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...which continues to suffer from the reduction in global demand. According to a report from Fitch Ratings in the U.S., Chinese lending continues to accelerate even though corporate profits overall are shrinking - suggesting that China may be incubating its own financial crisis that could be triggered when the adrenal rush of the stimulus wears off. (Read "Is a China Stock Bubble Forming...
...supplies from. I still get better prices and more convenience shopping at my usual suppliers." He is cut short by a commotion - the appearance of a forklift has created a stir. Children are gazing, enchanted, while adults look on with barely concealed curiosity. The store staff quickly rush in to cordon off the aisles that are being restocked, and gradually it's back to business as usual...
...Quotes By: On the dangers of operating in Iraq: "Obviously, you can see the business risk that goes with it - being sued, being maligned in the press, a very significant rush to judgment. It can jeopardize all the rest of the work that we've done in the rest of the world without any controversy." - October 2007, in congressional testimony...
...being on the lower end of this age bias. I’ve only once paid for lunch at work (and that was when I went out with my young, hipster coworker), because I’m the youngest person in the company. When a seat opens up during rush hour on the Seoul Metro, the older men in suits stand by, and I only have to fight with the other young women in the car for it. When I go out with my Korean friends, the older ones take the lead and organize things while the rest...
...Rush to Save the Treasures Sitting at a junction of the Sahara's historic commercial routes on a lazy bend of the Niger River, Timbuktu used to be a hectic crossroads where gold traders heading north met herders and salt merchants trekking south across the desert. The city's lucrative trade fueled Mali's empires as well as a rich ethnic blend of black Africans and Mediterranean people, and an intellectual ferment with dozens of Koranic schools. Refugees from the Inquisition in Spain brought their libraries with them, and soon began writing and buying more books. Timbuktu's literary output...