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Banks have fired tens of thousands of employees in the past year in order to cut costs. And layoffs in the financial-services business are expected to continue - American Express just announced it will lay off 4,000 workers in its latest round of cutbacks. But in one area banks are set to make a spate of hires. The pay is likely to be good, and the hours will be part-time. But unfortunately, most of us won't qualify. Under pressure from government regulators and institutional investors, banks are being forced to remake their corporate boards. The companies...
...very, very upset, as you can see. You can hear it in my voice,” added Conley, a professor in the departments of Visual and Environmental Studies and Romance Languages and Literatures, as he led the Faculty in a round of applause for Faust. “I might start liking question period,” she said. “Other questions?” VAGUE FAUST When History of Art and Architecture professor Jeffrey F. Hamburger took the podium during the question-and-answer session, he eschewed something that has become a habit for him?...
...Harvard,” came just over a week after the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest school, enumerated $77 million in cuts to cope with the current financial downturn, affecting everything from athletic teams to breakfast offerings in the Houses and drawing a round of student and staff concerns...
...When administrators move to the next round of cuts and speak of “department reshaping,” they must remember that academic life is the essential purpose of a university, and cuts that damage the educational experience should be made as a last resort only, especially when there is an expensive administrative personnel budget that has not yet been touched. Preserving faculty and course offerings in order to preserve the student experience should be our top priority. The administration is undoubtedly extremely important to the functioning of this school, but as a priority...
...went on to describe being questioned by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), which asked him about the 1985 murder of its agent Enrique Camarena. The drug kingpin denied that he had any involvement in that slaying, which had created a furor in Washington and led to pressure to round up top traffickers. "I was taken to the DEA," recalled the capo. "I greeted them and they wanted to talk. I only answered that I had no involvement in the Camarena case and I said, 'You said a madman would do it and I am not mad. I am deeply...