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...company's chopstick-optional culinary formula, combined with an upscale ambiance and prime locations, has resonated well with customers and investors since the company went public in 1998. There are now 194 bistros in 39 U.S. states, along with 164 outlets of its more casual line of restaurants, Pei Wei Asian Diner, which launched in 2000. But as with many restaurant chains, the recession slowed the pace of expansion after consumers started ordering cheaper dishes and cooking for themselves at home. The stock fell to an eight-year low of $15 in November 2008 (it has since rebounded to roughly...
Cornell's 64-member Board of Trustees has gathered at Cornell this weekend for one of their four meetings of the year. Apparently portions of their meetings are open to the public? The Harvard Corporation, on the other hand, has just seven members who meet privately once a month...
...same time, actually getting the vaccine to the people who most need it - pregnant women, kids between the ages of six months and 24 years, health workers - hasn't been easy either. Complaints of vaccine shortages have emerged around the country, and local public health departments say they don't know when more vaccine will arrive. Worried parents say they don't know where to go to get the vaccine for their kids - their doctor's office, the school, a local hospital? Nor is it clear who should get the bulk of the complaints - while the federal government...
...year, during the colder months of winter - and it could be more severe, as has occurred in past pandemics. "I think this was a wakeup call in terms of preparing for something which would have [worse] characteristics," said Arnold Monto, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan School of Public Health...
...parties agreed on a reduction totaling 24 billion euros ($36 billion). Among the beneficiaries will be small businesses, families and people inheriting money from their parents. The government is also planning to reform its health insurance system from 2011, shifting more of the financial burden on the public via direct premium payments. (See a story about Angela Merkel's economic legacy...