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Nature in the Nixon era
As The Times prepares to endorse a presidential candidate for the first time in more than 35 years, the editorial board will examine the candidates' stances on issues through our own sense of the meaning of some essential American values. How much have...Tags: Natural Gas, Ford Motor Co., Car Engine Repair, Air Pollution, Environmental Pollution
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A sinking feeling for the dollar in China
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn a frigid winter afternoon, an old dumpling of a man with buzz-cut hair was holed up in his usual spot, the corner of a busy bank lobby here. He reached into his beige fisherman's vest, pulled out a wad of bills and turned to the people hovering over...Tags: Contracts, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, China
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Trade deficit grew slightly in October
From ReutersThe U.S. trade deficit widened slightly in October as a record price for imported oil outweighed the export-spurring benefits of a weaker dollar, a Commerce Department report showed Wednesday. Rising oil costs also propelled U.S. import prices 2.7%...Tags: Imports, Natural Resources, Productivity, Trade Policy, Commodity Markets
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What's behind the dollar's decline in value?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe dollar has lost a big chunk of its global purchasing power since the end of 2001 -- an average of 37%, as measured by one index that tracks the greenback against other major currencies. Gauging the decline is easy; explaining why the buck has slumped...Tags: Imports, Bank of New York Company, Federal Reserve, Credit Ratings, Foreign Exchange Market
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Free trade unbound
The Los Angeles Times editorial board met recently with U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab. Here are some highlights of the discussion: Free traders on tour Susan Schwab: The politics of trade and the economics of trade have diverged to the point...Tags: Political Candidates, Treaties, Democracy, Susan Schwab, Unemployment
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Killer Chinese imports?
Today, Andrés Martinez and Joseph Farah debate the danger of Chinese imports. Yesterday, they discussed the broad question of U.S. engagement with the world's most populous country. Later this week, they'll debate military threats, Olympic boycotts and...Tags: Pet Shops, Services, and Supplies, Germany, Racism, Crimes, Beijing (China)
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It's not the yen, it's the mileage
DANIEL GRISWOLD is director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute and coauthor of the recent Cato paper, "Blowing Exhaust: Detroit's Woes Belie a Healthy U.S. Auto Market."FORD MOTOR CO.'s announcement last week that it lost a record $12.75 billion in 2006 will tempt the new Democratic Congress to come to the rescue of Detroit's Big Three automakers. General Motors and DaimlerChrysler are also expected to announce SUV-sized...Tags: Collective Contract, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Marketing, SUVs and Crossovers, Nissan
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Fed Raises Key Rate to 2.25%
Times Staff WriterFederal Reserve policymakers today raised interest rates by another notch for the fifth consecutive time this year amid signs of a strengthening economy. Wall Street stocks, which had traded in a narrow range this morning, rose modestly after the Fed...Tags: Alan Greenspan, Marketing, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Employers, Petroleum Industry
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Greenspan Worried About Trade Deficit
Times Staff WriterWall Street stock swooned today after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan expressed concerns about the chronic and growing U.S. trade deficit and its impact on the value of the U.S. dollar and interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average lost...Tags: Alan Greenspan, AstraZeneca Plc, Abbott Laboratories, Obesity, Credit Ratings
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China's Xi splashes cash, deals on leisurely trip to woo Mexico
McClatchy Foreign StaffMEXICO CITY China's leader is a guest who brings lots of gifts and lingers. President Xi Jinping, on the second day of an unhurried three-day visit to Mexico, spoke to the nation's Senate on Wednesday afternoon, then left for City Hall and prepared to...Tags: Mexico, Xi Jinping, Monuments and Heritage Sites, United Nations, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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South Korea trade deal produces bleak first-year results for US
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON More than a year after it took effect, a highly touted trade deal with South Korea has failed to produce as expected for the U.S.: Exports are down, imports are up and the trade deficit with the Asian economic powerhouse has ballooned. In...Tags: U.S. Congress, Contracts, Trade Agreements, Sales, Politics
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Bahrain nonoil trade grows 20%
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaBahrain's real GDP is estimated to have expanded 3.9 percent in 2012 from the 1.9 percent growth seen in 2011. Even as the oil sector shrank by around 8.5 percent in 2012 due to a temporary technical disruption at the country's main Abu Sa'afa oil field,...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Politics, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Commodity Markets
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