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...Buttressing that sort of attitude are the limited ways in which Chinese citizens can put their nest eggs to work. Bank interest rates remain regulated and miserly - offering less than 1% return on a standard savings account - and China has only just begun to open the door to its citizens being able to invest legally abroad. For most savers, that leaves real estate or the stock market - and if an apartment is the equivalent of a bar of gold, the stock market is the equivalent of a casino. Generally speaking, the Chinese love to gamble, but they love their bars...
...This begs the question: Should the squabbling rivals be focusing more of their energies on making their passengers happy than on tearing each other down? Neither airline looks to be in danger of losing their customer base. But if the fighting continues, it could just open the door for other competitors to make a play for their business...
...meeting happened in 2005 and Khafif said he was surprised to learn how much homework Trump had done beforehand. "He had done a lot of due diligence. That's what let me walk through that door; it's not easy to walk through that door," Khafif says. Trump "already knew that the country was booming," but "hates to fly or leave the country." The day after the meeting, Khafif said he received an early morning phone call. "I hear a voice that sounded like Trump, but I thought it was friend who can imitate voices. Two minutes later I realized...
...Start-up Nation Twenty miles south of Austin, in a nondescript industrial park, sits a bland, corrugated-metal building with a roll-up door. Inside the building sits the future of the U.S. economy...
...Unfortunately,” Roberts said, “after we got ahead 6-3, we didn’t have what it took to close the door in the sixth inning. They loaded the bases, and we changed pitchers. They were really gunning for us. They came back and scored four runs...