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...Sachs estimates that if all 51 companies on the list were to close, Japan's unemployment rate would jump from 5.4% to 6.1%. And that tally doesn't include thousands of small and medium-sized businesses also likely to go belly-up. Indeed, bleaker estimates suggest that unemployment could spike to 10%. In Japan, that grim prospect is less palatable than trillions of yen in bad debt?not just to politicians but to the majority of Japanese citizens who vote for them...
...Shirley Q. Liquor” (News, “BSA Protests Boston Blackface Show,” Oct. 9), a very popular act in the South that is not playing well in New York and Boston. Running a spectrum from “Amos and Andy” to Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled,” the black faced performer is a mime that may reflect social irony as well as racism. I believe that Knipp is an interesting character, and his act is tinged with a little of both, as is modern society. Overall...
...with the Crimson clinging to a 21-19 lead, sophomore sensation Kaego Ogbechie powered a spike into the center of the court untouched, keying a Harvard rally...
Royce got interested in FSAs two years ago, when his wife bought a pair of glasses she didn't need solely to drain her FSA by year's end. Indeed, studies have shown that FSAs are a late-year boon to ophthalmologists: eye-care expenditures spike in the fourth quarter. If it's not eyes, it may be an extra dental cleaning or cosmetic surgery. "Use-it-or-lose-it is the worst of all economic incentives," Royce says. He holds out hope for his bill. President Bush last month approved fsas for all federal employees, and he provides...
...Royce got interested in FSAS two years ago, when his wife bought a pair of glasses she didn't need solely to drain her FSA by year's end. Indeed, studies have shown that FSAS are a late-year boon to ophthalmologists: eye-care expenditures spike in the fourth quarter. If it's not eyes, it may be an extra dental cleaning or cosmetic surgery. "Use-it-or-lose-it is the worst of all economic incentives," Royce says. He holds out hope for his bill. President Bush last month approved FSAS for all federal employees, and he provides...