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...having the same problems; none has an agriculture sector of such size and scope. The national bank forecasts that food prices will continue to rise at an annual rate of 9% through the end of the year. "Too pessimistic," says Citibank Handlowy analyst Katarzyna Zajdel-Kurowska, who thinks relief may actually be on the way. "We expect a good harvest will relieve some of the pressure." That would give Poles double cause for a feast of thanksgiving. Turbulence Over Italy Alitalia management and unions made little progress on a layoff-heavy deal to save the Italian flag carrier...
...operating costs, airlines are particularly vulnerable to rising oil prices. But with crude rising to more than $49 per barrel on Aug. 20?compared with an average of $20 per barrel over the past 15 years?few businesses in Asia are unaffected. Although there was a sigh of relief as the price fell back to about $43 last week, oil is still more expensive than it has been in the past 20 years?and the realization is sinking in that Asia may have to learn to live with higher energy costs indefinitely. With OPEC producers struggling to pump enough...
...With luck, relief might be on the way. White, the Asia strategist for Merrill Lynch, expects crude to fall to about $35 per barrel, easing the pressure on regional economies. He sees Asia's GDP growth contracting from about 7% this year to just under 6% in 2005?still an eminently respectable performance. But in a world kept constantly on edge by terrorism, the threat of a price shock triggered by a spectacular attack on energy infrastructure or by further instability in the Middle East can't be dismissed. Says the foreign executive at the Guangdong power plant...
GALLAGHER: If Bush wins and the Republicans do surprisingly well in the Senate and the Democrats feel they paid a price for their stand opposing tort reform, you could get some significant relief for companies with asbestos liabilities. Some, like maybe USG, if they go bankrupt, are $5 stocks, but if we get asbestos relief are $35 stocks...
...injury worse. After his first Thai massage last year, "I had more freedom of movement in my shoulders and back and neck than I'd had in years," Kaplan recalls. "The pace and tempo were brighter and quicker than in table massage. There was a quicker sensation of relief and release...