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...need to add one thing to your equation. Oil is traded in U.S. dollars. So a weak dollar allows other countries to buy more oil, which in turn drives the price up. Strengthen the dollar, and make a barrel less attractive. Charles Shields, Knoxville, Tennessee...
...inert; after all, it takes hundreds of years for a plastic bottle to degrade in a landfill. But as plastic ages or is exposed to heat or stress, it can release trace amounts of some of its ingredients. Of particular concern these days are bisphenol-a (BPA), used to strengthen some plastics, and phthalates, used to soften others. Each ingredient is a part of hundreds of household items; BPA is in everything from baby bottles to can linings (to protect against E. coli and botulism), while phthalates are found in children's toys as well as vinyl shower curtains...
...banks underestimated the risks posed by the often-arcane financial instruments they were trading. European banks themselves say that most of the bad news is already out, and some - including Barclays, Crédit Agricole and the big Swiss banks - have raised billions of dollars in fresh capital to strengthen their balance sheets. That may not be enough: a recent report by Goldman Sachs estimated that European banks will have to raise a further $95-$140 billion in fresh capital. And in the event of another Northern Rock-style meltdown, all bets about the banks' stability - and Europe's economic...
...going because of the invitation by President Bush. My aim is to further strengthen the friendship, the constructive partnership and the multifaceted cooperation between the two countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit...
Corruption is not a problem just for some countries; this is a global issue. And we understand that to fight corruption, we need to have very strong and comprehensive measures. We know our legal institutional framework needs to be further improved. We need to strengthen our financial markets and make them more transparent. We need to speed up administrative reforms relating to public servants - salaries of public servants must be increased, so that they have better incomes and stay away from problems. Corrupt behaviors must be severely punished. And we also need to improve the publicity and transparency in corruption...