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...them in the global competition for a shrinking pool of consumer demand. Most obvious of these steps was Washington's $17 billion bailout of the U.S. auto industry. Now American steelmakers are lobbying the incoming Obama Administration to include "Buy America" provisions in the proposed government stimulus package, to favor their own steel over foreign imports. A state development fund in Taiwan is raising $6 billion to aid companies in the industries considered strategic for the economy; Taiwan chipmaker Powerchip Semiconductor has already applied for government help. China, meanwhile, has restored or raised tax rebates over the past six months...
...fresh start: the sheer fact that los yanquis elected a liberal African American as President has already done a good deal to alter Uncle Sam's image in Latin America, even among leftists. None other than Chávez said last month that "there are winds in favor of relations between the Venezuelan government and the new President of the U.S." Cuban President Raúl Castro has said much the same. The amiability turned sour this weekend, however, when Chávez, reacting to a new Univision interview with Obama in which the President-elect calls him "a force...
...institutions, however, are in a good position relative to their foreign counterparts. Japanese companies have ample cash on hand at a time when cash and liquidity matter most. As mergers-and-acquisitions activity increases abroad, the appreciation of the yen (currently 90 to the dollar) can actually work in favor of Japanese businesses, making acquisitions more affordable as the market caps of their competitors decline. And banks, even with some financial constraints, are seeing lending increase, with growth of 3.7% in December from a year earlier. Positive news, to be sure, but not quite the stuff of a new bull...
Helen Vendler, Porter University Professor: “I’ve never believed in (or made) resolutions, being too much in favor of day-by-day freedom. ‘The river glideth at its own sweet will’ (Wordsworth).” Daniel T. Gilbert, Harvard College Professor of Psychology: “I resolved to make only one resolution. And I also resolved to lose 5 pounds.” N. Gregory Mankiw, Beren Professor of Economics: “I resolve to stop responding to queries from The Crimson. (Oops...already broken...
...this case, the landing and quick response of rescuers appear to have worked in the favor of survivors. Says Weiner: "It seemed like the plane was really in control as it came into the river. It was almost as if the river was like the runway. It was approaching it like it was a runway until it hit the water, and then you didn't know what to expect. Thank God it stayed in one piece and just slid along its belly." At a press conference soon after the incident, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the plane...