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...biggest thing is that my business hasn’t gone down,” she said...
...thing, it's a good idea for the U.S. to have a better rapport with one of its major oil suppliers. Chávez, who said last weekend he's willing to meet with Obama, likewise seems to realize that his favorite Yanqui enemy, George W. Bush, is gone, and that a new relationship might be possible with his major oil customer. And as the Castro example demonstrates, it's hard to isolate a Latin American head of state when the rest of Latin America doesn't sign on - and most nations in the region are not willing to freeze...
...most immediate threat to the government budget in Iraq, where public-sector spending fuels almost the entire economy. With oil prices lower, Iraq expects to run a deficit this year of roughly $20 billion, which could be covered by the nation's existing cash reserves. Once that money is gone, however, Iraq will be in the same position as many countries facing a cash crisis around the world at the moment - but with added problems unique to a country rich with oil but troubled by the legacies of wars...
Junior seminars in economics have become the latest victim of the university-wide financial crisis. These 16-person seminars were some of the only small undergraduate courses taught by the department’s faculty. Now that they are gone, face-to-face interaction with a professor is a reality for only a handful of students in the College’s largest concentration. We strongly object to the elimination of this program and implore the department to make every effort to find a viable alternative to make up for the loss of these seminars...
...ramifications of Nakagawa's resignation won't be economic, but political. In a recent poll, Aso's support rate was 9.7% and many say he is teetering on losing control of the Liberal Democratic Party. "[The economy isn't] going to be better or worse because he's gone," says Robert Dujarric, director at Temple University's Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies. "But this is one more nail in Aso's coffin...It shows that he's incompetent and so is his administration." (See pictures of Japan and the world...