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It is time to once again to dust off a few issues of V-Jump, pull out a few randomly-purchased magazines, and attempt to put another minor dent in our ever-growing translation backlog! This time around we are hitting a few lengthier interviews, intermixed with some short Q&As and commentaries, with original manga author Akira Toriyama as well as a few others associated with the Dragon Ball franchise.
V-Jump, May 2013 Issue – "Double Dragon Talk" Interview
This interview with Naho Ooishi (author of Dragon Ball SD) and Toyotarō (author of Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission) was released on 21 March 2013, just shortly before Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods officially debuted on 30 March 2013. The two manga artists gave their review of the film, having just seen an early screening, and each includes a short humorous comic strip about it.
V-Jump, June 2014 Issue – Kōzō Shioya & Unshō Ishizuka Interview
With the "Majin Buu arc" of Dragon Ball Kai just underway in Japan, this issue of V-Jump contains an interview with some of the other stars of the series, Kōzō Shioya (Majin Buu) and Unshō Ishizuka (Mister Satan). The two discuss their respective characters, the change in their performances from Dragon Ball Z, and of course the recording session after-parties.
Men's Non-No (January 2014) – Akira Toriyama Interview
In late-2013 Men's Non-No, a fashion and lifestyle magazine for the young single male business professional, interviewed Akira Toriyama just shortly after Jaco the Galactic Patrolman wrapped up its run in Weekly Shōnen Jump. The author discusses his early career, how he stumbled into the manga business, his most popular series (Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball), as well as some of his more recent works.
Training the Manga Mind – Akira Toriyama Q&A
Published by Shueisha on 19 March 2010, Training the Manga Mind was a special book released as a part of the Weekly Shōnen Jump 40th anniversary celebration (the anniversary itself was in 2008). It features interviews with, and articles about, 37 different Jump manga artists and their techniques, conducted/written by Shima Kadokura. Naturally, Toriyama is quite shy about this, and while most other artists have face-to-face interviews where they show Kadokura their studio and tools in person, Toriyama's is a Q&A conducted by e-mail.
While not from a print publication, Fuji TV's own website published a brief series of comments with Dragon Ball Kai production staff earlier this year:
Fuji TV Information: "Dragon Ball Kai" Producer Comments
As part of their promotional hype for the revival of Dragon Ball Kai in 2014, Fuji TV's public relations department released statements from two of the series' producers, Osamu Nozaki and Norihiro Hayashida. While they contain nothing too eye-opening regarding the production process, you can certainly "feel" the hype level they are striving for. It also marks the first time anyone associated with its production notes that this new production coincides with the 25th anniversary of Dragon Ball Z.
As always, you can now find these listed on our "Translations" page along with many others. Check back soon for our next batch of translations, as we attempt to clear out as much as we can in preparation for the upcoming 2015 Dragon Ball Z movie!
The recently-announced new Dragon Ball Z film, set to debut during "Golden Week" in 2015, was quickly teased earlier today on Mezamashi TV in Japan.
The images note the same information already provided in the film's original V-Jump reveal, such as its premiere timeframe and quotes from original manga author Akira Toriyama that he has, "…increased the action scenes by a good amount," and that it, "…should be super-duper interesting!" The visuals, however, are all-new and showcase Son Goku becoming a Super Saiyan, a fiery logo, and Shenlong coming out.
Thanks to @rebo59 for the initial heads-up on Twitter, as well as our buddy kei17 for additional materials.
UPDATE: A capture of the teaser has been uploaded to YouTube and features Hironobu Kageyama's original version of "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA" behind the basic narration.
The 2013 Dragon Ball Z film, Battle of Gods, was given similar teases on Mezamashi TV with previews and promotional videos aired both as exclusives and in conjunction with Jump-branded festivals, such as the original CG teaser which debuted almost exactly two years ago (featuring a brief animation not actually used in the final product).
Originally teased in a small splash alongside Vegetto's announcement last month, the September 2014 issue of V-Jump — released last week in Japan — details Janenba's inclusion in the Japan-exclusive, arcade-only, multiplayer fighting game Zenkai Battle Royale.
Janenba's abilities include "Lightning Shower Rain" (a long-distance barrage of piercing energy blasts), "Dimension Magic" (using a portal to warp next to an opponent and deliver a blow without having to actually move anywhere), and "Dimension Sword" (a chain slashing technique using Janenba's sword with the blood-red blade, which allows you to slice up your enemies).
