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Looking ahead, the situation isn't likely to right itself anytime soon. Many economists expect the Federal Reserve Board to again cut the target federal funds rate in mid-December in an effort to juice the economy by encouraging spending over savings. But that would probably also push down even further the rate at which banks can lend. "It would mean banks make a little less money across the board," says Bank of Alameda's Andrews. Not exactly a nice holiday gift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The CD-Rate Scramble: Better for Depositors than for Banks | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...clear whether cuts in entertainment and equipment purchases will be enough to meet the 10 percent target...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMS Plans To Cut Most Budgets | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

College students have not reached their high rates of binge drinking by themselves. Low prices, heavy advertising, and aggressive marketing campaigns by the alcohol industry have played a strong part. An Age-18 law will make 18 year olds the new legal target...

Author: By Henry Wechsler | Title: Insufficient Evidence for Lowering the Drinking Age | 12/8/2008 | See Source »

...fearsome technique used in Mumbai - a combination of machine-gun-firing and grenade-throwing - is familiar in Kashmir, and known here as a "fidayeen" attack. But Kashmiri journalists and political activists note that militants here typically target symbols of the Indian state, not public places. The city of Srinagar, a hill station that was once a magnet for tourists escaping India's summer heat, is blotted with blackened government buildings burned out in fidayeen attacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Did Kashmir Have to Do with the Mumbai Attacks? | 12/7/2008 | See Source »

Dybul said that 7 million preventions would represent more than 60 percent of current annual HIV infections, but PEPFAR is slowly approaching this target...

Author: By Youho T. Myong, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Funds, Partnership Keys to AIDS Battle, Official Says | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

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