awarded by the monolithic state companies that dominate the economy. Jobs were plentiful, and over the past five years, average wages have risen by 25% annually. Even then there was money left over, which the government put into a rainy-day fund - never imagining that it would need to draw on it so soon...
...higher than they “probably [have been] during the last 20 million years.” And, the report noted glumly, with China and India consuming more and more, the problem is getting worse instead of better. The new data shows that CO2 levels have only risen faster since the turn of the century. So much for compact fluorescents and hybrid Priuses—apparently, the world is still going...
...customer will enjoy the experience. Some people will find it accommodating,” Rivera said. The MBTA plans to allow customers to provide feedback online and via surveys that will be available on cards in the new trains. Congestion has steadily increased on the T as ridership has risen 5.5 percent this year, according to information released by the MBTA last week. Red Line patron Richard F. Days said he has experienced the crowding first hand. “I felt like a sardine,” he said of an experience last summer on the T. Mary...
...Sangu J. Delle ’10, who cosponsored the UC’s recommendations, said that his organization was unable to hold an event during Harvard-Yale weekend. He said current requirements for HUPD officers are “ridiculous.” Fees for HUPD details have risen this year from $46 to $70 per hour. He also called for an easier process to reserve spaces in Houses and for UC-led access to off-campus locations, which are already used by some groups...