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...same time, Manuel has also helped transform how the rich world views the poor one. Globalization has given new status to places like Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa, but the institutions that manage the global economy - the U.N., the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund - still reflect the world as it was at the end of World War II. Manuel was one of the first to point this out and has consistently championed the view, now widely accepted, that the global order needs a fundamental overhaul. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...
...krone's strengths also reflect the current weaknesses of rival currencies. The yen and the Swiss franc had been doing pretty well amid the chaos. The Japanese currency, for instance, rose more than a fifth against the dollar in the last four months of 2008, as previously big-spending investors cashed in risky assets overseas and brought their earnings home. But that's changing. Japan's economy is in freefall. In its latest assessment of the global economy published March 19, the International Monetary Fund forecast the country's output shrinking by 5.8% this year, much more than...
...news reporter and editor for more than 50 years, I feel that newspapers can save themselves. How about concentrating on purely local news instead of trying to reflect what readers saw on cable TV the day before? Publish local school lunch menus, city-hall doings and, yes, local police and court reports. As for coverage from Baghdad and Kabul, editors can rely on the Associated Press and other news organizations with respected reporters. Gang reporting wastes time and money. Frank Real, Palmer, Mass...
...score doesn’t necessarily reflect it, but we were ready to go,” she added...
...Sciences—the proposed name change to “The Committee on the Study of Ethnicity, Migration, Indigeneity, and Human Rights” would address the numerous academic dimensions that may not be fully represented under the current title. “This new name will better reflect the intellectual work that’s being done in these areas—very exciting work, I might add,” said committee member Deborah D. Foster about the four focus areas featured in the proposed moniker. Unlike the outdated name currently used, the new title would take...