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Nevertheless, the Persian Gulf crisis has managed to spark heated debate inside and outside the classroom. Students say that there are flyers everywhere about the crisis and that the whole scenario in the Middle East has become a hot conversation topic...
Nevertheless, the Persian Gulf crisis has managed to spark heated debate inside and outside the classroom. Students say that there are flyers everywhere about the crisis and that the whole scenario in the Middle East has become a hot conversation topic...
...upped its discount rate 0.75%, to 6%. The central bank's fifth such increase in little more than a year, it should not greatly slow the potent Japanese economy, which is growing at a rate of more than 4% a year. But investors are worried that the move could spark a worldwide run-up in interest rates. Since rates on long-term government bonds have risen 55% in Japan and more than 36% in West Germany in the past two years, a new round of hikes could cause a worldwide credit crunch...
...which is uncomfortably vulnerable to any shock. Economists are debating whether the economy is merely on the brink of a recession or already in one. Output of goods and services grew only 1.2% in the second quarter, the fifth straight quarter of growth below 2%. That is likely to spark a continuing increase in unemployment, which rose last month to 5.5%, the highest since August 1988. Corporate profits have declined 12% in the first half, and are likely to sink further, in part because higher interest rates are making it more difficult for many corporations to pay off their swollen...
According to the panel, 64 million gallons of wastes kept in 170 tanks for up to 40 years show signs of chemical instability. The panel reported that heat within some of the tanks could become great enough to ignite a spontaneous chemical explosion or a spark could set off the combustible mixture...