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...January, the economy lost 600,000 jobs. There is no reason to think that the monthly number will be any smaller between now and the end of April. The biggest concern will be whether the near-term future looks so grim to managements that they will begin another substantial round of cuts as they look at their likely second quarter results. This would indicate that the total job loss for 2009 could move above six million. To economists, that would look like the end of the world...
...Beanpot championship loss and to upset the defending NCAA champions, Harvard (5-14-4, 5-7-4 ECAC) came up just short, yielding to No. 15 Boston College (13-9-4, 8-7-4 Hockey East), 4-3, in the final minute of the Beanpot consolation round last night at TD Banknorth Garden...
...Both last night’s consolation round and last year’s title game were tied entering the final two minutes...
...year anniversary of the Round Table talks serves as cause for reflection on the events of the past two decades in Poland and the Central European region as a whole. Even with the advantage of historical hindsight, the revolution of 1989 is just as impressive—if not more so—than it was 20 years ago. Despite the numerous challenges that Poland has faced in the past two decades, it has undergone an amazing transition. Since 1989, it has joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, earned full membership in the European Union, and built a successful democracy...
...President may well know that, but he also knows that Congress has to act quickly, especially with another round of dismal economic and unemployment numbers coming out Friday. After spending much of his first two weeks in office reaching out to Republicans, Obama showed a tougher side on Thursday, telling House Democrats at a retreat in Virginia that Republicans who have been pushing amendments to add more and more tax cuts to the legislation want to return "to the same policies that for the last eight years doubled the national debt and threw our economy into a tailspin." His growing...