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Walmart loves to shock and awe. City-size stores, absurdly low prices ($8 jeans!) and everything from milk to Matchbox toys on its shelves. And with the recession forcing legions of stores into bankruptcy, the world's largest retailer now apparently wants to take out the remaining survivors...
...than 30 new species of animals. Among the unknown creatures - all living inside the crater of the extinct volcano Mount Bosavi - was a giant rat that measured 32.2 in. and weighed more than 3.3 lb., making it one of the largest rodents on Earth (scientists provisionally named the housecat-size animal the Bosavi woolly rat). The historic find also included 16 new species of frogs, at least three new types of fish and one bat. "It was mind-blowing," George McGavin, a biologist with the BBC team, told England's Guardian newspaper. "The crater of Mount Bosavi really...
...become their own bosses, they also say the limitations it imposes on start-up businesses means it won't create jobs for enough of France's 2.4 million registered unemployed. And even if most of the projected 500,000 new companies launched this year wind up prospering, their tiny size isn't going to make a big dent in the country's economic decline in 2009, which economists estimate will be at least 3%. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...
...good in the long term. "There are a lot more people out there in France who would love to try their hand at running a business and selling a service, but haven't even tried," says Aurore Longuet, a spokeswoman for the Economy Ministry's small- and medium-size business secretariat. "What we're saying to them is, 'Give it a try - it's easy now, and you have nothing to lose...
...It’s a great way to give [the younger players] confidence going into the rest of the season and their contribution will be crucial.” Keating also emphasized the importance of young players, given a large reduction in the 2009 squad’s size. Harvard boasts only 15 athletes on its roster this season, down from 20 last year, and Keating noted that the rookies must be ready from day one. “Our freshmen did a great job,” she said. “Because of how small we are, they...