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Nonetheless, Wall Street prognosticators are expected to have at least two years of growth estimates for the economy; securities analysts must also work up two years of earnings estimates for the companies they follow. That's never an easy task, even for a single company, but massive stimulus spending is making the job even tougher this year...
...turns out that just three mechanisms combine to explain both activities. The first is our propensity to continue repeating a task once we've started: "Once you send one e-mail or write one letter, you tend to do another," says Malmgren. The second is our circadian sleep-wake cycle, which limits the available time we have to devote to letter-writing. The third is that we typically work on the same days each week, further restricting when and how long we spend getting in touch with friends. (See TIME's brain covers...
Although specifics of the task force’s operations have yet to be decided, Hysen said it is likely to be one of the most active divisions of the UC this semester...
...goal is to have [the task force] up and running very quickly,” he said...
...President is left with a difficult task, like a salesman without a shiny car on the lot to show off. He is not exactly telling people to trust him - the theories behind the proposed cost savings are well documented. But he is promising something that cannot be demonstrated just yet, so instead of using the number he originally did, he has now settled on phrases like "It's going to start driving down our costs over the long term...