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The Sutong bridge, which spans 1,088 metres (3,570 feet) over China’s longest waterway and links the cities of Suzhou and Nantong, officially opened with a ceremony Monday after a month-long trial, the Shanghai Daily reported. The six-lane bridge is expected to boost economic growth in the region and cut the travel time between Shanghai and [...]

At least eight people, including two ruling party officials, suffered gunshot wounds. Just under 6 million of the Dominican Republic’s 9 million people were registered to vote. The Dominican Republic is far wealthier than Haiti, its poor neighbor on the island of Hispaniola. But many Dominicans struggle to satisfy basic needs despite a tourism and [...]

The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate 25 basis points to 2 percent. Recent information indicates that economic activity remains weak. Household and business spending has been subdued and labor markets have softened further. Financial markets remain under considerable stress, and tight credit conditions and the [...]

Singapore and Malaysia have registered strong economic growth, while Vietnam has become the darling of foreign investors, and in 2006 its gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate was second only to the PRC in Asia. However, these developments do not mean that this observer has adopted a pollyannaish view of Southeast Asia. Politically, the September [...]

The Beige Book), economic growth has slowed in nine of its twelve districts. And the Twelfth District of San Francisco isnt one of the three, but rather one of the nine. Economic activity in the Twelfth District appears to have been largely flat on net during the survey period of March through the beginning of [...]