Word: yen
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...consumers benefit from cheap manufacturing in China, Feng argued through an interpreter. When Japan gave in to U.S. pressure in the 1980s to strengthen the yen, the result was a decade-long economic malaise. Even a 10% appreciation in the value of China's currency would lead to losses for many Chinese firms, he said...
Hubbard agreed that "there have been enormous benefits to the U.S. economy" from trade with China. But he wasn't buying the argument that the strong yen caused Japan's economic troubles in the 1990s--pinning the blame instead on "extremely poor" monetary policy and messed-up banks. And while admitting that "we don't really know the appropriate value" of the currency alternately and confusingly known as the yuan or renminbi (RMB), Hubbard rejected the idea that keeping it low helps the Chinese economy. "To the extent that there is an undervalued exchange rate, this is bad for China...
...McDowell, the English character actor best known for A Clockwork Orange, who plays the role of Myers' opportunistic physician, Dr. Loomis (Donald Pleasance in the original). "He likes it when I trip, or answer my phone in the middle of a scene." McDowell is right about his director's yen for hyper-realism. Look at the cast of any Zombie film and you'll be hard-pressed to find anyone as telegenic as Grey's actors. Zombie's first movie, House of 1000 Corpses, revived the career of balding, acne-scarred bad guy Sid Haig, and the cast...
...deliver the news. Tony (James Gandolfini) has fretted about terrorism and suffered through recessions; wife Carmela (Edie Falco) dabbled in stocks during the NASDAQ craze and in real estate when that market took off. There have been parallels to politics--like Tony's Clintonian appetites and his Bushian yen for simple answers--and direct references, as when Carmela copped to voting for Bush...
...high ticket prices mean artists and promoters cash in even on a relatively small show. "Before, you could see foreign artists for 4,000 [$34] or 5,000 yen [$43]," says Hirano, who books gaijin acts for Creativeman Productions. "Now it's 8,000 [$69] or 9,000 yen...