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...Germany, where stocks fell 26%, while South Korea gained less than 1%). "Hopefully at some point this year, there will be an upswing in the [China] markets," said Paul Cavey, a China analyst with Macquarie Research. "What's needed is only a turn in sentiment." But that's dependent upon factors such as an easing of China's inflation rate, not on China's success in track and field events. "It is a mistake to try to tie China's stock-market performance to the Olympics," says Donald Straszheim, chairman of the research firm Straszheim Global Advisors...
...chose instead to be even tougher on the victims of crime. Some young hooded lout threatens you or your family's safety, so you clip his ear, and an army of social workers springs to his defense, while the full might and majesty of the law are brought down upon you, with all the consequent personal and financial penalties. Robert Frederick Birkett, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND...
...students for the more practical aspects of the jobs that they may hold in the future. “An exposure to how professional service organizations work and how one can succeed in them hopefully will prepare Harvard Law School students better for the world that they are joining upon graduation,” Nanda said...
Asked what brought him to psychology, Gilbert’s cheeky answer is “a bus.” Striving to improve his craft, the struggling writer traveled to a local community college to enroll in creative writing classes. Upon arrival, however, he discovered that the writing classes were full. “It was a long bus ride so I asked them ‘Well, what’s open?’ and they said ‘Gosh, psychology is.’ And I thought, ‘Psychology has something...
...between 1977 and 1990, and have even started to appear in biodegradable form (at least these compostable bags are exempt from the San Francisco ban). Banning the product removes the incentive to improve it, just as it discourages individuals from educating themselves about their choices. Environmentalists need to reflect upon these long-term consequences before they charge in with sledgehammers to kill flies. Their current mentality—“for your own good”—simply isn’t sustainable...