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...sister party, the Bavarian Christian Social Union, are making it unlikely that, if elected, Merkel will be able to form a coalition with the pro-business Free Democrats (fdp). Instead, they might be forced to form a coalition with the spd, which many analysts fear could stall economic reforms. "Her campaign now has serious problems," says Jürgen Falter, political scientist at the University of Mainz. Merkel has tripped several times out of the starting gate. She floated the idea of raising the country's 16% value-added tax to help pay for social security benefits; voters hate...
...lure young readers to God's word. Although Christian publishing is booming--according to the Book Industry Study Group, sales of Bibles and other religious books are expected to swell to $2.1 billion this year, a 10.5% increase over 2004--experts fear that sales of traditional Bibles may stall. Spurred by biblezines and surging demand for all things Christian, year-end profits for the $238 million company rose 23%, to $19.8 million...
...knowledge of his organization's finances, and he recently agreed to pay a $202,000 judgment to NBC in a damage suit rather than submit to a probe of his personal wealth. Nevertheless, the indictment says LaRouche discussed the credit-card case last year, telling a subordinate, "Just keep stalling, stall and appeal, stall and appeal." At a detention hearing for two of the defendants last week, an FBI agent testified that LaRouche once reportedly said of a prosecutor who was investigating the case, "The s.o.b. does not deserve to live. He should get a bullet between the eyes...
...wind up paying so little each month that your loan amount grows larger, though hopefully your house's value rises faster) mortgages are on the rise. Such loans can pay off--if you sell within a few years at a profit. But if interest rates rise and home values stall or--gasp!fall, those borrowers may become overwhelmed by steadily rising payments. (Household monthly debt costs are already at an all-time high.) Even the bullish Lereah is concerned about the loose lending practices. Such trouble would have repercussions for the whole economy. If enough homeowners become swamped by their...
...Stall runs both his Millbrook, Ind., luncheonette and his family -wife Edie (Maria Bello), teenage son and kindergartenish daughter -with a gentle authority. Tom is the quiet, good-humored sort of fellow small-towners are proud to call one of their own, especially after he thwarts an armed robbery of his business by two vicious thugs. Thanks to his surprisingly adroit gunplay, they're dead and he's a hero, with a sudden fame that makes him uncomfortable. His unease escalates when some other toughs, led by one-eyed Fogerty (Ed Harris), drop in, declaring that Tom is one Joey...