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Supreme Court Supercharges Cable Box Ending a multiyear battle between Hollywood studios and telecommunications giants, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that cable operators could allow subscribers to store recorded shows on cable systems' massive central databases instead of in set-top boxes. The ruling looks like a clear victory for subscribers of cable services, long frustrated by awkward set-top box technology and perpetually rising subscription fees. By allowing cable operators to build video-storage units intoair yeezy their networks, the Supreme Court has vastly reduced the cost of expanding DVR service, wrote Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Craig E. Moffett in a note to clients Monday. Today, cable systems have to provide costly set-top boxes equipped with high-capacity hard drives to every new customer that signs up for DVR service. For customers lucky enough to already have a DVR box, the expense of new equipment has generally blocked upgrades to bigger, more powerful devices. There are significant economies of scale in using a few giant servers to hold subscribers' videos, and Moffett thinks the cable companies will expand their DVR offerings over a numberNike air jordan 3.5 of years. The lower costs of video storage could also spark a mini-price war in markets where AT&T ( T - news - people ) or Verizon ( VZ - news - people ) compete with the local cable system. These telecoms have been rolling out cable-like television service and may take advantage of the improved economics of offering DVR services to cut their prices. "This could easily set off a price war in which the consumer wins in the end," says Richard Doherty, director of Envisioneering Group, a technology consultancy in Seaford, N.Y. Doherty points out that pay-TV subscribers also stand to benefit from lower energy use if they can swap their set-top boxes for devices without hard drives that connect to remote storage servers. Among the parties frustrated by Monday's decision are Hollywood'sair yeezy shoes biggest studios. General Electric ( GE - news - people ) unit NBC Universal, News Corp. ( NWS - news - people ) studio Fox, Disney ( DIS - news - people ) network ABC and CBS ( CBS - news - people ) sued Cablevision ( CVC - news - people ), claiming its proposed new DVR system would allow users to violate the studio's copyrights by making digital copies. Yet, the studios' pain could result in greater benefits to consumers. By making it easier for viewers to record shows and skip commercials, pay-TV companies may provide an incentive for studios to stream more of their content on the Web, where they can easily force viewers to watch ads in their proprietary video players. Today, studios often make only a handful of episodes of many of their popular series available to online streaming services like Hulu. Another clear loser: Satellite TV providers like DirecTV ( DTV -nike yeezy news - people ) and Dish Network. They can't take advantage of the low cost of storing video remotely like the cable guys. (Satellites are one-way communications tools and can't receive signals from users trying to recall stored episodes.) DirecTV and Dish might try to compensate for their technological inadequacies by offering special-content tiers or slashing their own prices. Either way, couch potatoes win.

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HP Introduces World's First Web-Connected Home Printer SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 22, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----HP (NYSE:HPQ) today unveiled the world's first web-connected home printer: The HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web. HP is bringing the power of the web directly to the printer and combining it with HP's TouchSmart technology to give people quick, easy, touchscreen access to popular digital content.(1) Designed for the digital generation and connected households, the HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web features an entirely new web-based printing platform with HP applications Air Max(apps). Similar to other Internet-connected devices, these apps, which are viewable on an extra-large, intuitive-to-use TouchSmart panel, allow people to connect instantly with fun, informative and personal content.(1) In addition to receiving apps preloaded on the printer, people can download new ones as they become available at the HP Apps Studio to suit their interests and needs. 