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...evidence of a resurgence of inflation even though oil prices have more than doubled in two years. Tyson said that the increase in global competition on companies has led to an "amazing moderation of wages" in the U.S. and Europe. And Frenkel said the U.S. economy's ability to shrug off huge oil price rises "shows that it is capable of absorbing economic shocks to a much larger degree than what was typically assumed." Referring to incoming Fed chairman Bernanke's academic speciality, Roach even quipped: "He's the world greatest inflation-targeter with no inflation to target...
...Brother: X-Box 360 Perfect Dark Zero. According to my fourteen year-old and twenty year-old sources alike, this game is “totally sweet.” Better graphics and a good balance between shooting, stealth and puzzle solving. Shrug...
...million. Fifteen years later, the same client wanted to sell the blue diamond for $2 million, and Graff bought it back, repolished it and decided to keep it. But he couldn't resist an offer for $3 million. ?I'm a trader,? he says with a shrug. ?But my dream is to buy it back someday...
What's it like for a teacher's son from Normal, Ill., to deal with the notorious strongmen of Africa? "I've been doing the same thing for 50 years," he says with a shrug. "Just a bigger scale. Same damn thing." Having picked up a degree in geological engineering from the University of Oklahoma, Van Dyke got his start in the dusty fields of Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1951. His mentor, wildcatter S.D. Johnson, taught him the basics: find a farmer with promising land and get him to lease you the rights, then find an oil company willing...
...shot." If something doesn't open up soon, he says, he will be forced to return to Georgia in January when his temporary visa expires. And that will probably be the end of his dream. "I don't really understand why the rule exists," he says with a shrug. "If I were Japanese, I would already be part of a stable, already be proving myself." While he doesn't speak more than a few words of Japanese, Gorgadze has clearly mastered the essential Japanese virtues of tact, deference and fatalistic perseverance. When asked whether he is outraged by the rule...