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...than 650,000, and that opens the door to the possibility that the government's plan to save or create 3.5 million jobs in the next two years is wholly inadequate. It means that the number of people who are out of work could go up by six million or better before the end of 2009. The government has no remedy for that. Even $1 trillion deficit due to money spent largely to save the economy will be inadequate and, if unemployment numbers are getting worse, everyone will know that before most of the stimulus dollars are even spent...
...that 78% of people polled are unlikely to buy a car from a bankrupt car company. Nearly two-thirds said they were highly unlikely to make a purchase under those circumstances. Another recent study by market research firm CNW polled consumers who plan to buy a new car within six months. More than 8o% of the respondents said they would switch brands if the vehicle they wanted came from an automaker that went bankrupt. A third survey, this one from Rasmussen, showed that 51% of consumer said they would not buy a car from a manufacturer in Chapter 11. While...
...number of donated eggs transferred to infertile women each year - there were some 15,500 in 2006, the most recent year for which data are available - no one knows how many individual donors those eggs came from, who they were or whether they were exceeding industry guidelines of six donations in a lifetime. (The guidelines are intended to limit the number of offspring from a particular donor and to prevent overexposure to fertility drugs, but they are not based on scientific data...
...these chimps were once Hollywood stars—one performed in George of the Jungle, another was in Speed Racer—and were briefly treated accordingly. Others were bred solely as moneymakers, to be hired for parties and photo shoots. But they share a common ailment: At six to eight years of age, these primates became aggressive and, as such, are no longer wanted as entertainers...
...likely to use their meetings with the U.S. President to smooth the political waters at home. In Britain, amid rising unemployment, Brown faces daunting approval ratings and new elections in just over a year. In Germany, Angela Merkel's governing coalition is coming under increasing strain, with elections just six months away. And then there are the street protesters who will be vying for the spotlight. Large protests - against everything from capitalism to the structure of bank bailouts - are planned for both London and Strasbourg...