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Woods Makes Time for Small Talk, but He’s in an Open State of Mind Tiger Woods is waiting. He is a minute or so from his scheduled interview two days before the United States Open, but Sergio García has lingered at the steel stanchions to answer a few extra questions for reporters. There is a bit of a buzz, so Tiger Woods is waiting. He glances at the knot of people. He makes small talk with theNike Air Max TL 2.5 moderator up on the dais. He smiles brightly and the photographers click away but his eyes are wary. He is wearing a black sweater, white shirt underneath a white cap with TW on the front. This is his world. He took his early practice round and, when a photographer tried to take a picture of Woods signing autographs, a security man held a large hand in front of the camera. A phalanx of support brings Woods to the side door of the media tent. Now he waits, until García departs on time. “Yeah, excited to be here,” he says, not looking excited. 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UPDATE 1-Obama speeds projects to create, save 600,000 jobs By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday accelerated stimulus spending would create or save 600,000 jobs over the next 100 days, pledging action to slow the growth of unemployment that has reached a 25-year high. "We've got a long way to go, but I feel like we've made great progress," Obama said at a White House meeting with Vice President Joe Biden and cabinet officials aimed at highlighting Winston cigarettesgains made since Congress passed the massive stimulus package in February. "The biggest concern that I have moving forward is that the toll that job losses take on individual families and communities can be self-reinforcing," Obama said. "People lose jobs, they pull back on spending, that means businesses don't have customers, and suddenly you start seeing more job lay-offs." The White House event took place three days after the Labor Departmentnike shox r4 new reported that U.S. unemployment rose to 9.4 percent in May, even though job losses last month slowed to 345,000. Obama said the lower rate of job losses was encouraging. He promised stimulus spending would be carried out "in a transparent fashion so that taxpayers know that money is not being wasted on a bunch of boondoggles." The White House estimates the $787 billion Recovery and Reinvestment Act that Democrats pushed through Congress with little Republican support will create or save 3 million to 4 million jobs by early 2011. They said on Monday it created or saved 150,000 in the first 100 days. Republicans questioned the figure and noted that Biden said on May 13 over 150,000 jobs had been saved or created in the act's first 77 days. The U.S. economy has lost 6.0 million jobs, including 2.9 million Air Jordan shoes 10.5this year, since the recession began in December 2007. REPUBLICAN HOPES Republicans, who hope to loosen the Democrats' grip on power in 2010 congressional election, have attacked the recovery legislation as a bloated spending bill that will drive the country deeper into debt. "I'm very skeptical that the spending binge that we're on is going to produce much good and, even if it does, any time soon," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters on Friday. "I think the economy is just as likely to begin to recover on its own, wholly aside from this, before much of this has an impact." The accelerated stimulus spending announced on Monday included 200 new waste and water systems in rural areas and the creation of 125,000 summer youth jobs. Work will also begin oncheap cigarettes maintenance and construction at 98 airports and over 1,500 highway locations and in the 107 U.S. national parks. The White House has already committed over $135 billion to stimulus projects but only about $44 billion has been paid out. "We're going to get more dollars out the door, more shovels into the ground and more money into the pockets of workers and families who need it most," Biden said in a statement. A little more than one-third of the $787 billion Recovery Act was tax relief, with the next biggest chunk dedicated to relief for state and local governments to keep health and education programs in place without raising taxes. The accelerated projects announced on Monday include: -- expanded health care service for about Shox Bella IL300,000 patients at clinics across the United States -- funding for 135,000 education jobs -- improvements at 90 veterans medical centers -- hiring or maintaining 5,000 law enforcement jobs -- environmental cleanup at 20jordan shoes 5 Superfund sites -- roughly 2,300 construction and rehabilitation projects at 359 military facilities.

