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The Jazz of the City brings the passionate and persistent resolve of astonishing jazz, soul and funk musician Lonnie Liston Smith along with...

China's October inflation slows to 5.5%

China's inflation slowed sharply in October as food prices fell, official data showed Wednesday, fuelling expectations the government will relax its grip on bank lending and property purchases.The country's consumer price index -- a key gauge of inflation -- rose 5 ...

La. law on sex offenders, Facebook argued in court

0 . A federal judge says a Louisiana law that bans certain sex offenders from Facebook and other social networking sites is "constitutionally ...

China says August inflation slows to 6.2%

China's consumer prices rose 6.2 percent in August from a year earlier, the government said, down from July when the politically sensitive rate hit a more than three-year high of 6.5 percent.The August reading may ease concerns over ...

China economic growth eases to 9.5% in Q2

China said Wednesday its economy expanded at a slower but still robust pace in the second quarter as Beijing battles to bring politically sensitive inflation under control.Gross domestic product in the world's number two economy grew 9.5 percent year-on-year ...

China economic growth slows to 9.5% in Q2

China said Wednesday its economy grew at a slower pace in the second quarter, highlighting the difficult task for Beijing as it battles to bring politically sensitive inflation under control.Gross domestic product in the world's second largest economy grew 9 ...

China restricts lending as inflation hits 5.5%

China said on Tuesday that its politically sensitive inflation rate hit its highest level in nearly three years in May, prompting Beijing to order banks to increase the amount of money they keep in reserve. China has been battling to contain inflation ...
China's politically sensitive inflation rate hit its highest level in nearly three years in May, the government said Tuesday, despite persistent official efforts to tame food and property costs.The consumer price index rose 5.5 percent year-on-year in May, up ...
My colleague Doug Fischer has reminded me that in 1999, he profiled Gil Scott-Heron, the one-of-a-kind poet/musician/spoken-word artist who died on...

Chinese manufacturing growth slows in January

Manufacturing growth in China slowed in January, official figures showed, but rising input costs signalled Beijing has not yet tamed inflation.The country's Purchasing Managers Index fell to 52.9 in January from 53.9 in December, the China Federation of ...