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...China's exports fell again in April and fell more sharply than most analysts had expected. The value of goods and services leaving the country was down 22.6% compared to last year. Reuters reports that economists expected the drop to be only 18%. Several experts also pointed out that the reason that Chinese economic growth is still reasonably strong is due to the nation's $585 billion stimulus package...
...mood among those already listed on AIM has soured, too. For the first time in its 14-year history, more companies left the exchange than listed on it last year. The reasons aren't hard to come by. In a survey of the businesses delisting in the year to April by law firm Trowers & Hamlins and accountants UHY Hacker Young, financial pressures or insolvency, as well as the cost of maintaining an AIM listing - paying for non-exec directors and other services can add up to $300,000 a year - accounted for a large chunk of those leaving. Others...
...weapons they make are sold within the territory of the state. "It's a gun bill, but it's another way of demonstrating the sovereignty of the state of Montana," Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer said, according to the AP, as he signed the bill into law in mid-April. "I like big guns, I like little guns, I like pistols, I like rifles, and I would like to buy a gun that's made in Montana...
...expecting to drive into Baghdad suddenly and seize it in a coup de main." - On the military's approach to conquering Iraq's capital (TIME, April...
...Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also reminded both parties soon after the weekend battles that "the world is watching Sri Lanka and would not accept further violations of international law." The five-member Security Council already held an informal session about Sri Lanka on April 11, and some members have lobbied for wider UN action. But moves to initiate a formal Security Council session on Sri Lanka have been thwarted by China and Russia. The government sees this effort to apply diplomatic pressure - through UN action or a debate at the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council - as, in effect...