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...fact, Dimitrijevic thinks emerging-market equities may eventually trade at a premium to developed-market equities. His biggest trade, however, is to buy the Taiwan equity index and pay Taiwan interest-rate swaps to finance it. The audience pounces: Why would an emerging-market specialist rate Taiwan, a market no longer "emerging"? Relative value is the answer. "Against the broader world backdrop, Taiwan is cheap," Dimitrijevic contends, "and financing in Taiwan is ridiculously cheap." Taiwan doesn't share the deflationary problems of neighboring Japan, so long-term interest rates of just over 2% seem crazy, he explains...
When members of the WTO meet for the World Toilet Summit later this fall in New Delhi, India, delegates will learn about the best global toilet practices, from developments in eco-sanitation to the latest offerings from the Restroom Specialist Training Course at the World Toilet College in Singapore, the only program in the world that teaches toilet design, maintenance and hygiene. Such topics may elicit the public's distaste, but that makes WTO president Jack Sim all the more adamant that his organization is necessary. "People go [to the bathroom] six times a day, yet they can't talk...
Johnathan Chism was a young Army specialist with a thick accent from his native Baton Rouge, La. The other guys called him "Gator," and Chism listed his ethnicity on MySpace as Redneck/ Southern. Johnathon Millican, 20, a private from Alabama, also spoke in a thick Southern accent and was the unit's resident comedian. Private Shawn Falter was from upstate New York and enlisted in the military in 2005, following three older brothers who served in the Army and the Marines. He liked country music. On the weekend before he deployed to Iraq in 2006, Falter was out with Staff...
...person lose weight can have a snowball effect through an entire social network, affecting social norms among the target person's friends and acquaintances. "There's been a lot of talk about limiting portion size, getting rid of vending machines in schools," says Thomas Sander, a civic-engagement specialist at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, not involved in the research. Those interventions may be useful, he says. "This study suggests that if we're fighting obesity without taking into account the social aspect, we're going to be acting with our hands behind our backs." Most people...
...better success implementing the American side of the strategy. "We came in whole hog under the new counter-insurgency doctrine," Marr said. He added that with a more engaged American presence in the area, tensions between Sunnis and Shi'ites have eased. That assessment is seconded by soldiers like Specialist Benjamin Block, 24. He served two tours in Iraq with the Marine Corps before joining the Army last July. His final trip with the Marines was as part of the unit that took over for Marr's 82nd Airborne in Fallujah. "The area around Fallujah wasn't really secure," Block...