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...even the world's fastest-growing major economy can avoid a pronounced slowdown. Any remaining hopes to the contrary were dashed recently when China's National Bureau of Statistics released the country's latest economic data: in the third quarter, GDP growth had slipped to 9%, the slowest quarterly pace since 2003. Meanwhile, estimates for 2009 growth are being slashed to as low as 8%, which would be a dramatic deceleration from last year's 12% rate and would rank as China's worst results since...
...fours. Led by junior coxswain Joseph Lin and Schreck, the four heavyweight rowers did not disappoint, as they finished the three-mile course in fourth place with a time of 16:14.792. Starting third in the staggered race, the foursome quickly got off to a strong start, keeping pace with the front-runner and eventual first-place boat of the U.S. Rowing Training Center. The rowers faced rough and choppy waters at first, but nevertheless adjusted to the conditions. “We had a good first split at Riverside [boathouse]—that was a good sign...
...refinance, taking out some of the capital gains to buy a car or pay for a vacation. Of course, this violated the first law of economics - that there is no such thing as a free lunch. The assumption that house prices could continue to go up at a rapid pace looked particularly absurd in an economy in which most Americans were seeing their real incomes declining...
...Morning Banana Diet - bananas don't normally sell well during summer, and this year's summer has been especially hot. Still, over the past 4 months, demand has driven Dole Japan to increase its banana imports by upward of 25%, and even then supplies could not keep pace with demand. "In a way this is an emergency," explains Ohtaki. "We've been importing bananas from the Philippines for the past 40 years, but this is the first time something like this happened to us, and we find it very difficult to cope...
...glance, there are still plenty of signs of the good life to which this nation of 320,000 had grown accustomed. The parking lot of Kringlan shopping center in Reykjavík is filled with sparkling Audis, Range Rovers and Mercedes. But inside the mall, bleary, blond-haired Icelanders pace the floor like zombies going through the motions of their former existence. "How can I rest easy knowing that everything I've saved all my life is gone?" asks a red-eyed advertising consultant dressed in a woolly cardigan and slippers as he sits in the food court...