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...economy is entering a two-layoff cycle. Managements examined their 2009 prospects late last year and prepared layoffs based on their knowledge that the current year would be rough. They made their job reductions based on those assumptions. But, many executives were completely wrong about the length and severity of this recession. It is hard to blame them for this mistake. Even well-regarded economists have had trouble giving reasonable forecasts for what will happen to joblessness, consumer spending, and industrial production over the next two or three months. The distance to any reasonable prediction horizon lessens as the downturn...
November was a rough month for the Republican Party, and a Gallup analysis recently found only five states left in the "red" column. What explains...
...those of us just exiting our teen years and entering our twenties, Ladysmith Black Mambazo is an inextricable part of our childhoods—whether you know who they are or not. How many of us are unable to recall the rough velvet vocals of the “Life...savers...Mmmmmmmmm” jingle, or the Serengeti-style rendition of Sesame Street’s Alphabet Song? Since 1987, when Paul Simon produced the group’s first American record, “Shaka Zulu,” Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been our country?...
...worst-off of all the beleaguered chipmakers are the six major DRAM manufacturers in Taiwan, which lost a combined $3.5 billion in 2008, according to the Taiwan government. Taiwan's firms are in especially rough shape because they lack the scale, financial resources and technical prowess of their larger Korean and American rivals. The companies' woes are pushing the Taiwan government toward a bailout of the industry. "We have the intention and the resolve to help the DRAM companies through difficult times," Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou reportedly told electronics industry executives in early January. Aid is crucial, policymakers believe...
...president of Harvard, he publicly raised the hypothesis that women have a less innate ability for science and math than men do, sparking a controversy that helped lead to his dismissal from the top job, despite repeated apologies and clarifications. "The stories are legend, and he definitely has some rough edges," says a former official who worked with Summers at Treasury. "I thought it was just that he was clueless, not really aware and not really thinking about his impact on people around...