How We Won the Mainstream
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081001690.html
By Susan Gardner and Markos Moulitsas
Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page A17
Three years ago things looked bleak for the Democratic Party. George
Bush had just won a second term while his party consolidated its grip
on Congress. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay crowed about a "permanent
Republican majority," and Beltway Democrats acquiesced as Republicans
built their unchallenged (and lawless) unitary executive.
Democrats appeared to be on the run, disorganized and demoralized. But
outside of Washington there was hope. Grass-roots Democratic activists
had seen the future of our politics in Howard Dean -- plain-spoken and
unapologetic. His presidential candidacy had come up short, but its
fresh, optimistic approach -- predicated on offering clear contrasts
between the two parties -- was poised to redefine the party.
Raising a Political Bigot
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081001691.html
By Catherine Rampell
Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page A17
A message to my elders: Grow up.
For a while now you've been trying to drag the voting-age members of
my generation, the so-called MySpace Generation, into your festering
pool of partisanship. Now, apparently, you're going after our
generation's youngest members.
A Journalist's Death
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081002109.html
Chauncey Bailey is murdered while performing an essential task of
democracy.
Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page A16
THERE WAS a time when many people in Oakland, Calif., admired Your
Black Muslim Bakery, a neighborhood enterprise founded in 1968 by a
charismatic African American known as Yusuf Bey. Community members,
politicians and the local media hailed the bakery as an example of
black self-help in an otherwise dispiriting environment of urban
poverty. For years, they tended to ignore or play down reports about
the more violent side of Mr. Bey's operation, or about such disturbing
events as a political rally at which Mr. Bey remarked that Jews "are
not worthy of being hated." Among the many who were a bit soft on the
bakery was a reporter for the Oakland Tribune, Chauncey Bailey, who
doubled as news director for a television channel that Mr. Bey paid to
broadcast his sermons.
Money Train
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081002107.html
Congress shouldn't let a bill to help Metro stall out.
Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page A16
LAST WEEK we happily took note of a Senate committee's approval of a
bill to fund much-needed improvements to the Washington area's Metro
system. It's an important procedural step for legislation that stalled
in the Senate last year after passing the full House. But the bill has
been dormant in the House since April, when it passed out of committee
there. When Congress reconvenes next month, the area's congressional
delegation must push to get the bill considered promptly and, finally,
passed.
Bubble and Bust
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081001912.html
As the subprime mortgage market tanks, policymakers must keep their
nerve.
Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page A16
BY THE HEIGHT of the 17th-century Dutch tulip mania, bulbs were
selling for the equivalent of up to $76,000 apiece, and tulip options
were trading on markets across Europe. The ensuing crash crippled the
Dutch economy for years, establishing a cautionary model of
speculative excess that investors have learned from, and ignored, in a
seemingly endless cycle of bubble and bust ever since.
Banks Add More Funds To Stabilize Markets
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081000689_pf.html
Wall Street Steadies After 3 Fed Infusions
By Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Nancy Trejos
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, August 11, 2007; A01
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 -- Central banks around the world pumped money into
the financial system Friday, helping to settle a jittery stock market
on Wall Street that at least for one day held steady despite
intensifying concerns over tighter credit and its potential impact on
the U.S. economy. In a sign that the turmoil in the credit market was
far from over, shares of major lenders and companies that are targets
of buyout deals suffered.
Stocks tumbled around the world, with major indexes in Europe and Asia
falling more than 2 percent after major declines in the United States
on Thursday. The European Central Bank lent $84 billion Friday to
financial institutions, a day after providing $130 billion. Japan's
central bank added $8.5 billion, and the Reserve Bank of Australia
provided $4.2 billion.
Bush's Muse Stands Accused
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Speeches Weren't His, Colleague Says
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 11, 2007; A01
He has been hailed as the best White House speechwriter since
Kennedy's Theodore Sorensen, the muse behind President Bush's most
famous phrases, the moral conscience of the West Wing. But now Michael
J. Gerson is accused by a former colleague of taking credit for words
he did not write.
