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...takeovers that began with the collapse of Lehman Brothers on Sept. 15. Less than two weeks earlier, on Sept. 4, the Association for Financial Professionals surveyed more than 350 large companies about how the availability of short-term credit (or the lack thereof) was affecting business. Seventy-one percent said there was no significant impact, 11% said growth had slowed, and only 2% said business had contracted...
...trade group was shocked to see the results of a similar survey they ran three weeks later, between Sept. 26 and 29. Thity-seven percent of companies said that as a result of reduced access to short-term credit, they had cut capital spending during the previous month. Twenty-six percent had frozen or reduced hiring, and 22% had considered layoffs. Ten percent had reduced inventory, and 7% had contemplated closing stores or factories. Workers and customers of the world, those are effects you'll feel...
...details.” Health care is perennially one of the most important issues in presidential campaigns. According to the Petrie-Flom center, Americans spend $2 trillion on health care annually, a cost that is expected to grow dramatically in the coming decades. “More than 15 percent of our GDP is spent on health care, so it is a problem with major impacts,” said Katherine E. Paras, a Petrie-Flom administrator who helped organize the debate...
...initiative to simplify the federal aid application process. She is proposing to shorten the Free Application for Federal Student Aid from 120 questions to 27 and streamline the way that students qualify for financial help. “It’s red tape like this that keeps 40 percent of college students from even applying for federal aid. That’s eight million students,” Spellings said. The education secretary also acknowledged problems with the present structure of the American education system and the still-existing achievement gap. “Is our education system...
Overall, Palin is viewed favorably by 47% of likely voters and unfavorably by 40%. But her numbers are worse among women than men: 45% of all women surveyed have a negative opinion of Palin, compared to 42% who view her positively. Fifty-two percent of men have a favorable opinion, while 35% are in the unfavorable camp...