Zenkai Battle Royale has received a significant batch of additions over the last several months including Bardock, Coola, Ultimate Gohan, Spopovitch & Babidi, and Vegetto.
Zenkai Battle Royale first test-launched in Japanese arcades at the end of 2010 and, while it has continued to receive constant updates since then, has not had a home port announced.
Back on Episode #0288 of our podcast, we provided a primer detailing some of the most important Dr. Slump characters (in conjunction with their crossover during the Red Ribbon Army arc of Dragon Ball). With the impending release of Discotek's Dr. Slump Movies 1-5 DVD set — along with some of our own work on said product! — we only thought it was appropriate to revisit Toriyama's original famous series. This time around, we took a look back at some of the ideas that Toriyama first used in Dr. Slump and later borrowed, adapted, or sometimes even flat-out copied for Dragon Ball so many years later!
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Starting this last weekend J-WORLD Tokyo, an indoor amusement park created by Bandai Namco on the third floor of Sunshine City's World Import Mart Building in Ikebukuro, began hosting their special main summer event "Dragon Ball Festival 2014" in commemoration of the Dragon Ball Kai TV anime broadcast covering the revival of Majin Buu. The event will run every day from 19 July 2014 to 15 September 2014 with one-time admission tickets costing ¥700 for adults and ¥500 for children.
This special event will feature two new mini-games, "Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack Bowling" and "Clash! Ultra Buu-Buu Volleyball". Participants will receive exclusive Majin Buu-related prizes based on their performance, including badge pins, tumbler cups, drawstring handbags, and stickers. Both games cost ¥300 per play. There is also a free "Rock-Paper-Scissors Tenka'ichi Budōkai" tournament, with each participant receiving some "Super Saiyan Hair".
The true highlight of the event is a limited-time showing of "Revive Him! Majin Buu Makes His Appearance!", a 20 minute video featuring live performances from Babidi, Majin Buu, and Mister Satan.
It's a spectator-type show attraction that has admirably brought to life the grand battle between the Dark Mage Babidi and Dragon Ball's heroes through a melding of video and live action.
As a special present, each fan in attendance of the live performance will receive a "Majin Boo Boo Cushion".
Finally, to fulfill the appetite of hungry Dragon Ball fans in attendance, there will be special food provided in the J-WORLD Kitchen in addition to their normal food selection. These delicacies include "Mister Satan's Champion Sandwich" (roast beef), "Goten and Trunks' Fusion Plate" (a combo plate with hamburger, curry, and pasta), and "Majin Buu's Strawberry Cheese Cupcake".
During their panel at this weekend's MCM Comic Con in Manchester, Manga UK announced their license and acquisition of the 2013 film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. The film is scheduled for a UK release on both DVD and Blu-ray 10 December 2014.
An Instagram recap of the announcement notes that the company will have more details on this and other announcements (related to various properties), "…in the coming weeks."
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods is currently available on home video in Hong Kong, Mexico, and Taiwain with other countries slowly making their way from theatrical screenings to home releases. English-dubbed North American theatrical screenings will take place next month, though FUNimation has not yet announced their own home video release plans.
Bandai Namco's official Facebook page for Dragon Ball video games (previously only open to European fans, but now available worldwide) updated this morning with higher-resolution Dragon Ball: XENOVERSE screen shots. The images had been used in the latest issue of V-Jump for their unveil of the Super Saiyan transformation for the mysterious "Future Warrior":
Recapping some of the information from V-Jump, the Facebook page states:
The Warrior from the future is a Super Saiyan?! An alert received today states that this voyager can transform into a Super Saiyan. Several pictures taken corroborate this exclusive information! After all these years, have we finally found another survivor to Planet Vegeta's destruction? This question remains unanswered …
Our reporters confirm that this enigmatic character has a strong link with the DRAGON BALL world as we know it. He seems to know Yamcha, Trunks and many other characters. Are this connection and his will to intervene in fights strong enough to alter History as we know it? Thanks to our reporters' investigations, his identity might be uncovered in our next report…
DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE will be available on PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360. (6 photos)
Dragon Ball XENOVERSE will be released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, though no release date has been set.
The "Jump Victory Carnival" event is underway this weekend in Tokyo and many Japanese Dragon Ball fans have been tweeting out pictures of a flyer being handed out to attendees for the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie. The artwork is the same as that used on the movie's official "teaser" website, with the front of the flyer featuring Son Goku and the back showcasing Shenlong, along with a reprint of author Akira Toriyama's initial comments about the movie. The only new piece of information is inconspicuously tucked away in the lower right-hand corner of the front of the flyer, listing veteran animator Tadayoshi Yamamuro as the movie's director.
