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...China accounted for 32% of total Japanese-export growth in 2003. Japanese capital spending is also being driven in a significant way by capacity expansion in those industries trading with China. With annual private-consumption growth remaining anemic at about 1.5%, Japan has very little cushion against a falloff in mainland exports...
Television loves a good mystery. The big one this fall is, Where have the young male viewers gone? While the prime-time audience has dropped overall, the falloff has been most drastic in the coveted 18-to-34-year-old male demographic: down 16% in prime time at ABC, 19% at CBS and 21% at NBC, according to figures from Nielsen Media Research. What's the reason? Theories have ranged from an influx of Hispanic men in the sample (see below) to soldiers being shipped off to Iraq (don't bet on it). Here's a look at the most...
...next year, the difference between what the government spends and what it collects in taxes will exceed $450 billion, thanks to two years of tax cuts, hikes in defense spending and a falloff in tax revenue. The ballooning deficit has sparked a fierce debate among economists. Deficit hawks argue that, like credit-card balances, deficits may not hurt much in the short run but will eventually wreak havoc. In the worst-case scenario, the government keeps borrowing to finance itself, and interest rates rise. That retards growth by making mortgages, car loans and corporate investment more expensive. The Bush Administration...
...girls experience depression in more or less equal numbers. As they mature, however, girls fall prey to the blues more often, perhaps because of the hormone storms that accompany female adolescence. Could the different mix of hormones that boys produce--particularly testosterone--be somehow protective? If so, might the falloff of testosterone as men age slowly strip this protection away...
...right, requiring greater attention to design, engineering and marketing. Even specialists such as Porsche and BMW can't stay on cruise control. Although Porsche last week reported record profits, powered by sales of its 911 Turbo, competition facing its entry-level Boxster ($45,000-plus) contributed to a 21% falloff in sales for the vehicle. A redesign is expected...