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...Pyongyang, Dandong will be the place where the hammer will drop. But there's reason to doubt China's readiness to take further steps toward squeezing North Korea. One reason is self-interest. Trade with the North is vital to border cities like Dandong, which has registered double-digit growth in recent years, according to local government statistics. Much of that is due to its trade with North Korea, which has more than quadrupled since 1999. Others have benefited from doing business with the North: energy and fuels constitute the bulk of China's exports to the North, accounting...
...Polls which weeks ago showed Corker with a double-digit lead over Ford now have Ford drawing even: a Wall Street Journal/Zogby poll released Thursday shows Corker leading 49.4% to Ford's 42%, but with a 3.3% margin of error, statistically that leaves the race too close to call...
Princeton’s offense sports strong hands in junior quarterback Jeff Terrell, who has completed 82 of 137 passes for 1,085 yards. He is aided by three receivers with double-digit catches, including junior Brendan Circle with 21 for 349 yards...
...Updating a show often leads to a schizophrenic production of an otherwise masterfully crafted work. Why mess with success?Well, partially to make money. New York producers have no qualms about infusing vintage shows with contemporary vigor, so long as the weekly box office figures creep inexorably towards seven-digit territory. A Broadway-bound revival of “Company,” which features an updated book, represents one such hybridization of the mothballed and the modern. Directed by John Doyle—whose recently transformation of Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” from...
...late eighties were boom years on Wall Street, as the stock market climbed and the dollar strengthened. Venture capital firms and the first hedge funds cropped up; savvy traders earned seven-digit bonus checks. On the back of the success of “The Bonfire of the Vanities” and the popularity of Gordon Gekko, the “greed is good” phenomenon made banking sexy. And major firms began aggressive recruitment schemes at top college campuses, seeking the best minds to return the highest figures...