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...Asia's banks have barely been dented by the toxic assets that devastated lenders in the West. But as confidence seeped from the region's financial markets, banks became nervous about parting with funds, credit tightened, and stock markets plunged. South Korea has been looking particularly vulnerable to further turmoil. With some $80 billion of its banks' foreign debt maturing by mid-2009, investors worried the country could face a credit crunch that would restrict lending throughout the economy. Those fears have punished Korean stocks and the country's currency. The won plummeted nearly 10% on Oct. 16, its biggest...
...Asia's recent troubles show how easily even the healthiest of banking sectors have been dragged into the international turmoil. Korea's banks have a mere $70 million of exposure to risky mortgage-linked securities, and nonperforming loans are at an all-time low. Still, Korea has been exposed to the global crisis because its banks rely on more foreign financing than others in Asia. To some, the recent upheaval in Korean markets was eerily similar to the country's financial crisis in 1997. Back then, Korean banks also had trouble refinancing borrowings from jittery foreign banks, creating a shortage...
...from the first-night excitement. But most of them merely seemed hung-over.Daniel Snyder, in the leading role of Max, sang with far more urgency than he acted. His movement and expression were often as wooden as the butt of his hunting rifle, which, for a character whose inner psychological turmoil is at the center of the opera, was not welcome. In the opera’s plot, Max is a down-on-his-luck hunter who must win a shooting contest to gain his beloved Agathe’s hand in marriage. Having performed disastrously in a lead-up competition...
...symphony, and I worried whether he would be able to convey the deep emotions Tchaikovsky poured into his work. The composer’s last piece before his unexpected death in 1893, “Pathétique” constantly changes from moments of elation to emotional turmoil. However, Levine pulled out passionate swells throughout the first movement, with exuberant fanfares and quiet textures.The second movement, a waltz in an unexpected 5/4 time, was performed with light playfulness. The form of the movement is a simple scherzo and trio, one part more lively and one more sedate, and both...
...into specific countries and how the U.S. failed in trying to implement democracy there, Traub shows the dark side of this particular political system and how corruption can corrode any government with good intentions. Considering the current situation in Iraq and other Middle Eastern and African nations in political turmoil, it is of the utmost importance that we, as Americans, understand democracy and its faults. And Traub successfully helps...