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Students said yesterday that although they were excited about Bane's appointment, they feared her departure would only worsen the atmosphere for female students and faculty members...
...fuel-tank controversy may worsen the woes of the world's largest company. In the past few weeks GM has reshuffled its top management, accelerated plans to lay off tens of thousands of workers, and reported a third-quarter loss of $753 million. Analysts estimate that the gas-tank problem could eventually cost GM as much as $700 million in legal fees and damages. So far, the company has paid out more than $200 million in ( settlements, according to the CAS. What remains incalculable is the effect on GM's image at a time when the company is struggling...
...intended to serve a double purpose. On the one hand, he wants to discourage people's hopes for immediate delivery of all the goodies, ranging from jobs to health-care reform, that candidate Clinton promised. On the other hand, he needs to reassure nervous investors that he will not worsen the deficit or overheat the economy. Such moves could cause bond buyers to drive U.S. interest rates higher and torpedo the recovery...
Parents are typically baffled by the forms, ignorant of the complex formulas and confused by the outcome. The new system will worsen the headaches. Advisers decided in August that the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, New Jersey, which administers the ubiquitous Financial Aid Form, will no longer follow federal formulas in calculating asset and need data that colleges use in making their own local aid decisions. From here on, parents will have to fill out separate federal forms and FAFs, and perhaps other applications to specific colleges. The colleges use the forms to help construct an offer that combines outright...
...None of the major Democrats in this area were considering running; it was either make a run now or never," says Takano. "I knew unemployment was going to worsen, and I thought the district would be in the mood for change...