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...Rising mainland prices should come as no surprise. For years, economists have wrung their hands over the prospect that China's economy might finally overheat. The latest inflation report signals that time may be at hand. China has recorded four straight years of double-digit economic growth, and 2007 will likely be the fifth: first-quarter GDP expanded by 11.1%. At a moment when the rest of the world fears roiling credit markets might reduce growth, China faces a different challenge: how to slow its economic locomotive before it jumps the tracks...
...country’s interests and foreign policies to over two hundred spectators last night. The panelists agreed that Iran is far from building a nuclear weapon. “The Iranians have had significant difficulty in getting their initial, much smaller cascades working—they overheat, they break down,” said Washington Post columnist David R. Ignatius ’73, who is also a Crimson editor. “They can’t run them continuously.” Despite the apparent tension, panelists said the two countries share similar interests...
...Apple has issued a recall on several models of Mac laptops because the battery can overheat and catch fire. Experts say a Mac fire is just like a PC fire, except it's more hip and condescending." --CONAN O'BRIEN...
...this morning when he heard about Dell's recall of 4.1 million Sony-made laptop batteries sold between April 2004 and July 2006. The TV showed images of exploding laptops, but the message from Dell was more subdued: "Under rare conditions, it is possible for these batteries to overheat, which could cause a risk of fire." At that moment, McArdle's Dell laptop, which he bought last year, was resting on his lap. Nervously removing it, he popped out the battery to check if it was part of the recall...
...from equity and the rest from debt. Today the average equity level is down to 35%, according to S&P. That is still a far cry from the 7% equity levels of the original buyout craze, but the trend is nonetheless an indicator that the industry is starting to overheat. "That often happens toward the end of one of these cycles," says Ross. "People get too aggressive with their lending...