Earlier today, Japanese entertainment news website Oricon had reported the same:
Serving as director will be Tadayoshi Yamamuro, who worked for many years as an animation supervisor for the "Dragon Ball" anime series.
With Tadayoshi Yamamuro becoming Toei Animation's "go-to guy" for anything Dragon Ball-related in the past, including acting as the character designer and chief animation supervisor for Battle of Gods, it is unclear what will be happening with the animation supervisor position for this film. More than likely it will be filled by another animator, as opposed to having Yamamuro perform both roles, but nothing has been officially announced as of yet. Yamamuro has previously only provided direction for the opening and ending animations in Dragon Ball Kai, so it will be interesting to see how he adapts to a much larger, and more important, project such as this.
Thanks to JacobYBM for forwarding the Oricon article onto us!
Though the company registered "dragonball2015.com" in the early hours back on the 15th, Toei Animation has opened an official website for the upcoming new Dragon Ball Z movie at "d2015gw.com".
The website, whose debut is no doubt in conjunction with this week's September 2014 issue of V-Jump (which contains the first official reveal for the movie), currently features an opening splash with an ominous message:
The worst wish in history. That is the beginning of despair.
Additionally, the page refreshes to the same image of Goku as seen in the magazine reveals:
The website features little else, other than production information attributed to the generic "2015 Dragon Ball Z Production Committee" and the "GW" in the URL and page text referring to an expected opening during "Golden Week" in 2015.
The new film's story will be crafted by original manga author Akira Toriyama, who stated he is writing it, "…as though it were a continuation of the manga when it was in serialization," and that while it will, "…of course be a continuation of the previous Battle of Gods," he has also, "…deliberately increased the amount of action scenes by a good deal."
An article on Natalie also announces the new film.
Thanks to DongHyun for the heads-up.
Tomorrow's September 2014 issue of V-Jump provides a few new bombshells about the upcoming Dragon Ball: XENOVERSE video game for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
For starters, the mysterious "Future Warrior" can indeed turn into a Super Saiyan!
A blurb on the page goes on to ask:
Communication in the middle of battle will spin an unknown tale…?
It would appear that the player will not only intervene in battles, but also talk to the Dragon Ball warriors, which could lead to an expansion of the story! The screen shots on the page showcase Yamcha (during the Cell arc) donating energy to the "Future Warrior" because he does not think he himself will be of any use in battle; Yamcha tells the "Future Warrior" to absolutely defeat their enemies. The captions also say that the "Future Warrior" will have response choices of their own which will influence history. Finally, the page goes on to explain that the "answer" (presumably as to why he can turn into a Super Saiyan) will appear in next month's issue, and that it will all become clear, so absolutely do not miss it!
The September 2014 issue of V-Jump hits Japanese shelves tomorrow (19 July 2014) and is available to order from CDJapan, Play-Asia, and Amazon Japan.


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Super, super, super! Very easy to make and leftovers are just as good. Very good for a lower fat option as far as potato casseroles go. Very easy to make, will definitely make again!
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I really liked this one! I made a few changes - my fiance is a vegetarian so I used cream of potato soup as well as vegetable stock. I also had some gouda sitting in the fridge so for the cheese I used half sharp cheddar and half gouda. I did think it was a little too peppery for my taste (left my mouth and lips a little hot!) but it didn't distract too much from the overall taste. I think the gouda really added to the flavor!
Holly3 Posted: 01/27/10
My mother has made this for years. I think it is a church pot-luck staple. :-) Eating it brings back feelings of companionship and sharing. It may not taste like gourmet, but it evokes strong feelings of days gone by. Red checked table cloths, church basements, the smell of red kool-aide, and the sounds of hymns. I love to make this dish......
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Very easy to make and the family loved it. I will definitely be making it again. It's nice to have a recipe for a comfort food that is relatively low in fat and calories.
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Could not give this recipe less than 5 stars. Easy to make, a healthier version of the artery clogging potato dishes I've seen at pot lucks and really, really good. Made no changes at all. Served with orange baked ham, and citrus green beans with pine nuts. Will make this again. And again.
stellacorona Posted: 04/24/13
one of our favorite potato dishes!! great leftovers too, if there are any! i do not add the topping. not sure what one star rating did to the dish, it's pretty foolproof!
