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...Moreover, construction is booming in Thailand and South Korea. Some countries - notably South Korea, whose forecast growth of more than 6% this year makes it the region's star - have introduced tax reforms to encourage consumer spending, and others are pumping up demand with public expenditure. But the key driver of the recovery is easy money. Interest rates remain low, credit demand is up, and banks - the best of which have cleaned up their loan portfolios - are feeling generous again...
...fighters who accompanied him went into the house to get close enough to a tank or D-9 to plant explosives on it; the Palestinians' bombs, says Holley, were useless unless they were placed directly on the armor of a vehicle. Holley surmises that the bulldozer driver saw the Palestinians and rammed the wall down on top of Tawalbe. A week later--by which time Tawalbe's name was known throughout the Arab world--his family dug out his body and that of another fighter who died with him. The bodies had been so badly mangled by the falling masonry...
...land a job, record numbers of workers are taking pay cuts or switching industries, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas; many others are starting their own small businesses. But as hard as it may be to believe, it should not be too long before employees are in the driver's seat. A wave of retirements whose full effect is only starting to be felt will soon ripple through the entire economy. And the savviest workers and employers are already preparing...
...blue-eyed Barbie was named after Handler's daughter Barbara, and since its introduction in 1959 more than 1 billion dolls have been sold in more than 150 countries. INDICTED. JAYSON WILLIAMS, 34, the former NBA forward, for his role in the Feb. 14 fatal shooting of a limousine driver at his estate; in Flemington, New Jersey. If convicted of all the charges levied against him, Williams faces nearly 45 years behind bars. ARRESTED. CHEE SOON JUAN, 39, leader of the Singapore Democratic Party, for attempting to hold a Labor Day rally outside the presidential palace without an official permit...
According to Hill, the driver slowed down after hitting him but never actually stopped to check on his condition...