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...Hong Kong research firm called Asianomics. In his thick Scottish accent, Walker predicts the worst global recession since the Great Depression. GDP in the U.S., he says, could contract as much as 5% in 2009, and Europe by 2%. He is no more bullish about the economies in his area of specialty: Asia, a region where most of his colleagues foresee more buoyancy. China won't see GDP rise more than 4% in 2009, he says, and the country's economy may not grow at all. "There is going to be precious little growth anywhere," Walker says...
...when the group took a second trip to the area in May 2008, their attempt to build a well was unsuccessful...
...spoke at the meeting, which drew a crowd that filled the room and overflowed into the hallway. Other residents brought up the possibility that the cameras might have a detrimental effect on residents’ first amendment rights. Approximately 180 cameras have been installed in the Boston metropolitan area, according to Donald E. McGough, director of the Boston Office of Emergency Preparedness. As of last month, McGough stated that $4.6 million had been invested since 2004 to install the network of cameras in the area. Although the program gives municipality police commissioners control of the cameras in their district, towns...
...that decision hasn’t been made,” Melton said. He added that the attention given to the plan to vacate Fairchild was “overblown,” and that the University is considering other options to house SCRB, including the Longwood medical area...
...pilot Dario Garcia, 32, stay busy. As Pietro climbs over the snowy streets of Cleveland, Garcia monitors the instrument panel to make sure the helicopter's engines don't overload. Next Garcia uses the radio to warn two local airport towers, two hospitals and all the planes in the area that his bright yellow helicopter is about to traipse directly across their dedicated flight paths...