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...ground operation, code-named Rah-i-Nijat (Urdu for "Path to Deliverance"), was launched early Saturday morning after weeks of heavy aerial bombardments that were designed to weaken militant fortifications. By Sunday, some 28,000 soldiers had moved into a remote corner of the mountainous region, in a three-pronged attack intended to trap the estimated 7,000 to 10,000 militants in South Waziristan, including some 1,000 Uzbek and foreign fighters who may be affiliated with al-Qaeda...
...assured, rattling off a laundry list of changes she'd like to see made. Other Republicans are also expected to offer amendments to reinstate some or all of the $500 billion in cuts to Medicare, especially the $100 billion-plus cut from Medicare Advantage, which subsidizes private insurers; to weaken or do away with the mandate; and to strip out any form of the public plan...
...Another winner is gold, which breached the $1,000 level in September as the dollar started to weaken and then hit three record highs after the Australian announcement, ending the week at $1,049. Gold is still regarded as a hedge against a weak dollar and also against inflation. No one is listening to Warren Buffett, who describes the metal as having no utility, something that gets dug out of the ground, melted down and then buried again in another hole guarded by people who are paid to do the job. "Anyone watching from Mars," says the Sage of Omaha...
...this is a sexual term, it will maintain some power. Sometimes I'm asked, like, what's going to happen when it becomes so commonplace that it doesn't really matter anymore, and I don't think that will happen in the foreseeable future. Even as taboos against it weaken, they are still there, and it is still usually the case that you're using this informally for effect...
...Although the rupiah could suddenly weaken against the dollar and shave off a significant chunk of a trader's profit, "If your carrying spread is wide enough, you'll comfortably take the currency risk," says Johanna Chua, chief economist with Citigroup in Asia. In fact, Chua says, the dollar carry trade has become so widespread among traders in Asia it has even triggered buying of more exotic and illiquid currencies like the Sri Lankan rupee. "That's the ultimate carry trade," Chua says...