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...Asia is somewhat better protected than other parts of the world against recession. For one thing, most Asian governments are in sound financial condition and can prime their economic pumps almost at will, says Song Seng Wun, regional economist at CIMB-GK Research in Singapore. "They all face the downturn with a few more bullets in their pocket than they had in the past," he says. The high growth rates of the past several years provide an additional buffer. With the exception of slow-growing Japan, which may already be in a recession, Asian countries will likely account...
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...which Zardari called Palin "gorgeous" and said he'd like to hug her) has been must-see TV on local networks and has drawn tens of thousands of viewers on YouTube. While some laughed off Zardari's behavior--one station ran the clip with a romantic Urdu ballad sound track--many called it unbecoming of a head of state. One mosque leader issued a fatwa against him, calling his gushing un-Islamic...
...which one? This may sound crazy, but I haven't had a Windows PC since I wrote a cover story for this magazine nearly seven years ago about the first flat-panel Apple iMac. These days, I have enough Apple laptops, desktops, iPods and iPhones to make my house look like a deranged version of an Apple Store. Like most tech snobs, I continue to believe that compared with Windows, Apple's OS X operating system is easier to use, more stable and more fun for the average...
...This seems fitting, because Shea Stadium is itself a giant error in both form and functionality. Unlike Yankee Stadium, its counterpart across the Long Island Sound, Shea’s massive concrete and steel structure has none of the quaint charm of a bygone era. Its proportions are oppressively regular and unimaginative, its seats are painted garish and clashing colors, its sightlines—a vestige from the stadium’s original design as a dual use football/baseball facility—are all bad. Sounds of the game are drowned out by the frequent roar of commercial jets taking...