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...only four general cook positions are up for bid for next year, down from the current total of five. “There’s a work overload,” said Vincent A. James Sr., who noted that the bid form indicated only one chef working the Tuesday dinner shift in Adams House, which regularly sees 400 students during that meal period. “I don’t know how they expect us to do this.” According to Harvard spokesman Kevin Galvin, there is ongoing dialogue between the union and the University. Tomorrow...
...biannual Tuesday Magazine spends around $4,000 for each issue, and given the recent decline in advertising, generating the figure has become a daunting task...
...continued-bad-news category went fresh data on initial unemployment claims - they rose more than expected, dampening excitement about the mild moderation of the week before - and the housing market. On Tuesday the National Association of Realtors reported that the median-priced single-family home sold for 14% less in the first quarter than it did during the same time period a year ago. The next day, housing-tracker RealtyTrac reported a 32% year-over-year jump in foreclosure filings. And yet sales of homes in certain markets - southern California, southern Florida, Nevada - are spiking. A sign of the bottom...
...Then there is the financial system. Problems tied to bad loans persist. The latest victim came forward on Tuesday: small-business credit-card issuer Advanta said it would shut down all of its cardholders' accounts after billowing losses threatened its viability. And yet elsewhere the credit markets seemed downright rosy. The TED spread - a gauge of how willing banks are to lend to each other - hit its lowest point since the beginning of the credit crisis in the summer of 2007, and companies, including Microsoft and Wal-Mart sold a relatively sizeable $32.6 billion of debt to investors...
...crew team knew that it needed solid races in order to qualify for this year’s NCAA Championships. Rising to the occasion, every boat placed better than its seeding. With two second-place finishes and three third-place finishes, the Black and White now knows that on Tuesday, when the entries for NCAAs are released, it will be that much closer to extending its season. The day was filled with windy conditions as the first crews took to the water, but for the Radcliffe heavyweights, that was the last thing on their minds. Ranked just out of medaling...