According to Matthew Scully, who worked with him for five years,
Gerson is not the bard of Bushworld but rather a "self-publicizing"
glory hog guilty of "foolish vanity," "sheer pettiness" and "credit
hounding." In Scully's account, Gerson did not come up with the
language that made him famous. "Few lines of note were written by
Mike," Scully says, "and none at all that come to mind from the
post-9/11 addresses -- not even 'axis of evil.' "
Bush Moves To Step Up Immigration Enforcement
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By N.C. Aizenman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 11, 2007; A01
A month after immigration restructuring failed in Congress, the Bush
administration yesterday mapped a broad campaign to tighten border
security and to pressure employers to fire illegal immigrant workers.
The 26 measures -- most of which continue or expand on current
policies -- include raising fines for knowingly hiring illegal
workers, streamlining current guest-worker programs, bolstering an
electronic system employers can use to verify workers' legal status,
and adding 370 miles of border fencing, 300 miles of vehicle barriers
and 1,700 Border Patrol agents.
'Children's Parliament' Sets High Bar in Congo
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081002154_pf.html
Youthful Body Is a Beacon of Justice
By Stephanie McCrummen
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, August 11, 2007; A01
GOMA, Congo -- It had already been a long day when Case No. 4, woman
with delinquent husband, walked through the metal gates into the
spare, concrete-floored chambers of the so-called Children's
Parliament here.
The aggrieved woman sat in front of a large wooden desk, where skinny,
14-year-old Eddy Musoke -- the Honorable Eddy, to his parliamentary
colleagues -- recorded her story with the seriousness of a seasoned
attorney.
New York Presses U.N. on Safety Issues
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City Demands Fixes To Headquarters' Building Violations
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page A02
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 10 -- The administration of New York Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg has demanded that U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki
Moon resolve hundreds of safety violations that are endangering the
lives of thousands of U.N. employees and visitors at the United
Nations' gleaming Manhattan headquarters.
The New York City commissioner for the United Nations, Marjorie B.
Tiven, wrote Ban in a July 30 letter that the 39-story building, which
plays host to international diplomats and world leaders, is a
firetrap. Tiven -- who is Bloomberg's sister -- insisted that the
United Nations begin installing the basic safety features required in
all of the city's buildings by Sept. 24, including an automatic
sprinkler system, smoke alarms and a notification system that alerts
the fire department when a fire starts.
Army Recruiting Rebounds in July To Exceed Goals
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War Czar Says Draft Still an Option
By Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page A03
The U.S. Army announced yesterday that it exceeded its July goal for
active-duty recruiting after two months of falling short, the same day
the White House war czar said in a radio interview that he believes it
makes sense militarily to consider a draft as an option for relieving
war-related stresses on U.S. forces.
Though Bush administration officials and U.S. military leaders have
long shunned the notion of reinstating a draft, Lt. Gen. Douglas E.
Lute, Bush's top military adviser on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,
said yesterday that the draft has "always been an option on the table"
and that it "makes sense to certainly consider it."
Iowa Governor: 2007 Too Early for Vote
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As Nominating Calendar Shifts, Culver Says Caucuses Will Stay in 2008
By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 11, 2007; A06
DES MOINES, Aug. 10 -- Iowa Gov. Chet Culver (D) sought to restore
order to an increasingly chaotic presidential nominating calendar
Friday, saying he will fight to preserve the first-in-the-nation
status of his state's caucuses but will not allow them to be held in
December.
Culver's assurances came a day after South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon
Dawson announced that his party will hold its primary on Jan. 19, a
move that is likely to prompt Iowa, New Hampshire and possibly other
states to schedule their contests even earlier.
Rights Movement Divides Russia's Gay Community
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081002041_pf.html
Most Seem to Favor Low-Key Approach Over Confrontational One
By Anton Troianovski
Special to The Washington Post
Saturday, August 11, 2007; A10
MOSCOW -- Elena Gusyatinskaya's tiny apartment in the drab
northwestern outskirts of Moscow holds a special place in the city's
gay subculture. Her living room is really a gay-themed library, lined
to the ceiling with books, manuscripts, magazines, movies and many-
colored binders of newspaper clippings. She also offers a particular
kind of public service: storage space for personal diaries that
closeted gay men and lesbians are afraid to keep at home.
Journals and memoirs dating to Soviet days, Gusyatinskaya said, show
gays trying to make private sense of their sexuality at a time when
talk of sex was taboo. Now, with a small gay rights movement taking
shape amid a more frank pop culture, gays are struggling with
altogether different questions.
