economic downturn
December 22, 2008 - 1:09pm
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — If you're looking for an extra bargain before the holidays, you may only have to ask.
With holiday sales shaping up to be the lowest in years, possibly the worst since the industry began annual comparisons in 1969, retailers say they're taking consumers' demands for good deals seriously. Some are extending return policies, while others are matching competitors' prices. Many are volunteering on-the-spot discounts and even letting customers haggle prices well down from what's marked in a desperate bid to make the cash register ring.
"You'd have to be a moron not to ask for a discount," said Stephen Hoch, a retailing expert at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
December 2, 2008 - 12:51am
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President George W. Bush expressed remorse that the global financial crisis has cost jobs and harmed retirement accounts and said he'll back more government intervention if needed to ease the recession.
December 2, 2008 - 12:48am
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Walloped by the recession, automakers' U.S. sales are plummeting as hard-to-get credit, job losses and other stresses make many Americans wary of taking on big-ticket financial commitments.
November 24, 2008 - 12:00am
By Nikhita Parandekar
This is the first part of a series delving deeper into the economic crisis and its effects on higher education, particularly at Cornell.
In the past few weeks, members of the Cornell community have received a plethora of information about how Cornell is dealing with the current economic crisis. Like Cornell, many institutions of higher education have created innovative plans to support their missions while managing their budgets.
November 15, 2008 - 11:54am
By Donial Dastgir
It's been over a week since Obama won the presidential race and the nation was in euphoria. We have a right to be happy. In one fell swoop, America largely reinvented itself. But, we cannot let our joy and pride take away attention from pressing matters. We have to transform our hope into reality.
November 6, 2008 - 12:00am
By Brian Karlovitz
A five-member panel of international business leaders from Osram, one of the world’s leading lighting manufacturers, met in Sage Hall last night to discuss global leadership challenges and changes.
The panelists talked about topics ranging from green business and sustainable development to competing leadership models and corporate social responsibility. The student-organized International Leadership Forum sponsored the event. 
Looking for answers: Panelist Larry Hu speaks yesterday in Sage Hall about international business.
They focused on the need for sustainability in light of global climate change and the energy crisis.
October 11, 2008 - 6:51pm
By Tarun Chitra
Recession. Evangelical. Abortion. Large Hadron Collider. What do these words have to do with each other (outside of the triviality the word “real” is spelled using the first letter of each word?) Sure, words have been tossed about in the news of late, but what does the world’s largest (and non-functional at the moment) particle accelerator have to do with “hot button” political buzz-words? Absolutely nothing. And that’s precisely the point.
October 5, 2008 - 11:00pm
By Yevgeniy Feldman
You know what really grinds my gears? People.
September 30, 2008 - 11:00pm
By Shaun Werbelow
The focus of this column, then, will be the metaphorical roommate who won’t leave when you and your significant other are clearly vying for some privacy. Yes, I will continue to beat it (no pun intended), the only issue of relative significance these days, the dead horse — the economy, stupid.
September 30, 2008 - 11:00pm
By Laura Temel
While healthy young adults may appear to be the least at risk for health problems, make no mistake — many young adults are uninsured. The current system of health insurance in the United States has placed college students in an incredible bind. Over 13.7 million young adults in the U.S. today do not have health insurance specifically, those between the ages of 19 and 29, according to the Commonwealth Fund, a healthcare think tank. With young adults comprise one of the largest segments of America’s uninsured, we can be certain this is a serious domestic issue.
