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...China policy can do to significantly bolster Taiwan's economy in the face of the global financial crisis. The economy is highly dependent on exports, especially of electronics, to the U.S. and elsewhere. Taiwan's export orders grew only 2.8% in September from a year earlier, the slowest pace since 2002. The consumer confidence index in October dropped to the lowest level since monthly surveys were first conducted...
...rate is at 8.8%, the highest in the country and well above the national average of 6.1%, according to the most recent data available from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. But Rhode Island's situation is hardly unique as the effects of the nation's economic downturn gather pace amid the ongoing financial turmoil. Twenty-one states have unemployment rates above the national average, with Michigan and Minnesota showing rates near Rhode Island's to make up the top three. Unemployment figures are certain to rise when the bureau releases its next set of figures on Nov. 7. Some...
After dominating throughout the fall season, it was more of the same from the Harvard women’s golf team this weekend. At the Lehigh Invitational, the Crimson paced through the field with rounds of 315 and 321 to notch its fourth victory in four tournaments this year. Now Harvard is confident it can carry this success through the offseason and into the spring, when the team will be favored to pick up a second consecutive Ivy championship. “It’s definitely great to get these results, but this is by no means...
...Rain Man,” is not in top-notch form. In “What Just Happened?” the individual scenes creep along, especially during the first third of the movie as Levinson tries to establish Ben’s world. Between the sluggish pace and De Niro’s uninspired acting, there’s nothing to keep audiences’ eyes open other than Levinson’s use of fast cuts to transition between scenes. These cuts create an offputting pace that first lulls the audience into drowsiness and then jolts them awake...
...help take high-end chocolate national, Hershey's bought organic chocolatier Dagoba as well as top-shelf artisans Scharffen Berger and Joseph Schmidt. Mars is trying to keep pace, launching deluxe Dove bars and premium M&Ms in flavors like raspberry almond for $4 a bag. Supermarket shoppers can now select their sweets on the basis of preferred percentage of cacao (the mod way to refer to cocoa content): from Hershey's Cacao Reserve (35%) to its Scharffen Berger Extra Dark...