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...sharpest reaction thus far to the recent decision to put the brakes on the University’s planned expansion into Allston, two professors in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology have considered leaving Harvard, fearing that fallout from the slowdown will harm their research.The University’s plans to deal with the slowdown by re-assigning MCB laboratory space to the stem cell researchers who were originally slated for Allston has raised concerns that basic biology research is being de-prioritized in the current financial crisis, according to several professors contacted by The Crimson last week.Those concerns...
...sharpest reaction thus far to the recent decision putting the brakes on the University’s planned expansion into Allston, two professors in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology have considered leaving Harvard, fearing that fallout from the slowdown will harm their research...
...University’s plans to deal with the slowdown by re-assigning MCB laboratory space to the stem cell researchers who were originally slated for Allston has raised concerns that basic biology research is being de-prioritized in the current financial crisis, according to several professors contacted by The Crimson last week...
...Beijing has signaled that it intends to use this slowdown to consolidate the country's sprawling auto industry. China has more than 100 carmakers. Chinese media outlets are reporting that the government hopes to reduce 14 major carmakers to 10 this year. At the same time Beijing's economic planners would like to contain the industry's production capacity, which expanded greatly in recent boom years. "So far China has gotten away with that growth," says Dunne, but the slowdown puts "unprecedented pressure on weaker makers. Everybody looked good when you were growing...
...some borrowers, for example, are trying to turn a quick profit by capitalizing on differentials in interest rates. The loan growth may also not be sustainable, as government concerns about rising nonperforming loans could lead to reduced lending in coming months. "Given the sharpness and severity of the recent slowdown, the recovery path is likely to be volatile as well," wrote Goldman Sachs economists Helen Qiao and Yu Song in a recent report. They're holding to their below-consensus 6% GDP-growth forecast...