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Mehserle ordered to stand trial for murder (06-04) 15:12 PDT OAKLAND -- Former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle must stand trial for murder in the New Year's Day shooting death of an unarmed man, an Alameda County judge ruled today. After hearing seven days of testimony since May 18, Superior Court Judge C. Don Clay said prosecutors had presented ample evidence to show that Mehserle could be found guilty of UGG Upsidemurdering Oscar Grant, 22, at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland. Grant's mother, Wanda Johnson, sobbed loudly as Clay announced his decision, and other family members cried. Mehserle showed little reaction. The case has drawn nationwide attention, in part because the shooting was filmed by BART passengers with digital cameras and played repeatedly on television and online. Mehserle, 27, is the first police officer in California in at least 15 years to be charged with an on-the-job murder. BART police pulled Grant and several other young men off a Dublin-Pleasanton train about 2 a.m. Jan. 1 on suspicion of brawling onboard. Testimony showed that police were trying to arrest Grant for allegedly obstructing officers when Mehserle shot him. One video showed Mehserle trying to pull Grant's handsUGG Wallingford behind his back as the Hayward resident lay face-down, then pulling out his pistol and shooting him. Prosecutors said Mehserle had fired his pistol at Grant for no good reason. The defense said the officer had meant to shock the supermarket worker with a Taser stun gun but had accidentally fired his pistol instead, and that at most the case was manslaughter. "This is not a murder because there is no malice, and there's no malice because Mr. Mehserle didn't intend to use his firearm," defense attorney Michael Rains told the judge. However, in announcing his decision, Clay said, "There is no doubt in my mind that Mr. Mehserle intended to shoot Oscar Grant with a gun and not a Taser." Clay heard from numerous witnesses during the preliminary hearing, including passengers who captured parts of the incident on cameras and other BART police officers who responded to UGG Whitleythe scene. However, Mehserle himself did not testify. Clay said that without hearing from the former officer, he had no way to know what Mehserle may have been thinking when he pulled the trigger. The outcry over Grant's death had racial overtones, with some African American community leaders saying that the shooting was part of a larger problem of police brutality against young men of color. Mehserle is white; Grant was black. The shooting prompted several protests, including one Jan. 7 in downtown Oakland in which crowds smashed storefronts and set several cars ablaze. For the preliminary hearing, Alameda County sheriff's deputies maintained a visible presence at the courthouse. Protesters ringed the building for the duration of the hearing. Many Air Jordan shoes 2009held signs that read, "We are Oscar Grant," and used bullhorns. Oakland police joined deputies today to keep the peace outside the courthouse. Mehserle resigned after the shooting and is now free on $3 million bail. He will return to court June 18 to be arraigned.

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Treasury's Geithner Faces an Assertive China Trade, yuan strength, and Chinese consumption will be key topics on Gethner's visit to Beijing One might think China's top leaders would warmly welcome Timothy Geithner in his May 31-June 2 visit to Beijing. After all, Geithner, who once studied Chinese at Peking University and speaksjordan shoes 10.5 Mandarin, is considered something of an old China hand. So he is be attuned to Beijing's financial and economic concerns, not just Washington's. It is also becoming painfully clear to both sides how mutually dependent China and the U.S. are: China still needs U.S. demand for its exports, while the U. S. needs China to buy its mounting debt. But beneath the usual diplomatic niceties, there's likely to be real friction and little substantive progress in sorting out the thorny differences between the two countries during Geithner's first visit to China as Treasury Secretary. When Geithner meets with top officials, including Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Wang Qishan, vic- premier in charge of finance, he is likely to press for a more freely tradable yuan. (After taking a tough line on China's currency manipulation during his confirmation hearings early this year, Geithner and other U.S. officials have softened their tone in recent months but still are pressing for change.) The hope Shox Q'Vidais that a strengthened yuan would help narrow the massive U.S. trade deficit with China by making Chinese exports less competitive. Equally important, of course, is that the Chinese begin to break their frugal habits, start spending more, and so pick up some of the slack left by the collapse in U.S. spending, a topic Geithner