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...Rubin, who served as co-chairman of Goldman Sachs before joining President Bill Clinton’s cabinet, praised current Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin S. Bernanke ’75 in today’s speech. Rubin echoed Bernanke, who has spoken about the U.S. economy’s slowdown...
Sorry, folks, false alarm. Or at least that seems to be the message after the rumor that United Airlines and Delta Air Lines were in merger talks was quashed with Delta CEO Richard Anderson's testimony before Congress on Thursday. Anderson said that he had not spoken with any high-ranking execs at United Airlines since September, when he returned to the airline industry upon taking the helm of the Atlanta-based carrier. The two airlines had already diffused rumors on Wednesday following afternoon spikes in their share prices...
...scientists, all the more striking. Global warming is "unequivocal." Climate change will bring "abrupt and irreversible changes." The report, a synthesis for politicians culled from three other IPCC panels convened throughout the year, read like what it is: a final warning to humanity. "Today the world's scientists have spoken clearly, and with one voice," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, who attended the publication of the report in Valencia, Spain. Climate change "is the defining challenge...
...have more buybacks of textbooks,” he said. “This is where the Coop is trying to do much more. We need the cooperation of the faculty for this to happen.”Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs Georgene B. Herschbach, who has spoken with MIT administrators, said that institution, for which the Coop also provides textbooks, is facing similar issues.“MIT is in about the same position that we are in wanting to make the collection of textbook information easier and more efficient,” Herschbach said. McCarty...
...Leahy has done just that since at least 1996, the earliest year for which data is provided by The Chronicle. His salary has been donated to religious organizations. Derek C. Bok also declined pay when he served as interim president of Harvard last year. In the past, Bok has spoken out against rising presidential salaries. “Lavish compensation can hurt a university by undermining the effectiveness of campus leadership,” he wrote in a 2002 piece in The Chronicle. Bok could not be reached for comment yesterday. The Chronicle’s survey, based on data...