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...trade policymakers, a resonant message from the recent World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland, was the need to guard against protectionism amid the global financial crisis. Indian Trade Minister Kamal Nath led a chorus of Davos voices warning that governments, desperate for measures to preserve their slumping domestic industries, might move to restrict imports to ease competitive pressures - a formula that in the past has only exacerbated economic downturns by sparking commerce-killing trade wars...
...More than $330 million worth of Chinese toys are imported by India annually, which accounts for over 60% of the total sold by Indian retailers. D.S. Rawat, secretary-general of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry, says the ban is necessary not for safety reasons, but to guard against Chinese toymakers flooding the market with its products. "We have already been warning the government against dumping by China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand," he says...
Back in Lyudinovo, snow is falling heavily. Andrei Petrov, the biggest retailer in town, owns many of the stores, including the new emporium, and also runs a wholesale-distribution business to supply them. Getting in to see him is hard. A security guard wants to know whether we are American spies. Petrov's deputy, Viktor Denisov, nervously locks his office door when he crosses the corridor to see his boss. Petrov is deliberately cagey about business prospects. Yes, an economic crisis is now raging, "but this is not the first time we've had one," he says. Indeed, back...
...seems unlikely.Harvard will have no trouble scoring, as it seems to have found a solution to its offensive struggles of late—make free throws. The Crimson could have won games against Dartmouth and Penn at home with some makes, but showed recent improvement against Princeton. The new guard tandem of senior Drew Housman and freshman standout Oliver McNally should make a difference, if Amaker stays with it. In the end, Yale is struggling too much and Harvard has too much talent. If it can learn to win, this should be its game for the taking.Harvard 65, Yale 59COLUMBIA...
...having lost to Yale twice, as well as Columbia and Cornell. Last year, Brown swept Harvard in the season series, winning 71-51 in Providence and 81-65 in Cambridge. The Bears feature three scorers averaging double digits, junior forward Matt Mullery, sophomore forward Peter Sullivan, and sophomore guard Adrian Williams at 15.7, 14.1, and 12.6 points-per-game respectively. While Sullivan and Williams are prolific outside shooters, the catalyst for Brown’s offence is their big man, Mullery.“The big kid is the key. He shoots a high percentage...he?...