will probably raise when he speaks to students at Peking University on June 1. China must initiate "stronger domestic demand growth. It involves shifting the structure of the Chinese economy" to stimulate greater demand, a Treasury official said shortly before Geithner headed to China. In this visit, however, Geithner will also get an earful about what Beijing wants. As China's economy shows signs of picking up and even growing 8% this year, Beijing is feeling no inclination to accept criticism from the beleaguered West. An assertive China will tell the U.S. to control the growth of its rapidly swelling budget deficit. Beijing is worried that Washington's spending policies will lead to inflation and furtherAir Jordan melo 1.5 depreciation of the U.S. dollar. That would be bad news for China, the world's largest holder of U.S. Treasury bills, with an estimated $1.45 trillion in U.S. denominated-assets at the end of 2008. The Chinese have already put their concerns front and center. At a nationally broadcast press conference held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Mar. 13, China's premier said he was worried by the situation. "We have lent a huge amount of money to the United States" Wen said. "I request the U.S. to maintain its good credit, to honor its promises, and to guarantee the safety of China's assets." Notes Chang Chun, a professor of finance and associate dean at Shanghai's China Europe International Business School: "Most of China's foreign currency reserves are in U.S. dollars—and the reserves are huge. This is not sustainable. We cannot rely on U.S. dollars jordan shoes 2009for all of our trade and finance." stepping up pressure on the dollar China is also pushing for a larger international role for its currency, which would by necessity weaken the leading global role the U.S. dollar now plays. After central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan called for a new "super-sovereign reserve currency" to replace the U.S. dollar in March, Geithner, as well as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, said they categorically opposed the change. Nonetheless, in recent months, Beijing has signed a series of currency-swap agreements with trading partners, including Malaysia, South Korea, and Argentina. Although still limited in scale, these moves allow the countries to trade in their own currencies rather than with the U.S. dollar as an intermediate currency. "This is the beginning of the end for the U.S. dollar if you look at theShox R4 bigger historical trend," says Wenran Jiang, a professor of political science at the University of Alberta, who concedes that it could take years for the yuan to become fully convertible and really rival the dollar. "There will be resistance from the U.S., of course. The U.S. doesn't want to give up the special role for the dollar." The Geithner delegation certainly expects plenty of pushback. But the U.S. argument that China must do more to encourage consumption isn't just being made for political reasons. There is widespread questioning among analysts and policymakers as to whether China is doing enough, or is serious enough, about moving away from a low-exchange-rate, export-driven model of growth that is dependent on U.S. consumption. The U.S. Treasury's China analysts believe the global economic system cannot stabilize long term unless that happens. In short, the U.S. thinks China's policies are also partly to blame for the crisis, and they want to start pushing China to address those issues more aggressively than China is probably prepared to for its own domestic reasons. "We want to begin to lay the groundwork forAir Jordan2.5 more balanced, more sustainable growth going forward," says a senior Treasury official. While in the U.S. that means bringing fiscal deficits down, getting the savings rate up, and making needed financial regulatory reforms, "it's important that we bring about stronger growth in domestic demand in a variety of countries outside of the U.S. It's a critical component to ensure balanced, sustainable growth in the future." Yet U.S. policymakers and analysts worry that if China does not see its policies as being part of the problem, or simply won't acknowledge that for domestic reasons—and U.S. policymakers clearly understand the domestic job pressures the Chinese are under—Beijing's top leadership may not push as strongly to make as much change as the U.S. sees as necessary. The U.S. will also likely bring up the rising complaints from U.S. and other foreign companies in China that stimulus money and other spending there is increasingly being funneled into "Buy China" projects. "It is extremely important that we stick to G-20 commitments to avoid measures that would increase barriers to trade," said the Treasury official. "We have asked the WTO to examine and report back on the measures being put in place Air Jordan 3.5in other countries." only a better safety will open chinese wallets Thus, Beijing and Washington