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...Derrick, "that drive seems to be shifting substantially." Sure, a hint of bleak economic data can still goose the greenback - the prospect of poor U.S. payroll figures for June, set for release Thursday, has helped boost the currency in recent days - but optimism in other assets is on the rise. Global equity markets, in particular those in emerging-market countries, have performed well in recent months. China's Shanghai composite index, for instance, has shot up 63% so far this year...
...family discord has been on the rise since 2005, when Porsche's fiercely independent CEO Wendelin Wiedeking started buying up VW stock in order to safeguard the luxury sports carmaker's future. His vision was to merge the two companies into a single holding that would create substantial economies of scale and enable Porsche to avoid being penalized under new European rules governing auto emissions and fuel consumption standards; by being part of the bigger VW group with its range of low-emission, fuel efficient cars, Porsche's sports cars wouldn't stand out, Wiedeking reasoned...
...eternal American hope for greater happiness, for changing the hand you dealt yourself. Getting married for life, having children and raising them with your partner - this is still the way most Americans are conducting adult life, but the numbers who are moving in a different direction continue to rise. Most notably, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in May that births to unmarried women have reached an astonishing 39.7%. (See pictures of love in the animal kingdom...
...Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko, who will be in charge of enforcing the ban, has expressed his misgivings that all establishments are being tarred with the same brush. "I think it's wrong to ban casinos," he told reporters, adding that he blames slot-machine halls, not casinos, for the rise in gambling addiction. (Read "Holy Craps! How a Gambling Grandma Broke the Record...
...attitude shift in Honduras is accompanied by a rise of leftists across South America. Chávez has jumped at the chance to bash the coup and promised to back Zelaya in his fight back to power. On July 1, the Organization of American States gave Honduras 72 hours to reinstate Zelaya or face suspension of its membership, and Zelaya has said he plans to return to Tegucigalpa anyway if his foes don't comply. In response, Micheletti has sworn that he will arrest Zelaya if he sets foot in the country and that he is ready for anything Venezuela...