UCSD economists Garey and Valerie Ramey finish work on their parenting project paper. Photo: Victor Chen, UCSD Moms going all out to get college spots for children College-educated mothers in the United States are going to extremes to secure elite college admission for their kids, UCSD economists Garey and Valerie Ramey concluded. The Rameys dub the phenomenon the "Rug Rat Race" and describe it ...

HAVANT, United Kingdom, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Xyratex Ltd (Nasdaq: XRTX), a leading provider of enterprise class data storage subsystems and storage process technology, today announced final results for the first fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2010.

STRASBURG With the economy down and unemployment at a high, many businesses seem to be throwing in the towel these days. Mercury Paper, formerly known as Solaris Paper, is doing quite the opposite and expanding its facilities. Last week, Governor Bob McDonnell announced that the company is investing $21.2 million to expand its cu

LORAIN An increase in oil and natural gas drilling has prompted U.S. Steel Corp. to consider investing $250 million at its tubular plant in Lorain and $400 million in a plant in Leipsic in northwest Ohio, according to Gov. Ted Strickland. The governor meets regularly with the steelmaker, and company officials told him about the [...]

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