Paleontologist Leakey Denounces 'Lucy' Skeleton's U.S. Tour
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081002013.html
By Khaled Kazziha
Associated Press
Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page A11
NAIROBI, Aug. 10 -- One of the world's leading paleontologists on
Friday denounced Ethiopia's decision to send the Lucy skeleton on a
six-year tour of the United States, warning that the 3.2 million-year-
old fossil will probably be damaged no matter how careful its handlers
are. The skeleton was quietly flown out of Ethiopia this week for the
U.S. tour.
Paleontologist Richard Leakey joined other experts in criticizing what
they see as a gamble with the renowned fossil. The Smithsonian
Institution has also objected to the tour, and the secretive manner in
which the remains were sent abroad has caused controversy in Ethiopia,
where Lucy has been displayed to the public only twice.
Beijing To Test Plan to Cut Cars
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081000748.html
Measure Intended For '08 Olympics
By Edward Cody
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page A12
BEIJING, Aug. 10 -- Despite official hesitation, more than a million
cars will be barred from Beijing's streets next week in a test of
radical anti-pollution measures for next summer's Olympic Games, the
city announced Friday.
The sweeping restrictions, set for Aug. 17 to Aug. 20, illustrate
China's determination to be seen, at home and abroad, as doing its
utmost to combat the capital's noxious air pollution in preparation
for the Games.
Flooding Creates Dire Need
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081002122.html
World Bank Issues Call for Emergency Aid for South Asia
By Nora Boustany
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page A13
As waterborne diseases continue to claim lives in the South Asian
countries hit by devastating floods, health officials are struggling
to keep up and impoverished families who have lost livestock and
harvests are in desperate need of emergency assistance, according to
World Bank officials.
Late this week, Shantayanan Devarajan, the World Bank's chief
economist for South Asia, issued an appeal for cash transfers as an
immediate mechanism to stave off disaster. Cash transfers provide cash
or vouchers to households directly, as opposed to providing services
or commodities such as food supplies.
U.N. to Take Bigger Role In Seeking Iraq Peace
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/10/AR2007081000677.html
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 11, 2007; Page A14
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 10 -- The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously
Friday to broaden the role of the United Nations in seeking an end to
sectarian violence in Iraq.
The Security Council vote gives the United Nations a mandate to
promote Iraq peace talks on the national, regional and international
levels. It comes days after U.N. leaders vowed to expand the global
body's presence in Iraq for the first time in more than three years.
The Need to Know
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/opinion/11sat1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
If President Bush wants Americans to give him the power to spy on them
at will, Americans should be allowed to know how much their freedoms
are being abridged.
High-Maintenance Musharraf
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/opinion/11sat2.html
After eight years of authoritarianism and broken promises, Gen. Pervez
Musharraf has forfeited the support he once enjoyed among Pakistanis.
Energy Surge
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/opinion/11sat3.html
An energy bill that incorporates the most important House and Senate
provisions would move the country toward a cleaner and more secure
energy future.
As Is: One Bridge, Needs Work
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/opinion/11sat4.html
New Yorkers should be excused if they begin looking at the 124-year-
old Brooklyn Bridge in a different way.
How Did Elvis Get Turned Into a Racist?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/opinion/11guralnick.html?pagewanted=all
By PETER GURALNICK
Elvis Presley's music had stood for the breakdown of barriers, both
musical and racial. This is not how it is always perceived 30 years
after his death.
A Desire to Feed the World and Inspire Self-Sufficiency
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/americas/11sheeran.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Once a major figure in the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church
and a Bush administration official, Josette Sheeran is now settling in
as executive director of the World Food Program.
A Segregated Road in an Already Divided Land
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/middleeast/11road.html?pagewanted=all
By STEVEN ERLANGER
The Israeli side of a divided road being built through the West Bank
has various exits; the Palestinian side bypasses Jerusalem.
With Fixtures of War as Their Canvas, Muralists Add Beauty to Baghdad
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/middleeast/11murals.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
By STEPHEN FARRELL
The city of Baghdad has hired two dozen artists to paint murals upon
the miles of vast concrete blast walls that now snake along roads,
rivers and sidewalks throughout the city.
Security Council Approves a Broader U.N. Mandate in Iraq to Seek
Reconciliation
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/middleeast/11iraq.html?ref=world
By DANIEL B. SCHNEIDER and DAMIEN CAVE
The Security Council voted on Friday to broaden the U.N. mandate in
Iraq and raised the allowable ceiling of U.N. international staff in
Iraq significantly.
