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...place these facilities for legacy assets because we think they are good insurance against the risk of a future downturn, and we think they provide some broad help to this process of thawing receding credit markets. If the world gets progressively better, you may see less demand for those facilities...
...global economy has sent oil prices skyrocketing from $35 a barrel to more than $70 ought to be a sign that the upward price cycle that started a decade ago isn't played out yet. The crucial element may be that the struggling U.S. no longer drives the global demand cycle--China and India...
...expect government intervention on the demand side - through education campaigns, tax incentives or targeted subsidies - to rein in our cravings. But in the energy arena, several states have already proved that rationalizing incentives on the supply side can transform the landscape. In most of the country, per capita electricity use has increased about 50% during the past three decades - despite conservation programs, efficiency incentives and the general rise of green. But in California and the Pacific Northwest, where state legislatures decoupled utility profits from sales volumes, electricity use has been flat. Instead of an incentive to sell more power...
...finally accepted the idea of a Palestinian state, albeit with limited sovereignty, and he has signaled an intent to ease the Gaza blockade, remove some West Bank roadblocks, release some Palestinian prisoners and transfer more security responsibility in West Bank towns to Palestinian forces. But in publicly and repeatedly demanding a settlement freeze, even after Israel objected, Obama has made it not only a test of Netanyahu's bona fides as a peacemaker, but also of U.S. credibility. The President hasn't left himself much room for retreat; the question is whether Netanyahu plans to find a way to accommodate...
...crop year could aggravate India's overall economic slowdown. "If production suffers, the [low] income effect will bring down rural demand, which has been buoyant so far," says Anjan Roy, Adviser for Economic Affairs at the New Delhi-based Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. "This, in turn, will affect industrial production." Inflation in India is deeply influenced by food and food-related items' prices. Wholesale, retail as well as futures prices of food items are rising every day. "If there's runaway inflation, it will altogether throw economic policy haywire," Roy says. "If the Reserve Bank...