have plenty to disagree about. Despite the White House's determination to cut the budget deficit over the long haul, for now the Obama Administration is very unlikely to abandon its policy of borrowing heavily to restart the U.S. economy. Already, in the last week of May, Treasury prices softened on concerns about mounting U.S. debt. And as Beijing knows all too well, seriously strengthening consumption as an economic driver—domestic consumption now makes up only some 35% of Chinese GDP—is a long-term project. China's consumers are not going to start opening their wallets until Beijing rebuilds its tattered social safety net, a process that will take Shox Respondyears to complete, says Arthur Kroeber, managing editor of Beijing-based China Economic Quarterly. That means helping China's hard-hit export sector—which dropped 20.5% in the first four months and has shed at least 20 million migrant-worker jobs—remains a top priority for Beijing, no matter how big the trade deficit with Washington gets. So just days before Geithner's arrival, China's State Council on May 27 announced $84 billion in new short-term export credit insurance and a rise in tax rebates for both labor-intensive and high-technology industries. At the meeting in Beijing, Premier Wen said that to support exporters, China will keep the value of the yuan "basically stable" and at a "reasonable and balanced level." (That's Chinese official-speak for no currency appreciation planned.) Another reason why Beijing is unlikely to be conciliatory in talks with the visiting Treasury Secretary is the growing populist pressure in China to take a tougher line when it comes to the U.S. Fueled by popular new books that take a critical look at the U.S. and advocate a stronger, more assertive role for the Air Jordan 6 ringmainland (China is Unhappy is a recent title that sold a half-million legal copies in just a few months), Chinese, particularly on the Internet, are criticizing their own government for being too pliant with the U.S. "Whoever sends money to the U.S. is betraying the Chinese people!," one Shenzhen-based netizen wrote on the popular bulletin board site 163.com on May 31. "The U.S. is a big viper. If you save it now, it will eat you up after it recovers." Commenting on the possibility that during the visit, Geithner may pledge to control the growth of the U.S. deficit and so protect the value of Chinese investment in Treasury bills, "[this is like] a wolf telling a sheep that your babies will be safe here with me, don't worry," wrote a netizen from Zhangjiajie, Hunan—also on 163.com on May 31. "When the global economic crisis took place, in the U.S. people blamed Wall Street," explains Cheng Li, director of research and a senior fellow at the Brooking Institution's John L. Thornton China CenterShox Rhythmic in Washington. "But in China, people blamed the government because it largely still controls the economy…they are often seen as too na�ve or pro-U.S."

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Treasury's Geithner Faces an Assertive China Trade, yuan strength, and Chinese consumption will be key topics on Gethner's visit to Beijing One might think China's top leaders would warmly welcome Timothy Geithner in his May 31-June 2 visit to Beijing. After all, Geithner, who once studied Chinese at Peking University and speaksjordan shoes 10.5 Mandarin, is considered something of an old China hand. So he is be attuned to Beijing's financial and economic concerns, not just Washington's. It is also becoming painfully clear to both sides how mutually dependent China and the U.S. are: China still needs U.S. demand for its exports, while the U. S. needs China to buy its mounting debt. But beneath the usual diplomatic niceties, there's likely to be real friction and little substantive progress in sorting out the thorny differences between the two countries during Geithner's first visit to China as Treasury Secretary. When Geithner meets with top officials, including Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Wang Qishan, vic- premier in charge of finance, he is likely to press for a more freely tradable yuan. (After taking a tough line on China's currency manipulation during his confirmation hearings early this year, Geithner and other U.S. officials have softened their tone in recent months but still are pressing for change.) The hope Shox Q'Vidais that a strengthened yuan would help narrow the massive U.S. trade deficit with China by making Chinese exports less competitive. Equally important, of course, is that the Chinese begin to break their frugal habits, start spending more, and so pick up some of the slack left by the collapse in U.S. spending, a topic Geithner will probably raise when he speaks to students at Peking University on June 1. China must initiate "stronger domestic demand growth. It involves shifting the structure of the Chinese economy" to stimulate greater demand, a Treasury official said shortly before Geithner headed to China. In