Word: cheaping
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...beleaguered U.S. dollar isn't getting much love these days, except from one small but powerful group: deep-pocketed institutional traders, who are piling into dollars with ever greater enthusiasm because it is so weak and cheap to borrow. "Dollar borrowing picked up steam after the G-20 summit {that ended in Pittsburgh on September 25} when traders concluded that interest rates in the U.S. were going to stay low for a long time," says Mark Matthews, chief Asia strategist for Fox-Pitt Kelton Securities. Adds Olivier Desbarres, a currency strategist for Asia with Credit Suisse: "Hedge funds, pension funds...
Beijing has cried foul to the World Trade Organization (WTO) after being whacked with a 35% U.S. tariff on Chinese tires in what some fear could lead to an escalating trade war. The U.S. argues that cheap imports were harming its tire industry; China has said it might limit U.S. auto and chicken imports in response...
...that the BSO is offering $20 (i.e. dirt-cheap) tickets for people under 40, don't judge. Like newspapers, symphony orchestras either have to beg on their knees for young people to dish out at least some money, or they may die along with their patronage base...
...falseness also keeps Palma’s intended deeper meaning from captivating the viewer. In these digital photographs, any arms that protrude from a wall or hands that float in reverential pose do not evoke Palma’s “ghosts,” but rather, resemble cheap props.Though Palma attempts to capture and project the emotion of his earlier works on the larger and more modern medium of digital print, he fails to transfer that same intensity. His earlier works are less grand, yet they are ultimately more moving...
...Living Room, is currently abuzz with New York City's cultured classes, as is its signature restaurant, the Standard Grill. The latter serves deceptively down-to-earth fare (try the trout); the rest of the hotel, however dwells in fashion's stratosphere and does not come cheap: rates start from $320. For more information, see www. standardhotels.com...