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Tuesday, April 12, 2005 The U.S. Commerce Department released new figures on Tuesday, showing an imbalance of US$61.04 billion as of February. The figure was up 4.3 percent from the US$58.5 billion deficit last January. “While we imported the necessities, we didn’t sell a lot to the rest of the world,” Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisors told Bloomberg. “As for the Fed, this report would likely mean more measured rate hikes,” he said. “We are sucking in more products faster than we can sell abroad. It will reduce…
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Microsoft Tech·Ed Taiwan 2007 begins after Typhoon Wipha crossed Taiwan
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