this visit, however, Geithner will also get an earful about what Beijing wants. As China's economy shows signs of picking up and even growing 8% this year, Beijing is feeling no inclination to accept criticism from the beleaguered West. An assertive China will tell the U.S. to control the growth of its rapidly swelling budget deficit. Beijing is worried that Washington's spending policies will lead to inflation and furtherAir Jordan melo 1.5 depreciation of the U.S. dollar. That would be bad news for China, the world's largest holder of U.S. Treasury bills, with an estimated $1.45 trillion in U.S. denominated-assets at the end of 2008. The Chinese have already put their concerns front and center. At a nationally broadcast press conference held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Mar. 13, China's premier said he was worried by the situation. "We have lent a huge amount of money to the United States" Wen said. "I request the U.S. to maintain its good credit, to honor its promises, and to guarantee the safety of China's assets." Notes Chang Chun, a professor of finance and associate dean at Shanghai's China Europe International Business School: "Most of China's foreign currency reserves are in U.S. dollars—and the reserves are huge. This is not sustainable. We cannot rely on U.S. dollars jordan shoes 2009for all of our trade and finance." stepping up pressure on the dollar China is also pushing for a larger international role for its currency, which would by necessity weaken the leading global role the U.S. dollar now plays. After central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan called for a new "super-sovereign reserve currency" to replace the U.S. dollar in March, Geithner, as well as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, said they categorically opposed the change. Nonetheless, in recent months, Beijing has signed a series of currency-swap agreements with trading partners, including Malaysia, South Korea, and Argentina. Although still limited in scale, these moves allow the countries to trade in their own currencies rather than with the U.S. dollar as an intermediate currency. "This is the beginning of the end for the U.S. dollar if you look at theShox R4 bigger historical trend," says Wenran Jiang, a professor of political science at the University of Alberta, who concedes that it could take years for the yuan to become fully convertible and really rival the dollar. "There will be resistance from the U.S., of course. The U.S. doesn't want to give up the special role for the dollar." The Geithner delegation certainly expects plenty of pushback. But the U.S. argument that China must do more to encourage consumption isn't just being made for political reasons. There is widespread questioning among analysts and policymakers as to whether China is doing enough, or is serious enough, about moving away from a low-exchange-rate, export-driven model of growth that is dependent on U.S. consumption. The U.S. Treasury's China analysts believe the global economic system cannot stabilize long term unless that happens. In short, the U.S. thinks China's policies are also partly to blame for the crisis, and they want to start pushing China to address those issues more aggressively than China is probably prepared to for its own domestic reasons. "We want to begin to lay the groundwork forAir Jordan2.5 more balanced, more sustainable growth going forward," says a senior Treasury official. While in the U.S. that means bringing fiscal deficits down, getting the savings rate up, and making needed financial regulatory reforms, "it's important that we bring about stronger growth in domestic demand in a variety of countries outside of the U.S. It's a critical component to ensure balanced, sustainable growth in the future." Yet U.S. policymakers and analysts worry that if China does not see its policies as being part of the problem, or simply won't acknowledge that for domestic reasons—and U.S. policymakers clearly understand the domestic job pressures the Chinese are under—Beijing's top leadership may not push as strongly to make as much change as the U.S. sees as necessary. The U.S. will also likely bring up the rising complaints from U.S. and other foreign companies in China that stimulus money and other spending there is increasingly being funneled into "Buy China" projects. "It is extremely important that we stick to G-20 commitments to avoid measures that would increase barriers to trade," said the Treasury official. "We have asked the WTO to examine and report back on the measures being put in place Air Jordan 3.5in other countries." only a better safety will open chinese wallets Thus, Beijing and Washington have plenty to disagree about. Despite the White House's determination to cut the budget deficit over the long haul, for now the Obama Administration is very unlikely to abandon its policy of borrowing heavily to restart the U.S. economy. Already, in the last week of May, Treasury prices softened