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I'm not really sure what the other reviewers consider tasty food. This was bland and at best a comforting warm blob of little flavor. My 9 year old disliked it; my husband disliked it; and my 13 year old politely ate it. I didn't find it to taste like much. Meh.
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This is probably blasphemous to those who have childhood memories of this recipe, but I added about 2 TBSP of Grey Poupon which gave it an amazing flavor. I think it could now stand up to a pot roast (we don't do potatoes with our roast) or better yet, as a side for some Guinness stew (once again, we don't add potatoes - we normally do mashed on the side), or better yet - short ribs. It gave just the right level of comfort food, but was balanced with a little something-something.


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Why do we NOT invest effectively in the poor and marginalized so they can participate in the global economy?
Nearly half of the world's population cannot effectively participate or contribute to the global economy. Basic economic theory holds that each 'participant' in the economy is a 'unit of productivity' providing a return on investment. In other words, it's more profitable to have people working and consuming than not. Yet nations continue to allow and accept that the poor and marginalized are - to borrow from another popular phrase - 'too big to succeed'.
In my view, the (relatively) small investment in infrastructure, education, and basic healthcare in the poor and marginalized will be more than made up by their increased productivity and spending. The rich think they're rich now, just imagine the wealth created by having 3 billion more people buying their stuff? I know there are obvious problems with this: corruption, unified effort, immediate ROI, etc. - but why is this such a 'tough sell' to national leadership? They're always looking for ways to increase the tax base.
3+ billion people now contribute to the world gross productivity. What if that were doubled? To me, this is the next threshold of economic growth -bringing in those who have been left out. Yet, we don't even talk about it. What do you think?
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Qab DqabOct 25 2012: I think the answer to your primary question is simply - ignorance.
As Fritzie pointed out below, there are efforts to help bring the poor and marginalised into economic participation, in fact on a very large scale. Untold billions of dollars are given to Africa in direct aid every year. However it is quite clear from the level of poverty still prevalent in Africa that this money has not been effectively invested, hence my answer to your question.
There is, however, a growing understanding that this is the case. There are now increasing efforts to encourage business into and within poorer regions. For example, http://www.aecfafrica.org/, this largely government funded organisation is encouraging, or rather investing in, companies that are looking to invest in Africa in a manner that will be profitable but also help the community. A great example of such a company is http://www.kickstart.org/.
I think one of the factors holding people back from this approach for so long has been the idea that making money from these people is somehow wrong. This story gives a great example of why this is not so: http://www.admittingfailure.com/failure/anthony/. However, if governments were* seen to be funding businesses that profit from such poor communities they would have* received very bad press.
* perhaps, sadly, these should be in the present tense.
I say that there is a growing understanding that what you propose is true but i do appreciate it is still a tiny minority and, at this point, smart investment is very far from adequate.
Oct 25 2012: I think that's my point. As I replied to Fritzie below, the tactics used to date have been more of a 'repair' to an imbalanced economic structure - with dismal return results. As you refer to, the professional 'spin' demonizing the efforts by gov'ts to provide incentives to invest in the poor and marginalized (yes, there are those who would seek to take advantage in a destructive way) only thwarts progressive efforts. These efforts are extremely delicate, need close oversight, and require a certain amount of finesse. We're very good with finesse and oversight with technology - following ever step of progress with precision, adjustment, acceptance of failure, and re-investment. But when it comes to social investing, the first sign of "suspected" diminished returns we abandon the effort - I'm referring to macro scale efforts, not the efforts of individual programs. I believe that if we begin to use the language of long-term and massive returns we may get better buy-in from the various participants in the effort. Thank you very much for your response Qab.
Oct 25 2012: Are you wanting to look more closely at why businesses are not seeing things the way you are seeing them, or are you suggesting that a change in language would garner more popular support?
I can think of a few ideas connected to the first of those questions. One is that the claim that "at the first sign of suspected diminishing returns we abandon the effort" may need real empirical verification. Qab writes about untold billions in aid to Africa over a long period. I think many who have studied this not very short-lived effort have concluded that such money has had a way of getting siphoned off into unintended uses. [Feyisayo, who was born in Africa and continues to live there, described this in another thread]. So from an investment standpoint, investors might after a point decide that they haven't enough control over where the money goes for them to continue to think of that use of money as an investment. They may still contribute money for other reasons but not as an economic investment of the kind I think you have in mind.
Another possible factor when we think of investment is that businesses aim to invest in things that allow them to capture the return. You mentioned that business could think of investing in people so that those people will "buy their stuff." But who is to say that they would buy THEIR stuff? Why wouldn't they buy someone else's stuff?
