Word: shifts
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...what should investors do? Instead of buying the dips and moving into riskier assets, they should sell into the rebound that will now unfold. In particular, they should reduce risk by unloading stocks in more extravagantly valued markets like China and India. And they should shift money into the safety of short-term U.S. treasury securities or into less economically sensitive stocks in areas like pharmaceuticals and food; these will benefit from economic weakness either on an absolute or relative basis, as short-term interest rates decline. The only risk to this strategy is that markets might recover swiftly...
...rest of the world will begin negotiating a set of standards to follow the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. The new rules need to embody certain key realities: all countries must join; the world's power plants, automobile fleets and buildings will have to shift to low-carbon technologies; a world "price" must be charged for emitting carbon into the atmosphere to provide a market incentive for companies and governments to make the changeover. And rich countries must help poor countries get on the low-carbon track by, for example, compensating them for ending the deforestation that leads...
...still remember staring at my computer screen at the start of my first shift, gasping at the though of calling a stranger and asking them for money. How rude...
...styles worn by actresses like Reese Witherspoon and Maggie Gyllenhaal had the most modern vibe. And across the ocean, on the fall 2007 runways of Paris and Milan, designers are striking a serious pose with a less-is-more look reminiscent of the early 1990s. It's a subtle shift away from the pile-it-on look of fur and python and paillettes that has defined luxury labels for several seasons. Instead of ornamentation, the focus is on shape and fabrication...
...department has also shown reticence toward the prospect of cutting-edge “Web 2.0” opportunities for information gathering, instead touting my.harvard’s existing customization capabilities, which are scant. Indeed, FAS IT seems to be headed in the other direction, if the shift of course websites to my.harvard this year is any indication. One potential solution is a student-made portal—an effort to create one is being spearheaded by former UC presidential candidate Thomas D. Hadfield ’08, who is also a Crimson editor. We are far more...