on concerns about mounting U.S. debt. And as Beijing knows all too well, seriously strengthening consumption as an economic driver—domestic consumption now makes up only some 35% of Chinese GDP—is a long-term project. China's consumers are not going to start opening their wallets until Beijing rebuilds its tattered social safety net, a process that will take Shox Respondyears to complete, says Arthur Kroeber, managing editor of Beijing-based China Economic Quarterly. That means helping China's hard-hit export sector—which dropped 20.5% in the first four months and has shed at least 20 million migrant-worker jobs—remains a top priority for Beijing, no matter how big the trade deficit with Washington gets. So just days before Geithner's arrival, China's State Council on May 27 announced $84 billion in new short-term export credit insurance and a rise in tax rebates for both labor-intensive and high-technology industries. At the meeting in Beijing, Premier Wen said that to support exporters, China will keep the value of the yuan "basically stable" and at a "reasonable and balanced level." (That's Chinese official-speak for no currency appreciation planned.) Another reason why Beijing is unlikely to be conciliatory in talks with the visiting Treasury Secretary is the growing populist pressure in China to take a tougher line when it comes to the U.S. Fueled by popular new books that take a critical look at the U.S. and advocate a stronger, more assertive role for the Air Jordan 6 ringmainland (China is Unhappy is a recent title that sold a half-million legal copies in just a few months), Chinese, particularly on the Internet, are criticizing their own government for being too pliant with the U.S. "Whoever sends money to the U.S. is betraying the Chinese people!," one Shenzhen-based netizen wrote on the popular bulletin board site 163.com on May 31. "The U.S. is a big viper. If you save it now, it will eat you up after it recovers." Commenting on the possibility that during the visit, Geithner may pledge to control the growth of the U.S. deficit and so protect the value of Chinese investment in Treasury bills, "[this is like] a wolf telling a sheep that your babies will be safe here with me, don't worry," wrote a netizen from Zhangjiajie, Hunan—also on 163.com on May 31. "When the global economic crisis took place, in the U.S. people blamed Wall Street," explains Cheng Li, director of research and a senior fellow at the Brooking Institution's John L. Thornton China CenterShox Rhythmic in Washington. "But in China, people blamed the government because it largely still controls the economy…they are often seen as too na�ve or pro-U.S."

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 “IT’S not easy being gay,” said Mary Jo Hudson, director of the Ohio Department of Insurance. She wasn’t referring to political opposition and other obstacles, but the plight of same-sex couples who are trying Air Jordan 20 to get and keep health insurance. Skip to next paragraph Greg Sailor for The New York Times Mary Jo Hudson, director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, is familiar with the difficulties in getting health insurance for a gay partner. Your Money Podcast: Health Insurance for Gay Couples and Deferred Compensation Plans Well Share your thoughts on this column at the Well blog. Go to Well » Related More Articles in This Series“You’ve got to go through a lot of hoops,” said Ms. Hudson, who is gay and has lived with her partner for eight years. Same-sex couples have been making headlines; Maine followed the lead of Nike jordan 20 Iowa and Vermont this week in legalizing same-sex marriage, and several other state legislatures are now considering it. But Ms. Hudson says that fairer and more comprehensive health care coverage for partners — whether they are legally married or not — is not necessarily part of the package. “For the vast majority of gay couples,” she said, “getting health insurance for a domestic partner is still a challenge.” Currently about one-third of companies with more than 500 employees offer domestic partner benefits. That’s up from about 12 percent in 2000, according to a study from Mercer, an employee benefits consulting firm. But the percentage drops off sharply when smaller employers are counted, Ms. Hudson said. And there is no provision for domestic partner benefits for federal employees, although there are some legislative efforts to change that. Some states and municipalities offer their employees domestic partner coverage, depending on the state laws. Even if the relationship is formalized with the state in a marriage or union, that does not always obligate the employer to cover a same-sex spouse. For one thing, self-insured employers are not regulated by the states. And other benefit-providing employers that choose not to offer such coverage can sometimes use the Defense of Marriage Act — a law that forbids the federal government to recognize same-sex marriage — to trump state laws, said