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These statistics were discovered by Yün-ke Chin-Lee ’10, who subsequently sent them out over the Pf-OPEN with the subject title “Somewhat disturbing Pfopen subscriber stats...
Trade Trade between the U.S. and China has been a heated subject in recent months. After Obama imposed tariffs in September of up to 35% on Chinese-made tires to protect U.S. jobs due to a surge in Chinese imports, China retaliated in October with new levies on nylon imports. This month, the U.S. slapped duties of up to 99% on some Chinese-made steel pipes. China announced soon after that it was looking into imports of U.S.-made cars from manufacturers that received government support. The trend has economists worried about a trade war. But U.S. officials dismiss that...
With so much on the line, the subject of "rebalancing" will likely get top billing during U.S. President Barack Obama's November visit to China. President Hu Jintao and the rest of China's top leaders clearly agree with Washington that the country's consumers need to spend more. Pressure from Obama to speed that process along by, for example, continued improvements in China's social safety net, might be met with nods of approval. But Obama will only be able to press Beijing so hard. China's policymakers are still wedded to supporting the country's valuable export industries...
...pull back and force private players to resume responsibility for the loans they make? The FHA was founded in 1934 as a way to extend the prospect of homeownership to people who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford it. The agency's low down-payment requirement - itself the subject of some controversy - is designed to help deserving if underqualified people get a foothold in property ownership. The FHA was never meant to be the primary way America finances its home-buying. As it did in other times of real estate stress, the FHA steps in when needed...
...want to preempt his news conference," the President said. But he realized he had to say more. "This is a prosecutorial decision, as well as a national-security decision," Obama continued, again distancing himself from the plan. "I am absolutely convinced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be subject to the most exacting demands of justice...