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...appears to be in no such jeopardy. Already, there are faint signs that the beleaguered manufacturing sector is ready to recover. If bond yields move much lower and tapped-out consumers can get better terms on their debt, a recovery may not be so far off. If we need a hero, patience may be its name. The good news is that a lot of risk has already been wrung out of the stock market. So this is no time to run scared, even though the cranky teacher is back in the classroom and it seems a long time till next...
...daddy has been laid off. Unemployment recently hit a postwar high of 5%, and my Japanese friends regularly point out "For Sale" signs proliferating outside luxury houses, or talk of college-age kids who actually want to work for the government (which offers greater job security than the private sector...
...changing society. In July, Members of Parliament voted to extend pension benefits to unmarried partners of M.P.s, gay or straight. The policy has not been extended to other government employees yet, but Liberal Democrat M.P. Evan Harris, who sponsored the amendment, is pushing for more change. "The public sector needs to keep up with the lifestyles and financial interdependence of modern couples," he says. "I'm campaigning to make these policies non-discriminatory." ? Not everyone agrees that the Homsi case is a valid example of bias. "Discrimination mainly applies to circumstances where people have no choice," wrote Sunday Telegraph columnist...
This goodwill, cooperation and generosity extends beyond the financial sector. Many others have shown in this past week that profits are not the sole end of American life. There has been an amazing upsurge in corporate and personal donations since the attack on the World Trade Center; from companies such as Coca-Cola and AT&T to celebrities like Madonna, many have made generous donations to the relief effort and the Red Cross. American patriotism and generosity have also been apparent on a more local level; New York delis gave free coffee and movie theaters gave free tickets and concessions...
...wage floor of $10.25 per hour for all Harvard employees. The Crimson typesetting was expected to employ 20 Cambodian typisis working two six-hour shifts a day on 10 computers for six months. The typists earn $50 a month, better than the $45 minimum wage paid in the garment sector, Cambodia’s biggest industry...