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According to numerous reports, Donna sent her mother a text message on June 24 saying that she would be home later that day. The family began to grow even more fearful the next day, when Donna failed to show up at her part-time job or for her summer class at Santiago Canyon College in Orange County...
...Chinese government doesn't entirely disagree. At the urging of the U.S., the country has undertaken vast reforms of its banking sector over the past five years, including opening up the system to foreign banks offering debit cards. But officials remain cautious about letting consumer debt grow too fast, and have maintained safeguards such as low credit limits. Wang Huaqing, assistant chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, recently told the Washington Post that such decisions come from reports of people taking out loans to speculate in the stock market or on real estate, adding the indebtedness of young Americans...
...industry is too sprawling and amorphous to be accurately tracked - it includes products as diverse as copiers, medical equipment, compressors, single - use cameras and mobile phones. But, according to the Cologne office of the Automotive Parts Remanufacturers Association (APRA), the European remanufactured auto-parts sector alone is expected to grow from $5.2 billion in 2005 to $9.7 billion...
...White's masterpiece Charlotte's Web, the parents of Fern and Avery Arable watch nervously as the children charge off toward the Ferris wheel and frozen custard, the merry-go-round and wonderful music of a bustling fairground. "Well, they've got to grow up some time," Mr. Arable says to his wistful missus. "And a fair is a good place to start, I guess...
...Smeaton added that he has pledged to give half of the money raised for him to a charity in Glasgow that cares for injured military veterans. On the web, his legend continues to grow, with doctored pictures of Smeaton as superman recently posted. But Smeaton said such claims of superpowers were overblown. "I'm actually exhausted," he said. "And have had to take time off sick from the airport to recover." Which proves that, despite the tributes and spotlight, it's not easy being Smeaton...