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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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"Things really are better," said Thomas "Danny" Boston, Professor in the School of Economics, regarding the state of the economy overall. Boston continued, "We are at a point where we can really make a difference and put all of the bad stuff behind us if we simply act on the signals that we're getting. In other words, the fact that there was this increase in spending over the holidays, the fact that corporations are experiencing record profits and ready to invest, but still a bit uncertain, the fact that we've been able to move forward given all of the problems in europe - all of that means that we can actually grow very, very robustly." Source: CNN, December 2, 2011
