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That's exactly the sort of recessionary rationalization that charity leaders fear. For now, nonprofits are preparing for winter by paring back on nonessentials, even as they look to expand their base of donors. If the downturn is prolonged, we might see consolidations in the nonprofit sector, just as there...
In a way, we were due for a stock-market smackdown. For 14 months debt markets have been stressed - and practically catatonic since mid-September. "Maybe it's a surprise, with 20/20 hindsight, that stocks held up as well as they did for as long as they did," says Bob...
That comes as something of a surprise to some local councils. There have been warnings since the beginning of the year that all was not well with Iceland's banks. As early as Jan. 30, credit-ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said it was placing on review for possible...
I don’t like jeans. Call me unpatriotic, but when Levi Strauss invented the blue jean, I don’t think comfort was at the front of his mind. Being a history concentrator, I’m going to bring some historical perspective into this. When Straus...
Frederick, Felicity, and Prince Filippo Fumagalli entered the narrow courtyard of the Uffizi, their footsteps ringing off the pavement stones like money. To either side, stone columns and the sparkling reflections of the windows’ little panes. Above them, a low, threatening sky. Inside them, longing, desperation, and, in...