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...Kennedy is going to stick with his long-held position that affirmative action is unconstitutional," says Paul Gewirtz of Yale Law School. If so, the Roberts court is embarked upon a gradual, but ineluctable, rollback of all racial preferences. As Gewirtz puts it, "This could be the most significant short-term impact of the Bush appointees on the Supreme Court...
...difficult to be a public company right now, with so much pressure. The investment base has migrated to hedge funds, with a much more short-term investment strategy. Years ago it was much more long-term oriented. Now there's much more pressure on public companies to deliver good results every quarter; there's not much room to make a mistake. It's a very awkward balance when you're under pressure to deliver earnings for a quarter and you want to be investing and thinking about the long term strategy for the company...
...that the greenback may already have been oversold. Currency strategist Mackinnon says he urges caution when the market sentiment is all one way. And in New York City, Ken Goldstein, an economist at business research organization the Conference Board, reckons: "All we're seeing is another one of those short-term moves that will peter out in weeks or months...
Marketers are eager to throw their wares in the faces of bloggers who can spread the word; paid links are a fresh way to do that. "When people dangle checks, you tend to notice," says Sifry. "But we're trying to focus not just on short-term revenue opportunities but on building a great user experience." That's what they...
...have expressed interest in the Tribune Co., the Boston Globe and the L.A. Times, respectively--rush in to bet on slow-growth newspapers? Perhaps they're aware that 85% of adults either read a paper every week or visit its website. Less pressure from Wall Street may forestall short-term cuts, enabling papers to shift their focus from quarterly earnings toward rethinking the print game. "Newspapers are in a strong position to extend off-line publications online," says Alexia Quadrani, media analyst for Bear Stearns, "and they're still highly profitable...