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...intellectual value and may even contribute to proper administration of the stimulation necessary to improve the financial system. The disadvantage of seeing the system that way is the world is lifeless when contemplated at such a great distance. It is impossible to see a person out of work from six miles away. Bernanke's academic background allows him to understand that inventories are low and home prices are affordable. He sees a small movement of the needle of the economy and says it is a trend...
...present, government lawyers have drafted agreements with 10 private social-networking companies. (The tailored agreements take into account certain federal privacy statutes and require that disputes be settled in federal court, not state courts.) Six other private-sector products, including iTunes, are being considered for further expansion, potentially clearing the way for easy iPod downloads of Obama Administration messages...
...team some competition against talented teams as the season approaches its closing weeks. The Crimson placed 11th in a 15-team field, with Salve Regina taking home top honors.In the A division, the Harvard team of sophomore skipper Matt Donelan and freshman crew William White in races one through six, along with the efforts of second-years skipper Colin Santangelo and crew Florence On in races seven through nine, took home a 12th place finish.“The wind was really shifty this weekend in both direction and pressure,” Santangelo said. “There were...
...grisly find was one of six recently uncovered mass graves cited in the newest U.N. human-rights report on Iraq. The five others were found in areas controlled by Sunni insurgents during the peak periods of violence in Iraq in 2006 and 2007, meaning the killers likely had no connection to the Iraqi government. But the grave in Ur was almost certainly the work of killers associated with the Shi'ite Mahdi Army militia, which was supported by elements of the Iraqi security forces. (See a multimedia presentation of emergency-room work amid the 2007 fighting...
...economy already in recession from the global slowdown. Businesses from the flu-ridden streets of the capital to the golden beaches that tourists fled in droves are all complaining they have been hammered by the epidemic and its consequences. In the Caribbean paradise of Cancun, six major resorts were to take their own holiday because they had been emptied of guests, said Rodrigo de la Pena, president of the Cancun Hotel Association. "This is the best action they can take to avoid having to lay off staff," de la Pena said. Pena hoped that the lack of tourists would last...