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...student’s first 10 hours of tutoring in a particular course will rise to $7, and for hours after that, students will have to pay an unsubsidized rate of $14—a $10 hike from the hourly rate before...
There are many things public officials probably shouldn't do during a severe recession, but no one seems to have told the leaders in Florida about them. One thing, for instance, would be giving a dozen top aides hefty raises while urging a rise in property taxes, as the mayor of Miami-Dade County recently did. Or jacking up already exorbitant hurricane-insurance premiums, as Florida's government-run property insurer just did. Or sending an army of highly paid lobbyists to push for a steep hike in electricity rates, as South Florida's public utility is doing...
...high Asian growth rate even with low domestic demand," says JPMorgan's Kanno. Closer relationships with Asian economies, he says, are a must, particularly in terms of agricultural trade and free-trade agreements. "If Japan accepts more agricultural imports, then it will have closer relations and trade volume will rise." Kanno says agricultural reform has the potential to have more of an impact than the overhaul of Japan's vast and costly postal system, a pet reform of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi...
Talk about déjà vu. On July 29, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 5%, setting off panic selling in Hong Kong and dinging even the Dow. But Chinese stocks rebounded 2.7% the next trading day, the steepest rise in two months. Fast forward to Aug. 31. The Shanghai index dropped 6.7% that day, causing panic around Asia and even in distant markets like...
...because voters feel the CDU has lost its probusiness edge. Meanwhile, the CDU's coalition partner, the Social Democratic Party (SPD), has lost support to Die Linke because many left-wing SPD members feel the party has moved too far to the right. (See pictures of the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall...