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...back. Consumer spending in the U.S. dropped at an annual rate of more than 3% in both the third and fourth quarters of 2008 - the steepest consecutive quarterly declines on record. As incomes shrink and America adopts a more frugal mind-set, some economists do not expect shoppers to return to free-spending ways for years - or perhaps generations. Economist Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, says that "there is good reason to believe the capitulation of the American consumer has only just begun." U.S. consumer spending as a percentage of GDP reached 72% in 2007, well above...
...short game has gotten a little bit better.' TIGER WOODS, the world's No. 1 golfer, on his return to the sport after an eight-month absence following major knee surgery...
...Pakistan A Return to Turmoil Pakistan's Supreme Court barred opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz from holding elected office--a move that sparked nationwide protests among supporters. The ruling, which Sharif claims was ordered by President Asif Ali Zardari, revives a poisonous rivalry between Pakistan's main parties. Sharif supporters have campaigned to reinstate members of the Supreme Court dismissed by ousted former President Pervez Musharraf...
...world stage, this has not made and will not make one iota of difference to Beijing. His government-in-exile has always insisted on discussions about such matters as self-rule. Now it is time for one final, bold stroke: an announcement that the Dalai Lama is willing to return without any preconditions. Though Beijing has said it would accept him back on those terms, it is possible that the Chinese leadership--mindful of the return of exiles like the Ayatullah Khomeini to Iran--will try to block his path or refuse to live up to its promise to allow...
...court's ruling is likely to feed support for the upcoming lawyer-led "long march," scheduled in two weeks. Sharif and smaller opposition groups maintain that Chaudhry is the rightful Chief Justice and should be reinstated immediately. The ruling coalition argues that he is "too politicized" to return to office. And while the opposition says it has no wish to derail Pakistan's fledgling democracy, critics fear that street protests could tip the country into deeper chaos, or even invite military intervention. Pakistan's armed forces have always been the country's ultimate power broker, if not its true center...