This explains also why businesses are sometimes reluctant to train people in expensive ways. A business could incur the training cost only to see the employee once trained hired away by another firm.
All that said, I thought I read that Microsoft in the last month made a commitment to train hundreds of thousands of young people to be computer engineers, because jobs in that field are so hard to fill. Typically the return on investment will be highest if they train people who already have the math and science background to hit the ground running. I don't know the details of their plan.
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People who work in IT grow accustomed to living under siege -- everyone wants everything at once, resources always fall short, priorities conflict, that kind of thing. But it's gotten worse: Today IT is in danger of being marginalized, consigned to keeping boring legacy systems running.
What's changed? In many businesses, there's a growing realization that to stay competitive, you need to deploy all kinds Web and mobile applications for customers and see what sticks. This has created unprecedented pressure to build, build, build. And if IT responds the old-fashioned way, demanding stakeholders document every last requirement and get in the queue, those stakeholders have new alternatives: SaaS applications, cheap mobile apps, hotshot agile dev firms, and so on.
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How does IT not just avoid slipping into irrelevance, but also lead the way in addressing new challenges? Sven Gerjets is one IT exec who has gone to extraordinary lengths to help business set the agenda rather than play defense. As senior vice president of IT solutions delivery for DirecTV, he and his cohorts have given real meaning to the cliché term "agility" and have achieved a surprisingly deep level of integration with the business.
In fact, when I interviewed Gerjets last week, it struck me that he was presenting a classic case of how good IT practice and good business practice can become almost indistinguishable. At DirecTV, IT's support of business goes beyond building solutions on demand to helping the business determine where it wants to go. Here are a few insights from the DirecTV example you may find useful:
1. Collaborate from end to end
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I wanted to say to Jionni, "Roger didn't recently impregnate and propose to Jenni" ... (well, the proposal part, yes!) but not at the time of this episode. Where was someone at that point to stand up and say that! Roger is Jenni's boyfriend. You are Snooki's fiancé and the father of their child, so get here more often!
Jionni reveals that the incident in Italy killed him and that he was willing to give her a second chance, so clearly he cares about her, and saw more than her party-girl exterior. And what better way to end the night then to have Jionni invite them all to the bachelor party, and they all invite him into the family.
Weird part though, I still was left with the burning question "Did Sitch and Snooks hook up in LA?" When Jionni tells Mike that he didn't appreciate his "s--- talking" in Italy, Mike still claims that he was only telling the truth. Dun dun DUN.
Things I Learned On This Week's Episode of "Jersey Shore":
• There is such thing as an "Energist" and she calls herself "Zen Jen" and she will lie and do a false reading if you pay her to.
• Jionni has a business that supplies and maintains ATMs. He collects on the fees.
• Paula has the nicest natural boobs in the world.
• "Knocking the dust off" of someone refers to smushing.
• Vinny will hit a b----, because he's from Staten Island.
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Feb 5 2013: Thanks for having this conversation Emily! I'm currently working on bringing a city-as-a-school model to communities around the nation.
I'd love to hear more about how you used resources and opportunities in the community for children to learn from.
In addition, today, schools largely resemble prisons. What are the best design principles to transform schools to more open and accessible?
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PAUMA VALLEY (CNS) - State Route 76 east of Valley Center will be closed intermittently for 45 to 60 minutes at a time Monday morning while crews work to repair a power pole that was sheared off by a drunken driver, authorities said.
The driver, 21-year-old Steven Want of Pala, was uninjured in the crash and booked into the Vista jail on suspicion of drunken driving following Sunday's late-afternoon crash, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Jim Bettencourt.
Around 4 p.m. Sunday, Want was driving his 2003 Cadillac STS eastbound on state Route 76 when he veered to the right on a left-hand curve and plowed into the power pole, causing live wires to block both east and westbound lanes, Bettencourt said in a statement.
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The People's Bank steps back, a little, from the brink
But fears of slowing growth send China into a bear market.
The People's Bank of China has taken a step back from the brink. But it's a small step, and global investors are clearly still worried that actions by China's central bank will further slow China's economy. The Shanghai Stock Exchange closed down 5.9% Monday and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped 2.22%. In Tokyo the Nikkei 225 Index ($JP:N225) fell 1.26%.
