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America meets the new superpower

America meets the new superpower When President Hu Jintao of China shakes hands with President George Bush in Washington tomorrow and gives one of his fixed grins for photographers, it will not be just another meeting between the leader of a large developing country and the chief executive of the richest nation on earth. China is rising fast and is expected to eclipse the United States economically in the future - its gross domestic product is tipped to overtake that of America by 2045. While Mr Bush has only given Mr Hu an hour of his time for a state lunch,

The IMFs America problem

The IMFs America problem The IMFs meeting this spring was lauded as a breakthrough, with officials given a new mandate for surveillance of the trade imbalances that contribute significantly to global instability. The new mission is crucially important, both for the health of the global economy and the IMFs own legitimacy. But is the Fund up to the job? There is obviously something peculiar about a global financial system in which the richest country in the world, the United States, borrows more than $2 billion a day from poorer countries — even as it lectures them on principles of good governance

Team NZ win Americas Cup warm-up

Team NZ win Americas Cup warm-up Team New Zealand flew past old rivals Alinghi in the final Americas Cup warm-up of 2006 today, winning the season but aware that the defenders still have a new boat to launch. The New Zealanders lavished excitement on Act 12 of the Americas Cup with tight battles in the semifinals and finals before sailing clean away on the last downwind leg of the final race, steaming over the line 84 seconds ahead of the Swiss team. We had a flamethrower on us in terms of pressure when it came down to the last race but

’America’s first footprints’ too old to be human

'America's first footprints' too old to be human The mystery over when humans first populated the Americas continues to deepen - the history books may not have to be rewritten after all THE mystery over when humans first populated the Americas continues to deepen. The latest date for rocks near Puebla, Mexico, which were said to bear fossilised human footprints, contradicts the suggestion made in July that humans reached the Americas 40,000 years ago. If people had indeed arrived this early then we would have to rethink everything we know about the history of early human migration. Silvia Gonzalez of Liverpool John

Suzo Americas Exceeds FutureLogic’s Market Penetration Goals for South America

Suzo Americas Exceeds FutureLogic's Market Penetration Goals for South America FutureLogic, Inc., the leading manufacturer of thermal ticket printers for cashless gaming, announced today that during the last 18 months Suzo Americas (AR) SRL has surpassed expectations for South American market penetration, and has helped establish the largest installed base of thermal gaming printers in the region. Under an agreement initiated in early 2005, Suzo Americas sells and provides service for FutureLogics TITO (ticket-in/ticket-out) printers throughout Latin America. Suzo Americas reports installations of more than 6000 FutureLogic GEN1 and GEN2(TM) printers in all of South Americas major gaming markets - including Buenos