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The yuan is, in the Chinese language, the base unit of a number of modern Chinese currencies. The distinction between yuan and renminbi is analogous

The ruined Spanish-Gothic interior of the United Artists Theater in Detroit. The cinema was built in 1928 by C Howard Crane, and finally closed in

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Julie Haviv State-owned Bank of China Ltd has opened trading in the yuan currency to U.S. customers, according to a posting

By Paul Menchaca After suffering often staggering losses since the financial crisis shook global markets in 2008, US endowments have been forced to reassess their

By Brad DeLong My suspicion is that this is simply coincidence and proves once again the dangers of drawing conclusions in the field of human

For many people, smart phones are almost as indispensable as wallets. And soon, your smart phone could replace your wallet. A collection of the biggest

(24 September 2010) After six years of intense negotiations, parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety finally agreed on a new international treaty in Nagoya,

Car was in a Capitol Hill garage. DC, Capitol police on the scene. Deceased identified as Ashley Turton, wife of White House liaison to the

By Thom Weidlich US Bancorp and Wells Fargo & Co. lost a foreclosure case in Massachusetts’s highest court that will guide lower courts in that

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