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...prime opportunity to cheaply acquire holdings of strategically important natural resources such as iron ore, copper, oil and gas - commodities China's leadership knows it will need much more of in the long run. In the past month, Chinese companies have bought assets abroad at an unprecedented pace. Aluminum Corp. of China (Chinalco), a major holding company focused on resources, has announced plans to invest $19.5 billion in Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining companies. If completed the deal would be the biggest foreign purchase any Chinese company has ever made. China Minmetals, another state-owned firm...
...world in which The Great Depression played itself out predated the globalization of credit and economic interdependence. Even the worst of the large post-war recessions rarely lasted more than a year. Even at their most inventive, government policy systems are incapable of operating in an environment where the pace of negative change quickens by the week...
...president's team of financial experts has predicted that the economy will grow by 3.2% next year, 4% in 2010, and 4.6% in 2012. It would be hard to find a well-regarded forecast which is that optimistic. The IMF has a much darker view of the pace of economic recovery. Even the organization that produces the Blue Chip Economic Indicators survey, known for only talking to the most optimistic experts, has estimated economic expansion far short of those used in the Budget...
...Crimson got comfortable with their early lead, however, and Columbia capitalized. With 4:26 left in the first half, the Lions had taken control of the pace of the game. Harvard suddenly appeared disoriented and its lead dwindled to three points at halftime...
...right shelf past Tigers goaltender Zane Kalemba’s shoulder to tie the game up at 1-1. The Crimson survived a penalty-ridden first period that also saw them outshot 17-8 by Princeton and was better able to dictate the game’s pace in the second. “Sometimes the penalties hinder your ability to get something going offensively, and sometimes they’re a result of spending too much time in your zone and the other team carrying the play,” Donato said. “But I thought after...