tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post110550768922199435..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: China FX reserves up $200B in 2004Steve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1105576226480403082005-01-12T19:30:00.000-05:002005-01-12T19:30:00.000-05:00http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/books/12heilbron...http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/books/12heilbroner.html?pagewanted=all&position= <br /><br />Robert Heilbroner, Writer and Economist, Dies at 85 <br />By HOLCOMB B. NOBLE <br /><br />A witty writer, he called himself a 'radical conservative,' an oxymoron suggesting that, like Don Quixote, he wanted to rush rapidly forward, break the mold - and end up right where he was. But in that he was only Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1105547416106798712005-01-12T11:30:00.000-05:002005-01-12T11:30:00.000-05:00http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/business/worldbu...http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/business/worldbusiness/12russoil.html<br /><br />At a Crucial Oil Juncture, a Russian Calls on China<br />By CHRIS BUCKLEY <br /> <br />BEIJING - At a time when China and Russia are facing far-reaching choices about their oil trade, Russia's energy minister, Viktor B. Khristenko, made a quiet trip to Beijing over the weekend, people close to the industry said Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1105546934260290452005-01-12T11:22:00.000-05:002005-01-12T11:22:00.000-05:00http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/business/worldbu...http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/business/worldbusiness/12trade.html<br /><br />China's Trade Surplus May Stir Currency Debate<br />By KEITH BRADSHER and ELIZABETH BECKER <br /><br />HONG KONG - China reported on Tuesday that its trade surplus grew for the seventh consecutive month, to a record $11.1 billion in December. The surplus helped send China's foreign currency reserves soaring further, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1105546911238933702005-01-12T11:21:00.001-05:002005-01-12T11:21:00.001-05:00http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/business/12cnd-t...http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/business/12cnd-trade.html?hp&ex=1105592400&en=b324eb4a4227918c&ei=5094&partner=homepage<br /><br />U.S. Trade Deficit Hit Highest Figure Ever in November <br />By JOHN O'NEIL<br /><br />The trade deficit jumped sharply in November, rising to $60.3 billion, increasing by 7 percent over the month before.<br /><br />AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-1105546884199377382005-01-12T11:21:00.000-05:002005-01-12T11:21:00.000-05:00http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/business/worldbu...http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/business/worldbusiness/12light.html<br /><br />Japanese Company to Pay Ex-Employee $8.1 Million for Invention<br />By TODD ZAUN <br /><br />TOKYO - The inventor of a revolutionary lighting technology has reluctantly agreed to a record settlement from his former employer in a dispute that challenged the idea that the fruits of the labor of Japanese workers belong Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com