To Curb Illegal Migration, Spain Offers a Legal Route
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/europe/11spain.html?ref=world
By VICTORIA BURNETT
Hoping to reduce the number of Africans making risky boat trips to
reach Europe for jobs, Spain has launched a new plan offering legal
passage and work permits.
Gunman Dies After Fight With Guards in Jerusalem
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/middleeast/11mideast.html?ref=world
By STEVEN ERLANGER
A gunman was killed and 10 were wounded after the gunman stole a
pistol from a guard and tried to flee in Jerusalem's Old City on
Friday.
As Envoys Meet, No Budging on a Stalemate Over Kosovo
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/europe/11kosovo.html?ref=world
By NICHOLAS WOOD
Politicians and diplomats are skeptical that any agreement can be
reached to end the stalemate over Kosovo's future.
Canada Announces Plans for 2 New Bases in Its Far North
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/americas/11canada.html?ref=world
By IAN AUSTEN
Canada's move stakes the latest in a series of claims of sovereignty
over areas of the Arctic, which is being seen as increasingly valuable
as warming trends may reduce ice.
Pakistani Leader to Attend Afghan Tribal Gathering
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/asia/11afghan.html?ref=world
By TAIMOOR SHAH and CARLOTTA GALL
On Thursday, Gen. Pervez Musharraf had canceled plans to participate
in the so-called Peace Jirga, but he reversed course on Friday and
said he would attend the conclusion of the assembly.
Concern Rises About Reports of New Fighting in Darfur
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/africa/11darfur.html?ref=world
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
More than 100 soldiers may have been killed in fighting between
Sudanese government troops and rebels in Darfur, an African Union
spokesman said.
Ex-Comverse Chief Keeps Maneuvering to Avoid Return to U.S. in Options
Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/business/11options.html?ref=africa
By JOHN GROBLER
Jacob Alexander is trying to fight extradition from Namibia to the
United States, where he is wanted in an options fraud case.
Pakistan Court Says All Voters Must Be Listed
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/asia/11pakistan.html?ref=asia
By REUTERS
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday gave the election commission 30
days to register all eligible voters after complaints that millions of
people were missing from draft electoral lists.
Russians Didn't Pass Guam, U.S. Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/asia/11guam.html?ref=asia
By REUTERS
The Pentagon on Friday rejected a claim by the Russian military the
day before that the Russians had resumed bomber flyovers in American
territory.
8 Shiites Say Saudi Religious Police Beat Them
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/world/middleeast/11saudi.html?ref=middleeast
By REUTERS
A group of British and American Shiite Muslims of Iraqi descent said
they had been beaten on Sunday by the Saudi religious police because
of their nationalities and the fact they were holding Shiite-style
prayers.
Children's Health Insurance Bill Provides a Case Study
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/us/politics/11web-hulse.html?ref=us
By CARL HULSE
The fight over the State Children's Health Insurance Program provides
a glimpse into the emerging 2008 campaign strategies of Republicans
and Democrats.
States Try to Alter How Presidents Are Elected
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/us/politics/11vote.html?ref=us
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Maneuvers by those upset with the system are adding unpredictability
to an already knotty campaign.
Reported Drop in Surveillance Spurred a Law
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/washington/11nsa.html?ref=us&pagewanted=all
By ERIC LICHTBLAU, JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI
Lawmakers were told in July that eavesdropping on certain
communications had fallen by 75 percent, helping to set off a furious
legislative rush.
Campaign Is a Family Project for the Romneys
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/us/politics/11family.html?ref=us
By MICHAEL LUO
Nearly 100 members of Mitt Romney's family are in Iowa today to help
out at the Republican straw poll.
Appearing Now on a TV Near You? Surely a Presidential Debate
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/us/politics/11debate.html?ref=us
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Running for president has become a test of debating, but it is
questionable whether many voters are paying close attention.
Los Angeles Hospital to Close After Failing Tests and Losing
Financing
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/us/11hospital.html?ref=us
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and REGAN MORRIS
One of the few hospitals serving the poor in South Los Angeles is
headed for closing due to serious health and safety violations.
Collecting Mementos at Ames
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/collecting-mementos-at-ames/
The carnival atmosphere at Ames attracts Iowans for its souvenir
cache.
