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...left Beijing for London, where she continued her film studies and began writing A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, a humorous novel about her struggles with the English language and a British paramour. An expired visa forced her to return to Beijing, where she put the novel on hold and made Concrete Revolution, a documentary about how the capital's ruthless physical transformation has affected residents and the rural laborers building...
...aerospace engineer will run the $700 billion Treasury Department program to rescue the American economy by pricing, buying and, hopefully, reselling some of the most complex financial instruments ever devised--all so that the credit markets can function again. Kashkari's job is pivotal; how long Kashkari will hold on to it isn't clear. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson intends to work with whoever is elected Nov. 4 to name a permanent head of the rescue program, get that person confirmed by Congress and install him or her on the job as soon as possible...
...think anyone is without prejudice of some kind. But for many, I would say, this is more in the nature of stereotypes we hold or assumptions we make that are not based on knowledge or experience. For a long time, I've wanted to get to the root of this issue. In our special report on race and in our annual America by the Numbers franchise, we look at the role race is playing. No one can say for certain what is in people's hearts. But what we found is a very American answer: people are pragmatic and seem...
...anxiety, calm the markets and move the story off the front page were dashed. The problems keep growing, financially on Wall Street and politically for the GOP: candidates are tanking in the polls, while surveys show voters still trust Barack Obama more on the issue. Obama has solidified his hold on almost every blue state, taken the lead in almost every purple state and gained small but solid leads in several large red states, including Ohio and Florida. John McCain was already bound by a limited set of combinations to reach 270 electoral votes; now, without a major change...
...unsold at the modern and contemporary Asian art sale on Oct. 4. Many say the unimpressive results were a combination of already overinflated price estimates and the dismal economy. "Particularly with the fund managers, if they are concerned with things happening in the world, they may be inclined to hold on to their funds," says Mark Joyce, owner of Koru Contemporary Art in Hong Kong...