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Last week, I read an interesting article in the New York Times1 regarding the falling prices of "premium" blue jeans; reporter Eric Wilson wrote: " The $300 pair of designer jeans is now, courtesy of the recession, the $200 pair of designer jeans." And what does "premium" mean exactly - "...you had to pay a premium to wear them .... Designers found ...

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Hondurans on both sides of the political spectrum are expressing cautious optimism that their fourmonthold political crisis has come to an end.

Nouriel Roubini seems to think so. In remarks quoted via Bloomberg, he called the enormous increase in asset prices "the mother of all carry trades." Investors worldwide are borrowing dollars to buy assets including equities and commodities, fueling "huge" bubbles that may spark another financial crisis, said New York University professor Nouriel ...

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Two years after a 19-year-old Rowan University student died near the campus in southern New Jersey, investigators are still trying to track down the killer.

Few weeks ago, when the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Salam Fayyad announced his plans to develop and implement a complete plan for the total infrastructure of the Occupied Territories within two years the Israeli Prime Bibi Netanyahu promised this will never happen since the Occupied Territories are a oedisputed territoriesa and ...

Leaf peeper map of NYS The big news this weekend is openhousenewyork weekend , which opens up sites around New York for tours and events, all free.

I guess Halloween is just ripe for all sorts of silly puns. At any rate, I have been alerted to this gathering of dachshunds and their friends, which takes place 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov.

Japan and the Untied States are unlikely to reach an agreement on the issue of relocating the U.S. Marines Futemma Air Station in Okinawa by the time U.S. President Barack Obama visits Japan next month, Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa said Tuesday.

Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment: PAKISTAN Hostage siege continues at Army headquarters RAWALPINDI, Pakistan A standoff continues inside Pakistan's army headquarters.

Turkey and Armenia signed a landmark agreement Saturday to establish diplomatic relations and open their sealed border after a century of enmity, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton helped the two sides clear last-minute snag.

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought UN recognition and its support for the development of Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation and Training to enhance its capacity.

Early on in the decade about there was much talk of farmers getting paid for storing carbon in the soil and for implementing other "climate change initiatives" on the farm.

By Jim Henry Oct 5, 2009 The Ford Taurus so far is making only a modest comeback, which Ford hopes becomes a great big, undeniable comeback.

KATHMANDU: Prime MInister Madhav Kumar Nepal has said that his government is determined to take the peace process to a positive conclusion as envisaged in the Comprehensive Peace Accord of 2006 between the then government and the CPN .

Whatever else you might think of it, the Woodstock Film Festival has cornered the market on being fiercely independent.

The Group of 20 nations appear close to agreeing Friday to some form of "peer review" of one another's economies.

NEW YORK: Dhaka and Kathmandu have committed to working together for achieving economic progress by alleviating poverty and establishing peace in the region.

The Group of 20 will become the forum for global economic management, giving rising powers such as China more clout, and roll out tougher rules on bank capital by the end of 2012, a draft communique said on Friday.