Word: exports
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...doesn't explain the motives behind the 9/11 attacks or the 2002 Bali bombing. The U.S. hadn't set foot in Iraq when those acts took place. The alarmists, especially Benjamin, need to recognize that success in Iraq will make us safer in the long run. Democracies don't export terrorism...
...company's pain is another's pleasure. The net effect on some sectors will be positive. China's automakers, for example, rely heavily on parts made abroad and export few cars. The stronger yuan will effectively lower their costs by reducing their outlay for tires and other imported components. Meanwhile, firms that have been hurt by the rising price of oil, such as airlines, will also get relief: oil is priced in dollars, so companies earning in yuan will see their energy costs decline by 2.1%. In fact, China's macroeconomic landscape is expected to remain virtually unchanged by this...
...global economy works: the knock against Asia is that it saves too much and spends too little, while the U.S. spends too much and saves too little?leading to huge U.S. deficits that some economists fear could destabilize the world economy. If Asians begin to spend more, export-led economies everywhere will be less dependent upon U.S. spending for growth, reducing the risk of a recession should American consumers falter. The 2.1% rise in the yuan "is a baby step, but it is the start of a very important process," says Frank Gong, chief China economist for JPMorgan. Over...
...dagger. "These items are going to private homes," says p.n.g. National Museum director Soroi Eoe, the man responsible for thwarting the theft of cultural artifacts. "They are being lost not just to Papua New Guinea, but to the world. Under the law, these human remains are a prohibited export...
...Sepik heads might have fetched thousands of dollars apiece from collectors in the U.S. or Europe. Exporting the skulls without the rarely given special permit carries a maximum six-month jail sentence, Eoe says: it breaches not only the Cultural Property Preservation Act but part of the criminal code related to interfering with human remains. Yet in p.n.g., where corruption is pervasive and police are so poorly resourced they struggle to obtain fuel for mobile patrols, investigating non-violent crime is not a priority. Time has learned that none of the people involved in the apparent attempt to export...