Part One Globa I and National Economic Situation/1

Unit One

Text A Another Bush, Another Jobless Recovery/3

Text B The Hard RoadAhead/14

Unit Two

Text A Finally, Some Good News/21

Text B Steaming/35

Unit Tree

Text A Too Much Money: Inflation Goes Global/42

Text B The New "New Economy" /55

Unit Four

Text A India's Economy Hits the Wall/66

Text B A Yawning Trade Gap Could Swallow the Recovery/79

Unit Five

Text A Can Europe's Recovery Last? /86

Text B Climb on, Honey: This Could Be Wild/98

Part Two World Trade/109

Unit One

Text A The Doha Squabble/111

Text B Drops on Parched Soil/128

Unit Two

Text A China and Europe/133

Text B The Folly of Slapping Quotas on China/149

Unit Three

Text A 2005's Global Trade Hot Spots/155

Text B Sparks Fly over Steel/171

Unit Four

Text A Slouching toward a Trade War? /177

Text B The GM Gamble /187

Unit Five

Text A Two Cheers for Free Trade/192

Text B Engaging the U.S. with Trade/207

Part Three Finance/215

Unit One

Text A Time to Go Up /217

Text B The Joy of Inflation/228

Unit Two

Text A Looking Up/232

Text B Still in Gear /245

Unit Three

Text A Searching for Plan B/251

Text B Drowning in Dollars/266

Unit Four

Text A Oceans Apart/273

Text B Super-euro/285

Part Four Management /291

Unit One

Text A Make Way for Madame Director/293

Text B Earnings Guidance: Silence Is Golden/307

Unit Two

Text A Finally, Coke Gets It Right /314

Text B The Live Wire in Indian High Tech/324

Unit Three

Text A Microsoft without Gates/334

Text B Gates without Microsoft/353

Unit Four

Text A Audi, Volvo, Acura ... Chrysler? /363

Text B Volkswagen Needs a Jump/376

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