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...many consumers, the only silver lining on the global financial crisis has been the falling oil price it has precipitated. But OPEC is determined to put an end to the relief at the gas pump. Concerned to protect their countries' financial health, oil ministers from the 13 members of the cartel of oil-producing countries meet in Vienna on Friday with only one item on their agenda - cutting their oil output in order to drive up world prices. Oil prices have been slashed by more than half in just three months, from $147 a barrel in July...
...entirely pessimistic. Experts and industry insiders believe that once the storm blows over, demand is bound to rise for the same reasons it did last time - a large, young workforce; gradual but consistent liberalization reforms; and a high rate of consumer and private-sector savings. "The silver lining is that once this phase ends, land and property prices will be corrected to rational levels, speculators will be out, and the sector will have stronger fundamentals," says Shukla. If everyone's prayers go right, the goddess will eventually be propitiated and her blessings will issue forth once more...
...university, but her most recent experience was on the heavyweight side. She served as an assistant coach at Princeton until the 2004 season, when she moved to be an assistant at Boston University. At the 2006 Eastern Sprints, she led the Terriers’ varsity four A to a silver medal—the team’s first Sprints medal in 13 years.But this year is different. She will have the added pressure of being front and center at the head of Radcliffe crew, one of the most storied rowing programs in history...
...It’s a new challenge. It’s hard to keep focused 100 percent if I was doing the same thing,” Howard said.From the Black and Whites, another ’05 grad also tasted victory. Caryn Davies, who won the silver with the same boat in the 2004 Olympics, stroked the U.S. women’s eight to gold this summer. After a good start, the boat built upon its early lead and maintained pole position in the course, despite a final-500 push by the Dutch. The US boat finished...
...Other recent studies have added further doubt. Marshalling data from the 31 states with significant pre-primary polling this year, Nate Silver of the political website fivethirtyeight.com, argues it was Obama, not Clinton, who actually outperformed expectations in this year's primaries, by an average...