Word: cheaping
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...Moves like the latter one could wind up stoking the fires of global inflation. After all, it was China's cheap laborers who turned the country into the world's factory. By one estimate, China's manufacturing unit labor cost was just 4% of that of the U.S. in 2005. Now, as the mainland economy powers ahead - GDP growth jumped by 11.9% in the second quarter - real wages of urban workers have been soaring at double-digit rates, rising 18% in the first half of this year alone, according to the government. Add in higher raw-materials prices, and manufacturers...
...just the residents of Uong Bi who are caught in this dilemma. Throughout Vietnam - indeed, in most of the developing world - demand for cheap electricity is quickly rising. But as countries turn to abundant coal as the energy source of choice, many worry an environmental catastrophe is in the making. As the rest of the world struggles for solutions to global warming, Vietnam has built eight new coal-fired power plants in the past five years and plans to open at least a dozen more by 2012. Last year, Vietnam got only 19% of its power from coal, relying mostly...
...Indian curry. 11. It doesn’t require a party grant. 12. It’s cheaper than studying abroad and doesn’t require the Office of International Programs, transferring credits, or flying for 18 hours straight. 13. Oktoberfest beads—any festival where cheap necklaces are passed out is generally something to enjoy. 14. Freshman males need not fear bouncers or intimidating door-guards to get into Oktoberfest. 15. Waking up covered in face paint, smelling of fried dough and not being ashamed for a second (and, not remembering a second...
Following the University’s decision to bust the booze budget, FM figured that some socially imprisoned youngsters would be in dire need of a cheap new way to get that Friday night buzz. Under these lock-down conditions, we thought it would be appropriate to take a cue from real inmates and present the official recipe for “Harvard Hooch,” FM’s version of prison rotgut. Sure, it might taste like sewage, but who cares? It’s free. You can get all the ingredients you need right...
...even if NBC is just doing this because it is still bitter about losing the NFL to Fox, it is still a cheap drunk. "If we had signed the deal to stay with the AFC, we would have lost $150 million to $160 million a year," says NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol, who made McMahon an offer just hours after the WWF announced the league's launch. "So worst-case scenario to us would be a third of what we would have lost...