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...interview last week, Bossert said the renovations “cheapened Lowell House outrageously” with poor aluminum, “institutional” circuit wire molding, and “cheap plastic things...
...restore investor confidence, Icelandic banks and government officials have emphasized their economy's unflagging strengths in a charm offensive directed at ratings agencies and investors. Iceland is the fifth richest country in the oecd; the prices of its largest exports, aluminum and fish, are at record highs. "The Icelanders are richer than us," says British economist Portes. "They're not exactly going to starve." (Iceland's gross national income per capita is $39,400, compared to the U.K.'s $35,300.) What's more, the banks remain fundamentally sound: they have strong deposit ratios and are more profitable than their...
...roughly a thousand times larger - has always made it volatile, partially explaining its much-discussed $2.7 billion current-account deficit. "If my father decides to build a garage onto his house, it will almost show up in national accounts," she quips. So imagine the impact of constructing two large aluminum smelters from 2005 to 2007. Those projects required the import of generators and other materials, and amounted to 35% of the nation's GDP. With aluminum prices higher than ever before, those smelters will soon turn profits - and boost national income...
Vaccines in general are a good thing, she says, but the problem is in the ingredients. Many vaccines contain mercury, formaldehyde, and aluminum, Jane argues. Thimerosal, which contains a mercury derivative, was once a common preservative in vaccines, she says. "This just can't be good for you. Injecting yourself with aluminum can't be good...
...from his office. His health caused further concern; if his cardiac condition had been public knowledge he would never have won the 1996 election. Nor would he have triumphed without getting the business oligarchs to bankroll his campaign. In return, they got their hands on oil, gas, nickel and aluminum, and grew even richer. Democracy had been one of his slogans before he came to power, and he continued to celebrate it in principle. But the sleazy reality of Kremlin affairs brought democratic ideals into disrepute long before he resigned in favor of Vladimir Putin...