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...partition-building expert recently sat down with FM to give us the skinny on letting out one’s inner handyman. Conveniently, our secret source told us that Cambridge is an ideal place for a wannabe carpenter. “There are a huge number of Home Depots near Cambridge,” he says. A city slicker, this individual was blown away by the superstore’s selection. “I was like a child in a candy store...
...When we first pitched the idea, there was a huge backlash and tons of nostalgia,” Leng says. “But once [Currier residents] got a chance to visit the art studio space, they were thrilled at the idea, because it’s a really cool space...
...planet ever discovered, HAT-P-1’s mass is only half of Jupiter’s, rendering it very light for its size, or as Noyes called it, a “big, fluffy planet.” “If you drop Jupiter into a huge bowl of water, it would sink. This planet would float high, like a beach ball,” Noyes said, explaining that HAT-P-1 has a density that is a quarter that of water’s. It’s not the only low-density, large-mass planet?...
...exports are generated by companies with foreign investors, a figure that rises to nearly 80% in high-value-added sectors like IT. There was far less foreign involvement in the economies of Korea or Japan at similar stages of growth, he says. "It's a serious weakness and has huge implications for national competitiveness and national security," Shenkar argues. China will have no choice but to use whatever methods it has to "recoup that lost share and build up a stable of companies that can be serious competitors on a global scale." Doing business in China has always been...
...Determined never to be at the mercy of foreigners again, many Asian countries have since built up huge foreign-exchange reserves as a buffer against financial shocks. Emerging Asia now has currency reserves approaching $2 trillion. Self-insured against everything short of Armageddon, these nations have little incentive to engage in discussions about the international financial system. But the world needs such dialogue more than ever. There are risks to the global economy posed by mounting trade imbalances, especially the U.S.'s huge trade deficit (around 6% of GDP) and the soaring surpluses in emerging Asia, some European economies...