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...investment and development has translated into prosperity for Xi'an residents. The per capita GDP of the city has increased 150% between 2001 and 2008 to $3,800 (though it remains far behind rich coastal cities like Shanghai, where GDP per capita exceeds $10,500). Consumer spending is growing quickly as well. In the first nine months of 2009, retail sales in Xi'an jumped 19% compared to those in the same period a year earlier, well above the 14.8% posted in China's cities nationally. BofA Merrill Lynch estimates that retail sales in the western provinces rose...
...revitalize an economy that for so many years was the envy of the world. The U.S. has been accumulating debt and owes about $800 billion to China alone; China has been building reserves and now has in excess of $2.2 trillion. China remains a poorer country on a per capita basis but is rapidly becoming an economic superpower. The U.S. is one of the most prosperous and stable countries in the world, but its system is showing signs of age. (See pictures of the best-selling cars in China...
...work. In 2005 the Safeway supermarket chain implemented a voluntary wellness plan. Employees who take and pass tests for such things as blood pressure and cholesterol levels can reduce their annual insurance premiums by nearly $800. The company credits the plan with keeping its insurance costs flat on a per capita basis for the past five years...
...Reynolds grant—which totals $918,130—also reinstated the community journalism fellowship, established five years ago by the Reynolds Foundation to fund fellowships for reporters from small newspapers. It will be used to fund one community journalist and one business journalist per year for the next five years...
...aren’t necessarily rivals,” Vloka said, “but we are from the same club. I was really happy that I got that bout. There wasn’t an animosity [between us] per say, but definitely a little tension...