Word: dollarize
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...kidding. Hong Kong's economy has been on a tear lately: bolstered by a booming mainland and the Hong Kong dollar's peg to a weakening U.S. currency, the Hang Seng Index gained 39% in 2007. A recent survey by TNS and Gallup International showed that Hong Kong people are the most optimistic in the world on the general outlook for 2008, with 71% expecting the coming year to be better than the last. All that prosperity is causing headaches for Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp, who are finding it harder to make their cause relevant. In November...
...this project we’ve been working all year on?” said Task Force member Harry Mattison. “There’s nothing in that agreement that is anywhere close to the kind of community benefits package that is appropriate for this billion-dollar initiative...
...DOLLAR CHEST by Jimmie Martin Money talks, but should it shout all over French antiques? Design duo Jimmie Martin (they're Swedes living in London) paint venerable items in gold and silver leaf and graffiti them with if-you've-got-it-flaunt-it slogans and symbols. Fashion designer Paul Smith says new-Brit design twists the classics; here, it positively makes them reel. www.jimmiemartin.co.uk
...says Charlie Black, a former Bush advisor who stayed with McCain after his summertime implosion. The campaign has raised enough money over the past few weeks that no one is worried about being able to continue on through Florida's primary on Jan. 29. "Starting tomorrow, every dollar we raise now will go to Florida...
...Strauss’ civic-mindedness extended to his criticism of what he saw as Harvard’s “money culture.” He decried tuition hikes at universities and the multimillion-dollar salaries of Harvard’s endowment managers, writing four op-eds on the topic in The Crimson over the past four years...