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What is your response to the claims that you are romanticizing poverty in India? Emily Gillespie, EUGENE, ORE...
Grandparents rule. In late 2006, John Kreuzer, 30, and his wife moved from Portland, Ore., into his in-laws' house in San Jose, Calif., because he got a p.r. job in Silicon Valley. They decided to keep staying there - with their two little kids - because Kreuzer's father-in-law was laid off. As the job market got tighter, it just made sense for everyone to share living expenses in such a high-cost area, Kreuzer says...
...Chinalco, a huge consumer of iron ore, the deal provides potential pricing power over Rio, one of the world's three largest ore producers. Every year, steel and aluminum producers worldwide negotiate with miners over new contracts. For the past few years the mining companies have driven up prices relentlessly. Shan Shanghua, executive secretary of China's Iron and Steel Association, recently hinted that Chinese buyers will have some additional clout at the bargaining table...
...Some analysts believe Chinalco paid a premium for the Rio assets, given how much prices have slumped. But BOC International's Xu notes, "that the price is much, much lower for the assets - particularly iron ore and copper - than it would have been just six months ago. This seems like a pretty good deal for Chinalco...
Depending on your definition of "Major U.S. City," Sam Adams, the new mayor of Portland, Ore., is not necessarily the first openly gay man to lead a major U.S. city [Feb. 9]. That designation may more deservedly go to David Cicilline, the mayor of Providence, R.I., elected in 2002. Portland's population is bigger, but Providence is its state's capital. That's pretty major in its own right. Rick Carson, ST. PETERSBURG...