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Is There A Government Bond Bubble?
YES, there is a government bond bubble. And it’s huge.Uncle Sam and his counterparts in the EU and Japan are broke and are, almost surely, going to print vast quantities of money to cover their enormous spending obligations.More… Continue reading
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Tagged Bond, bubble, counterparts, government, government bond, Japan, money, quantities, spending, Uncle, uncle sam, YES
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Why Growth Is Good
Economic growth is slowing in the United States. It’s also slowing in Japan, France, Britain, Italy, Spain, and Canada. It’s even slowing in China. And it’s likely to be slowing soon in Germany.If governments keep hacking away at their budgets while co… Continue reading
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Tagged Budgets, Canada, China, consumers, demand, dip, Economic, economic growth, global demand, Good, governments, growth, Italy, Japan, point, Spain, spending, worldwide
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Making an Instant Connection Without Saying a Word
Though we don’t like to admit it, humans are largely lonely creatures. Whether wasting time on Facebook, searching for a tryst (or more) on a dating website, or hiring an escort for an event or evening, humans are often looking to fill a void. They lon… Continue reading
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Tagged check, connection, dating website, escort, facebook, Instant, Japan, lonely creatures, Modeled, popularity, potential friends, Rentafriend, tryst, void, wasting, wasting time, website
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‘Slow Enlightenment’ in a Quick Fix Culture
In the old days in Japan a spiritual aspirant would kneel in the snow at the gates of the monastery for several days before either gaining entrance or being turned away.These days in the West, we have weekend enlightenment intensives promising realizat… Continue reading
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Tagged culture, enlightenment, enlightenment intensives, entrance, Gates, Japan, kneel, monastery, money, Quick, realization, Slow, Snow, spiritual, spiritual aspirant, West
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Surfer Blood Belts Out Catchy Set At Siren Festival
In the upcoming weeks, CMJ darlings Surfer Blood will be playing in Australia, Japan, and Norway. For a band that formed one year ago, this is hardly a small feat. Nevertheless, as drummer Tyler Schwarz explained, “I feel like just a normal dude, with … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, band, belts, blood, catchy, CMJ, darlings, drummer, dude, Festival, Japan, Norway, opportunity, siren, siren festival
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Craziness And Sushi: Japan’s Finest Join Forces (VIDEO)
A lot of people give Japan flak for being crazy and acting crazy and televising their crazy (ourselves included). But at least they’re putting their crazy to good use with this commercial, selling the hell out of sushi. Yeah, that’s right. They have co… Continue reading
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Tagged commercials, craziness, Finest, flak, Hamburgers, hell, Japan, Join, lot, Reddit, sushi, use, video
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World Cup 2010 Most Popular Web Event Ever
NEW YORK — When a World Cup goal is scored, Twitter celebrates.The social networking site is seeing huge traffic when a big goal is scored in the soccer tournament. Though Twitter normally sees about 750 tweets per second on an average day, there wer… Continue reading
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Tagged cameroon, event, goal, Japan, Monday, networking, New, Popular, record, site, soccer tournament, social networking site, tournament, traffic, tweets, twitter, web event, world cup 2010, world cup goal
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Netherlands Beats Japan 1-0 At World Cup
DURBAN, South Africa — Wesley Sneijder scored the only goal Saturday and the Netherlands beat Japan 1-0 for its second straight World Cup win.Sneijder’s 53rd-minute strike finally broke through a Japanese defense that had stifled Dutch creativity in f… Continue reading
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Tagged 53rd, beats, creativity, cup, defense, durban south africa, front, goal, Japan, Moses, Netherlands, Saturday, stadium, straight world, strike, wesley sneijder, world, world cup
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‘Everyday Harumi’ Simplifies Japanese Cooking for Westerners
Harumi Kurihara is almost unknown in America, but in Japan, she’s a household name — literally. Like: 52 shops in department stores. Like: 12 cafes and restaurants. Like: books and books.Just don’t think of her as “the Martha Stewart of Japan.”More… Continue reading