Word: vices
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...result of restructuring and a downward spiral in consumer spending. But it's unclear how long that can sustain a recovery north of the 49th parallel. "If the Canadian dollar stays where it is, the job numbers will go the other way [i.e., worsen]," says Jean-Michel Laurin, vice president of global business policy for Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), the country's largest trade and industry association...
...proposed either changes to the 401(k) system or scrapping it altogether. Roger Ferguson Jr., chief executive of the investment firm TIAA-CREF, is one of the few financial executives who have backed changing the system. Ferguson's opinion is sure to have some sway. He is a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve and a member of President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. As the CEO of TIAA-CREF, Ferguson heads one of the largest providers of retirement plans - the go-to accounts for employees of colleges, hospitals and other nonprofit organizations...
Canada will be third recipient of the “Call of Service” Award, following child advocate Marian Wright Edelman in 2007 and former Vice President Al Gore ’69 last year...
While Harvard’s financial situation has constrained hiring, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity Judith D. Singer emphasized that the process of bringing in new scholars or promoting junior faculty across the University will continue—just at a slower pace than in years past...
...regarding education - that students be taught that they're equal citizens regardless of their background and they should accept the responsibilities that go along with equality under the law. "We teach students, educate them and raise them in school, but we don't pay them," says Albert-Jean Mougin, vice-president of the union representing teachers at middle schools and high schools. "We mustn't turn education into a commodity, nor turn accepting responsibilities into transactions between students and educators...