Nike Trainer DunkIlse de Veer, a principal with Mercer. On the flip side, self-insured employers are free to offer domestic partnership benefits, whether or not a state recognizes unmarried relationships. And some employers limit their domestic partner benefits only to homosexual couples, on the rationale that heterosexual couples can get married, while in most states gay couples still cannot. If you’re part of a same-sex couple and you’re fortunate enough to work for an employer that will provide coverage for your partner, the process can still be cumbersome and costly. Here are some of the basics. DOCUMENT YOUR RELATIONSHIP Many employers and insurance companies require proof of a domestic partnership before you can qualify for benefits. One of the most common documents is an affidavit signed by both partners, explaining the details of the relationship. For more information on what needs to be included in an affidavit, the Web site insure.com offers a check list.You may also need to provide copies of jointly signed leases, homeowners’ insurance policies, joint bank account statements and other legal documents that show the two of you live together and are financially intertwined. Many states, counties and cities, including New York City, have domestic partnership registries where unmarried couples can legally register their relationships. Registration is not the same as a marriage certificate, but itJordan XXII sneaker is a good way to prove the legitimacy of your relationship to employers and insurers, Ms. Hudson said. PREPARE TO PAY MORE TAXES Unlike married couples, domestic partners must pay federal and sometimes state taxes on health care benefits. That’s because the Internal Revenue Service counts the value of the domestic partner’s benefit as income for the employee. What’s more, pretax dollars from an employee’s flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts cannot be used to cover the domestic partner’s benefits. Let’s say, hypothetically, that the cost for a partner benefit is $10,000 a year, and the employee is at the 40 percent marginal tax bracket. In addition to the share of premiums the employee pays, he or she would pay about $300 a month in taxes. “That really adds to the cost of the benefit,” Ms. Hudson said. “It may be why so few couples take advantage of domestic partner benefits when they are available.” She cited a Williams Institute study that shows unmarried partners are two to three times more likely to be uninsured than married people. Ms. Hudson says that in rare cases, companies have been willing to increase Air jordan XXI sneaker employees’ paychecks to make up for the extra tax burden. So be sure to ask your human resources department about this. A POSSIBLE TAX EXCEPTION For some people, there may be a way around the tax bind. If your partner lives in your household for the entire tax year, receives 50 percent of his or her support from you and generally meets the criteria laid out in section 152 of the tax code, then you are legally entitled to receive domestic partnership health benefits tax-free. A lawyer or accountant well versed in domestic partnership law can help determine if you’re eligible for this break. “This break is confusing and misunderstood because it is a special exemption for health care benefits only,” said Ms. de Veer. “Employers don’t always understand this part of the code themselves, so they often fail to tell employees about it. Lots of couples are paying taxes on health benefits that don’t have to.” To determine if your partner receives 50 percent support from you, fill out the worksheet on page 33 of I.R.S. Publication 17, at www.irs.gov/pub/irs- pdf/p17.pdf COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN Most employers that cover domestic partners also cover the children of that partner, considering it a parental relationship on the employee’s part, even if it has not been formalized legally. With individual policies, though, depending on the insurer, you may have to prove you are a legal custodian of your partner’s child, said Ms. Hudson. “Filing for custody rights is probably something you should do anyway,” Nike air jordan 23 shoesadvises Ms. Hudson. “You’ll need that document for everything from signing school permission slips to getting health benefits.” WHAT ABOUT COBRA? If you are covered under your partner’s employer-sponsored insurance, and your partner is then laid off, many firms will offer you the opportunity to buy the same health care coverage for up to 18 months under the federal law known as Cobra. If the relationship ends, you may also be able to elect Cobra coverage, just as you would if you were divorcing. Because Cobra is a federal law, employers are not obligated to offer this coverage to unmarried partners, but many do, says Ms. de Veer. As with all Cobra coverage, you must be sure to make the election within 60 days of the last day of coverage under the employer’s plan.

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