Last week, China's central bank let short-term interest rates climb and then climb some more. On Thursday short-term money market rates climbed as high as 28%. The seven-day repo rate, a benchmark for the interbank market in which banks lend to each other for the very short-term, reached a record high of 12% on June 19, the highest level since 2006, according to Bloomberg and then shot up to 25%, intraday, on June 20.That was enough to bring the People's Bank into the market. The seven-day repro rate fell to 7.32% Monday after dropping 2.27 percentage points on Friday. The overnight repurchase rate fell 4.42 percentage points to 8.43% on Friday and has dropped to 6.47% on Monday.
But the central bank hasn't injected enough liquidity into the markets to end the current cash squeeze at many banks or to take rates down to normal levels. At 6.47% the overnight rate is still more than double the average for 2013 of 3.09%.
And that's what has financial markets worried.
It looks like the People's Bank has decided to do just enough to avert a crisis in the banking sector -- there were rumors in China Friday and over the weekend of bank failures sparked by regular maintenance at one of the country's big banks that took ATM machines off line for an hour.
But it also looks like the central bank remains determined to use the current liquidity squeeze to crack down on the shadow-banking sector. Total credit in China grew by a frightening 52% in the first five months of 2013 from the same period in 2012. Much of that -- an estimated two-thirds of credit growth -- is coming from the shadow banking system of loans from off-balance sheet bank vehicles, financial entities "associated" with local governments, trusts, and other wealth management vehicles.
That rate of lending is a problem, because when lending grows at that pace the odds are that an increased percentage of loans will go bad. The central bank has minimal control over shadow lending, since the lenders in this parallel system aren't regulated by the central bank. One solution, these moves suggest the central bank has decided, is to shrink liquidity in general so that shadow lenders will have less access to cash.
Of course, less liquidity means less economic growth. Economists are starting to suggest that growth in China could slow to as little as 6% in coming quarters, well below the 7.5% official growth rate.
China isn't facing a financial crisis since ending the liquidity crunch is pretty much within the central bank's power. But 6% growth when the world is counting on 7% or 7.5% -- and hoping for a higher growth rate -- is a big deal for global economies and global stock markets.
Do remember, however, that any change in policy at the People's Bank will produce a huge snap back rally from what is now a bear market in China's stock markets.
When? On Monday the People's Bank said liquidity in China's financial system was "reasonable." I think that's a sign that the current policy is likely to stay in effect for this week, anyway.
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I do believe that the titanic has been sinking all along. Getting a kick out of that excess inventory and calls to pick up the crap you ordered.
Why what a simple rule of thumb that stock does no good in the back room but is only good on the shelves being sold. But all that ordering certainly gave the PONZI Casino a boost. Why it even helped the string puppets and their calls to look at all the jobs being produced here in the US!
Looks like carnage at it's finest. Why another round of qe anybody????
why the string puppets are still basking in their imaginary Fantasy Island so called green. Should really make the color poop brown as flushing is all it is good for in the days ahead.
Good thing for that injection to prop the phony treasury market as it helps to heard the lost sheep.
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The Lewiston/Niagara-on-the-Lake Rotary recently presented a check to the Center for Women at Mount St. Mary's Hospital for infant resuscitation equipment. The funds were raised from the sale of hot dogs at the Lewiston Art Festival - a club project for 47 years.
Pictured, from left, are Rotary Secretary Tom Gerbasi, Karen Conlon from the Center for Women, and Rotary President Bert Davesne. Davesne was president in the club's 50th year and now is president again in its 75th year.
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American Express reports lackluster results
Cardmembers aren't spending like they used to, and profit grew just 1% from a year earlier.
American Express cardholders, largely an affluent group, have reined in spending even as the economy appears to be trending upward. The company's profit grew just 1% from a year earlier to $1.25 billion, or $1.09 per share. That was in line with analyst expectations.
But revenue came in light at $7.86 billion, a 4% increase. Analysts wanted to see $7.89 billion to $7.93 billion. Although cardmember spending rose 8%, that was still significantly less than the double-digit growth seen in the past two years, Reuters reports.
"It represents slower growth than we were generating earlier in the year, a trend that we're seeing among major card issuers," said CEO Kenneth Chenault in a statement.
Shares of American Express closed the day Wednesday up more than 1% to $59.37. But in after-hours trading, shares slumped less than 1%. Shares have skyrocketed 33% over the past year.
Chenault warned in a statement that tightened spending will be a focus for the company going forward, particularly in what he called a "slow growth" economic environment. "We generated solid results this quarter against the backdrop of a very uneven global economy," he said.
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