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...Indeed, after the tumble its markets have already taken, China seems almost certain to join the losers bracket. Slowing global economic growth will likely be an overall drag on profits through the end of the year at least, and the Olympics effect, if any, will be too small to matter. Our survey found that the host nations that appeared to benefit were smaller countries like South Korea where Olympics spending seemed to have a meaningful impact on overall economic activity. But China is the world's fourth largest economy. According to a 2007 report by Nomura Securities, China's Olympics...
...negative comments concerning your personal and professional life. How do you not let it get you down? -Amelia Leung, Auckland, New ZealandPeople gossip about you no matter what. With regard to the tabloid press, my husband and I have been through the whole gamut of emotions. First we were angry, and then sad, and then back to angry again, and then frustrated, and then we wanted to hire lawyers, and then at the end of the day you're like, Really? I don't have anything better to do? People are pretty divided about Martha [Stewart] and anybody who does...
Half of the U.S.'s electricity and a third of its CO2 pollution come from coal-fired power plants. Most of those plants are clustered in 25 states, each of which gets half or more of its electricity from coal. Why does that matter? Because creating a system in which electric utilities pay for the right to pollute will drive up electricity rates in those states and could force a shift to natural...
...matter how much it looks like the end of the world, the end never really comes. Those who stick to a plan and grab bargains when others leave them behind reap the best long-term rewards--whether their friends are with them...
...matter how innovative Virgin's Airlines are, no matter how loudly Branson trumpets biofuel, every plane in the sky runs on the same stuff. The price of jet fuel has risen 69% in the past year, and Virgin's executives, like their rivals, lie under its sword. "Other than the recession and $110-a-barrel oil, I see nothing but opportunity," CEO Cush deadpans. He can't cost-cut his way out; the limits of that strategy are obvious. The big carriers have taken $15 billion in costs out since 2001 but are paying $17 billion more for fuel...