Sunday's Breakfast Menu, Aug. 12
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/sundays-breakfast-menu-aug-12/
The Republican straw poll in Ames, Iowa will offer a lot of fodder for
Sunday morning quarterbacking, with several of the contestants as
guests on the shows. In addition, the battle lines between the
netroots and centrist Democrats are featured.
Romney Praises Bush, Sort Of
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/romney-praises-bush-sort-of/
The Republican candidate mentions the president, but then calls for
change.
The Sound of Crickets in Ames
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/the-sound-of-crickets-in-ames/
The hall empties when the lesser-candidates speak for the Republican
straw poll.
'Hobos' For Paul
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/hobos-for-paul/
The National Hobo Convention will have to wait until next year. Today,
Dan and Laura Doucette had a straw poll to attend.
Appearing Now on a TV Near You? Surely a Presidential Debate
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/us/politics/11debate.html?ref=politics
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Running for president has become a test of debating, but it is
questionable whether many voters are paying close attention.
Iowa Governor Wants January Caucuses
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/iowa-governor-wants-january-caucuses/index.html?ref=politics
By JEFF ZELENY
Gov. Chet Culver pledged to do everything he could to keep the Iowa
caucuses, which traditionally kick off the nominating process, from
being held in December.
Ron Paul Camp May Catch Romney's Bus
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/paul-camp-may-catch-romneys-bus/index.html?ref=politics
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Supporters of the Texas Congressman want to ride along in Ames, and
maybe catch a few votes.
Giuliani Missteps in Imagery of Sept. 11
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/us/politics/11rudy.html?ref=politics
By SARAH WHEATON
Rudolph W. Giuliani sought to clarify earlier comments in which he
called himself "one of" the 9/11 cleanup workers and said he was "at
ground zero as often, if not more, than most of the workers."
Romney Pushed on Conservative Credentials
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/us/politics/10romney.html?ref=politics
By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MICHAEL LUO
Mitt Romney is undergoing the stiffest test yet of his effort to win
over conservatives wary of his ideological credentials in the days
leading up to the Iowa Straw Poll.
Democrats Voice Support of Gay Rights in TV Forum
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/us/politics/10dems.html?ref=politics
By PATRICK HEALY
The three leading Democratic candidates for president stopped short of
supporting same-sex marriage.
Market Swings Are First Crisis for Fed Chairman
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/business/11fed.html?ref=washington
By LOUIS UCHITELLE
Ben S. Bernanke is under pressure to help bail out investors who
bought the risky mortgages that led to the current market panic.
Army, Shedding a Slump, Met July Recruiting Goal
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/us/11recruit.html?ref=washington
By THOM SHANKER
After falling short of its recruiting goals for two straight months,
the Army said Friday that it had met its July quota.
Farmers Call Crackdown on Illegal Workers Unfair
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/us/11immig.html?ref=washington
By JULIA PRESTON
Growers and lawmakers from agricultural states spoke in dire terms
about new measures by the Bush administration to crack down on
employers of illegal immigrants.
Far From the Reservation, but Still Sacred?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/business/yourmoney/12tribe.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
In the deserts of the West, developers are increasingly running up
against newly powerful but tradition-minded American Indian leaders.
Italian Pride Is Revived in a Tiny Fiat
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/business/worldbusiness/11fiat.html?ref=worldbusiness&pagewanted=all
By JOHN TAGLIABUE
Fiat has introduced an updated version of the 500, or Cinquecento, the
chubby little car that symbolized Italy's postwar economic miracle.
Europeans Are Wondering About Subprime Exposure
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/business/worldbusiness/11regulate.html?ref=worldbusiness
By JULIA WERDIGIER
The problems in the U.S. with the subprime market are raising
questions in Europe about whether regulations there force firms to
disclose enough about exposure to high-risk assets.
Oil Caused Prices of U.S. Imports to Top Expectations for July Rise
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/business/11econ.html?ref=worldbusiness
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Inflation concerns were highlighted as prices of imported goods rose
more than forecast in July due to higher oil costs.
China Trade Surplus Surged in July, Defying Expectations for an
Easing
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/business/worldbusiness/11yuan.html?ref=worldbusiness
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
China's trade surplus soared 67 percent in July to the second-highest
monthly level on record, totaling $24.4 billion.
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