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...point is that there is more, much more, where that came from. To date, China's economic engagement with the outside world has come largely via exports (it exported $969 billion worth of goods last year) and by attracting huge amounts of foreign direct investment, mostly from manufacturers taking advantage of its low labor costs. That is changing rapidly. A month ago, Beijing's recently formed State Investment Co. bought a $3 billion stake in the Blackstone Group just before the U.S. private-equity giant went public (an investment that so far is more than $300 million under water). This...
...manage our risk using several instruments, including direct hedges, market hedges, and diversification,” he said...
...example, many of those pesky "Restrooms for Employees Only" signs that hang in most small businesses are actually in direct violation of building codes. Nearly all states have plumbing codes that require businesses to provide restroom access for customers and visitors. In New Hampshire, denying entry to a bathroom is a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum $1,200 fine...
...esteem. He met Ullmann in 1964, and wrote Persona - the film that reestablished him as an artistic pioneer - in part so he could be with her. Ullmann became his muse for the next decade, most indelibly in the TV-serial-turned-film Scenes from a Marriage. She would also direct films from two of his late scripts, Private Confessions and Faithless, and star in his last work, Saraband, a sequel of sorts to Scenes from a Marriage...
White says the Iraqi government is "scared about admitting that there are Jews there," for fear of Muslim response in the region. For similar reasons, he says that no Jewish organization could provide them with direct aid, although indirect help through a non-Jewish agent might be possible...