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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

by THE AMERICAN last modified Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Despite widespread economic worries, ‘retail sales excluding cars rose 0.5 percent in April, more than twice what economists had forecast’. . . For California’s top high school students, the Ivy League ‘may soon be cheaper’ than their state’s public universities. . . Even though the social networking site Facebook is valued at $15 billion, its ‘profits remain slim’. . . Without much fanfare, Israel has experienced a roaring economy and a technology boom. . . AEI economist Desmond Lachman reckons that the U.S. housing shock is ‘intensifying’. . .

Despite widespread economic worries, ‘retail sales excluding cars rose 0.5 percent in April, more than twice what economists had forecast’. . .

For California’s top high school students, the Ivy League ‘may soon be cheaper’ than their state’s public universities. . .

Even though the social networking site Facebook is valued at $15 billion, its ‘profits remain slim’. . .

Without much fanfare, Israel has experienced a roaring economy and a technology boom. . .

AEI economist Desmond Lachman reckons that the U.S. housing shock is ‘intensifying’. . .

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