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...Congress and could well have been passed by the upper chamber later this year. The China bashers certainly did not get anything close to what they were seeking, but the wind is now out of their sails. U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow's statement that he welcomes the currency shift makes it likely that protectionist legislation will now lose support in Washington. Likewise in Europe, the anti-Chinese sentiment on trade policy should recede...
...snug as I feel in my rolling rec room, I have started to wonder if maybe it offers a few more bells and whistles than are prudent. Should there really be a mirror designed to shift my gaze from the road to my traveling companions? And while the DVD player takes the edge off long trips with my 2-year-old son, I can't shake this feeling that it's only a matter of time before I plow into a busload of schoolkids while struggling to cue up SpongeBob SquarePants. My navigation system, meanwhile, not only can locate...
Freeman suggested that this shift might come as a result of globalization, which has gradually offered developing countries access to better education...
...finally turning a corner? Fueled by deep discounts, sales for the troubled automaker surged 47% in June. But that prompted Chrysler and Ford to offer generous incentives too, setting the stage for a brutal price war. GM is also banking on redesigned SUVs to lift sales, despite a shift in consumer sentiment away from the gas guzzlers. High profit margins on SUVs are critical to GM's bottom line. But just 34% of shoppers are now considering an SUV, a three-year low, according to a recent survey by Kelley Blue Book. Sales of fuel-saving hybrids, meanwhile, are expected...
...Most difficult, he says, is the shift in her dealings with people she has known for twenty years while under cover. ?In terms of her personal life,? he says, ?Relationships that she's made over the past 20 years have all had to be recalibrated as people she has known have had to come to terms with the fact that she's not the Valerie Plame they thought she was. Friends who have said, 'Why didn't you tell me?' or 'You betrayed our confidence.' And she's had to patiently go through what it means when you live life...