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...what had been a booming industry. The era of rapid growth for Chinese steel "will soon be remembered as history," he says. The Chinese stock market has also been hit hard - it's down about 60% this year - but the nation's banking system has for the moment largely been sheltered from the international storm because it's only partly open to the global capital flows that have circulated so many toxic assets. China's economic growth has been a critical factor for the U.S. because working in tandem, the nations have served as the twin motors of world economic...
...holdings of U.S. securities make it a key player in the U.S. financial markets. If the Chinese decided to shift any of their money out of the U.S. or the dollar, it would cause a huge upheaval, potentially sending the dollar skidding and hurting markets even further. For the moment, though, China hasn't given any hint that it's unhappy about owning rapidly depreciating U.S.-dollar assets. (The greenback has actually strengthened in recent days, but some caution that this is temporary...
...moment, though, the priority remains trying to stabilize a global financial system that has become worryingly volatile. Announcing Britain's plans to recapitalize its major banks and reach out for a broader international solution, Prime Minister Gordon Brown didn't mince words. "This is not a time for conventional thinking or outdated dogma but for the fresh and innovative intervention that gets to the heart of the problem," he said. The big yawn with which global stock markets greeted the move said it all: given the beaten-down state of the financial system and the questions that continue to swirl...
...though those games are no longer listed in the schedule for the Bulldogs (Army’s sports information department claims those scheduled games were always unofficial and declined to comment on why they were no longer listed). The odds of getting Army back on the schedule, for the moment, seem slim...
...While it may seem a small (and, for the moment, ineffective) change in scheduling philosophy, the suggestion that Ivy schools might again play with teams from the top division—schools, like Army or Navy, that are often among the most traditional and storied rivals the programs have—is a tantalizing one, and a change nonetheless...