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...Tantallon Research Japan, argues that when falling prices are factored in, the country's nascent recovery is weaker than recent positive GDP growth numbers suggest. "We've got the consumer price index falling by 2.5%, wages falling by about 2.0%, winter bonuses falling by about 14%, and the Nikkei (stock market index) going down," he says. "All the growth we're seeing is because of arithmetic." Complicating matters is the strength of the Japanese yen, which has gained 6% on the dollar in the last three months. Prices generally decline in a strong currency environment; a rising yen cuts into...
...spiritual leader of Anglicanism (though without the universal authority that the Pope holds in Catholicism) and a longtime proponent of gently moving the two faiths closer together through patient ecumenical dialogue. "They've pulled a fast one over on him," Wells says of Williams. "It makes a laughing stock of those pushing for greater dialogue, who have made great strides in the past 30 years." (See pictures of the path of Pope Benedict...
...time in Asia warning Iran that his patience for nuclear diplomacy is wearing thin. "Iran has taken weeks now and has not shown its willingness to say yes to this proposal," Obama said Thursday in Seoul, referring to a deal under which Iran would export the bulk of its stock of enriched uranium to Russia for conversion into reactor fuel. "And so, as a consequence we have begun discussions with our international partners about the importance of having consequences...
What is your secret weapon in the kitchen? The key to Thanksgiving is not the turkey, it's the chicken stock. You want to keep some chicken stock hot on the stove. You use it in a lot of different ways, mainly to reheat things and to bring back moisture in your dishes...
...reheating stuffing, you put chicken stock in it. It'll bring back the moisture and bring it back up to temperature. Same thing with sliced turkey. You slice it, put it on a platter, but it could be 20 minutes before everybody sits down. A little ladle of hot chicken stock over your turkey reconstitutes the texture, brings the moisture back, and keeps it nice...