Monday, April 6, 2009

Wall Street Jounral and USAToday,April 6, 2009

Page A1: "Obama strategy is a bet that a more active foccus on diplomacy can win over the rogue actors - or else win support from Europe, Russia and China for tougher sanctions RE: North Korea.

Brides and Parents back home get picky as economy make America look risky. Indian parents used to think it a plus to marry off their daughters to Indian men living in USA and UK. As India has grown more affluent in recent years,the demand for overseas Indian grooms has been fading."

Such cases are similar in China as well. "It is the Economy.!" Quotable quotes!

Page A9: China exercises its global leverage. The Reason: Two trillion US$ surplus of foreign exchange reserves. It is the Economy as well!

Page C2: Gold prices posed to weather IMF sale. Recent data for central bank gold holdings from the World Gold Council show there is interest among central banks to increase the percentage of gold in their foreign reserves.
Page 1B: James Clessen,chief economist for American Bankers Association said:"There have been significant job losses and that translates into people having a hard time paying their bills."
Page 2B: Filet-O-Fish makes a big splash at McDonald's in USA and in China as well.
Page 1D: A Plus for 2-year students. Something magical happened for all US community colleges students. Cf."The Future of Community Colleges" published by the Congressional Record,July 18, 1974. I had a vision in the 20th century and such vision is materialized in the 21st century.

Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao on Monday,April 6, 2009 at 3.46 p.m.

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