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...recession. China, one of the world's largest holders of dollars, doesn't appear likely to allow its currency, the renminbi, to significantly appreciate against the dollar any time soon, despite increasing political pressure from Washington to do so. China's Commerce Minister, Chen Deming, said at the recent Canton Trade Fair, a major showcase for China's manufacturers, that the "basic stability" of the yuan exchange rate needed to be maintained so exporters can have a predictable business environment. Another source of stability is the difficulty central banks have disposing of dollars they already hold. Dumping dollars on world...
Though Project Zero has broadened its scope significantly in recent years, it has not lost sight of its roots in the arts and how arts-oriented programs can contribute to improving the future, specifically that of education...
...This piece is...a little more surreal in context and performance,” Sanford Biggers, the 2009 Marshall S. Cogan Visiting Artist, says of his most recent exhibition which opens in Memorial Hall today. An imaginative artist who experiments in many types of media, Biggers’ innovative and bizarre work has been shown in museums around the world, including the Tate Modern in London and the Whitney in New York. His 2007 piece, “Blossom,” is a 15-foot tall reconstruction of a tree whose trunk penetrates and supports a life-size piano...
...Venezuela in Caracas who studies Chávez's anti-poverty programs. Colombia's migratory data "suggest something different." Venezuelan state television has even been rolling out Colombian expatriates to praise Chávez's social programs and support him in his spat with Uribe over Colombia's recent decision to let U.S. troops use Colombian military bases. (Read about why Hugo Chávez is considered a hero by many...
...player in any deal between Iran and the West, "has turned its back on Iran many times ... despite Russia's claim to be Iran's friend." This statement, one of many coming from conservative political circles in the past week, seemed to undercut the President's recent proclamation of the result of nuclear talks with the West as an Iranian "win." And when Ahmadinejad unexpectedly showed up in parliament on Nov. 3 to push for his version of a bill to reform Iran's food and energy subsidies, speaker of the parliament and powerful conservative Ali Larijani gave...