Feb 27th 2011, 12:56 by The Economist online
A round-up of things to look out for in the next seven days
THE week's big story will once again be the spread of the Jasmine Revolution through the Middle East, with particular attention on Libya. However, there are some other things going on too.
Monday 28th
In Germany, Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan meets Chancellor Angela Merkel. In New York the delayed trial of Raj Rajaratnam, who founded a hedge fund called Galleon, begins.
Wednesday 2nd
The Netherlands holds regional elections. Apple holds a press conference at which it is expected to unveil the iPad 2.
Thursday 3rd
The Geneva Motor Show begins. Climate-change negotiators from some 200 countries meet in Bangkok.
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Is it that hard to put these articles through a spellchecker?
Kindly pay attention to detail in your articles. The typos are one too many. Trial is "tiral" and begins is spelt as "bgins". It may sound finicky but paying proper attention to what you write is desirable for the reading pleasure of your audience.
The democrats caved in on extending the W Bush tax cuts for two more years, so thanks for the republicans not being overly frugal in a 9.0% unemployment economy. With the price of gasoline being a consumption correlated sensitive $3 to $4 per gallon, the lower income bracket is already practicing the lion's share of tax avoidance. In exchange I would like a 1/2 upper personal income tax bracket to be phased in at $1,000,000 per year and be completely phased in at $2,000,000 per year, as part of the tax hike in two years. The 0%/15% on capital gain/dividend tax rate is always acceptable as it encourages stock market activity and lowers the debt/equity ratio. While the United State experiences 1930's bank malfunctions which could be fixed by investing in stocks and bonds to finance business property, plant, equipment, and intellectual property; the World is experiencing 1970 stagflation which can be cured by tightening fiscal and monetary policies. I wish these United State had blood pressure and a pulse so import this stagflation by lowering the value of the dollar, by selling US T-Bills, and raise the value of the Wuan, Pound, and Euro, by purchasing these respective sovereign debt; lower the value of the dollar and import stagflation until the unemployment rate drops to 4% while the workers are still trying to apply and they don't get away.
Ouch. Have fixed those typos. Sorry!
I shudder to think - What will happen if Palestinian people start demonstrations like those in Tripoli. Can this happen nest week.
Vinayaksathe, I wish life was that simple. There are demonstrations and demonstrations, it all depends what the people are demonstrating for.
Like you, I also wish people who live under Islam, Palestinians and north Africans included, would all come out to the street and demonstrate for liberal democracy and demanding the formation of a secular state based on the rule of civil law, and from there on expect to live in freedom where freedom is not only for oneself but also for the OTHER.
We are far, much far from that, and I don’t care how much, how many, and where people demonstrate, and I also don’t believe in one single word of the BS the press feeds to us.
This journal included.