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But many Western concerns are absurd. As a huge buyer of commodities, China has powered some of Africa's strongest growth since independence - hardly a negative trend. Cheap Chinese consumer goods have also stretched African shoppers' small budgets. Meanwhile, for a nation like France to complain about China's human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China and Africa: Growing Pains | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

Food Stamps: Total funding for the program could increase by $8 billion over 10 years. The formula for determining per-family benefits would be tied directly to the consumer price index, meaning, essentially, that benefits would rise in step with the cost of living - a standard that has surpassed food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Farm Bill Lower Grocery Tabs? | 4/30/2008 | See Source »

A former interracial fashion model who is also a Men’s Fitness magazine relationship columnist teamed up with a Harvard Medical School psychiatrist to discuss “Race and Female Body Image” in Emerson Hall last night. The event, sponsored by the Harvard Foundation and...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panelists Discuss Race and Beauty | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

Even with two-way connectivity, makers may still allow consumers to opt out of subscribing to the unit-tracking function, in part because that service would increase the annual fee - about $50 - that many companies already charge to transmit traffic updates and other information. What's more, it's not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why You Can't Track Your Stolen GPS | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

Island Def Jam executive Steve Gawley gave an insider’s account of the changing strategy of record companies to a packed lecture hall at Harvard Law School (HLS) Friday. Gawley, an HLS graduate, focused his talk on the highly publicized all-in-one contracts of big-name stars...

Author: By Mark A. Vanmiddlesworth, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Record Label Exec Predicts Industry Trends | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

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