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...profits from these sales to lend more money to its favorite customer. It's a deal that has been beneficial for both sides. A boom in exports to America has fueled economic growth in Japan and China. Asia's eagerness to buy bonds, in turn, has helped America avoid the full consequences of its reckless spending. The U.S. current account deficit touched $542 billion last year and the fiscal deficit, which has burgeoned because of tax cuts and the war in Iraq, is projected to hit $521 billion this year. Huge deficits usually make investors nervous and drive up interest...
...1980s, LG sold cheap TVs under the brand Goldstar, after the company's former name, Lucky-Goldstar. In 1995, LG purchased American TV maker Zenith Electronics Corp. and began using that moniker on its products. But four years later, Zenith filed for bankruptcy, a victim of cutthroat competition. To avoid a repeat of that failure, LG was content until recently to supply other companies with appliances that sell in the U.S. under their own brands. Chances are, the average American may own an LG-made product but not know it. LG says it sells 43% of all room air-conditioners...
...stars' prime concern has been to avoid defamation of characters ... Randall can play Felix almost by reflex action. The big problem is to keep the series' scriptwriters from turning the neurasthenic homemaker into a Mr. Belvedere, a kind of prissy know-it-all. 'I must remain a kind of male Jewish mother, manipulating others as hysterical people do,' says Randall. Fans should not be misled by ... his nutball performances on TV talk shows. Tony Randall is a serious actor whose dream is to wind up in a good repertory company...
...clash of religions," he said recently in Colorado. "The faith of Islam teaches moral responsibility that ennobles men and women and forbids the shedding of innocent blood. Instead, this is a clash of political visions." That was not the first time Bush had trod carefully to avoid a tone of Christian triumphalism. He has consistently referred to Islam as a religion of peace "hijacked" by the terrorists, has been host to Ramadan dinners at the White House and has annoyed Evangelicals by declaring that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. The morning Saddam was captured Bush skipped church...
...back me up, but I do have anecdotes. My friend Julian, a lawyer, just moved from London to Tokyo. "Tokyo can be pricey," he says. "You go into a supermarket, put a nice honeydew melon in your trolley and pay ¥15,000, which is $150. But if you avoid melons and Kobe beef it's about the same as London." I doubt it. London real estate is as absurdly inflated as its Page 3 girls. Two months ago a businessman paid ?27 million for a flat in Chelsea. Ordinary people - nurses, teachers, oil barons - can barely afford to live...