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...been coming to Paris for 18 years, and at times when the dollar was strong, she says, "All I did was shop." But last week, walking around the Galeries Lafayette department store, she was doing more looking than buying. The reason: the dollar has been sliding against the euro, and that's making everything much more expensive for her. "I'm so depressed," she says. [an error occurred while processing this directive...
...More Kings,” a cover of a song from primary-school staple “Schoolhouse Rock!” also makes it onto the set, and somehow manages to be one of the band’s best performances. “Sensitive Euro Man,” a track from the best-left-forgotten “I Shot Andy Warhol” soundtrack, has a stunning bass dénouement.But any self-respecting Pave-aficionado will already have all those cuts, and the First Law of “Wowee Zowee?...
...Jean, Egyptian Amgad Zaki and Syrian Khalil Zakhem, Maass - who has built a reputation for successfully inventing new takes on old standards during his decade-long tenure in the United Arab Emirates - has created an informative, user-friendly tome with 120 culinary creations. The 256-page book applies a Euro-fusion ethos to classic Arab cookery, incorporating new ingredients (lobster with baba ghanoush ravioli, courgette-aubergine salad and cream of red peppers) while respecting regional Muslim customs that disallow alcohol in cooking. Oenophiles are not forgotten, though: selections like an hors d'oeuvre of orange-flavored prawns on a flan...
...Economic Research, warns that Germany's solar industry will falter if current policy changes: "The major point of criticism says that [solar] is too far from being competitive. It's a political question of whether the country wants to keep subsidizing it." Utility companies must now pay 8.36 euro cents per kW-h to windmill owners; for solar, the price is far higher, at 51 euro cents. The utilities charge about 20 euro cents per kW-h, with consumers paying an extra 0.5 euro-cent charge per kW-h to fund green energy...
...Mercedes-Benz, VW can't charge the rich prices necessary to offset the cost of exporting from Germany. And unlike its German rivals, VW doesn't make cars in the U.S.--its one American plant shut in 1988--a problem given the dollar's slump versus the euro...