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The Trump-Xi Beijing Summit: What the Smiling Handshakes Won't Tell You

On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...

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Find the lowest prices for items online using PriceBlink

Image Credit: PriceBlink Web App PriceBlink works on a very cool concept when added to your browser. Let's say you are shopping on Target for an item; once you're on the product page, a PriceBlink popup will appear below your URL bar with similar items it might have found for a lesser price. It works on the concept of price comparison - without you having to physically search all online retailers who have the same or similar item for a much lesser cost. The app itself is non-intrusive meaning it just stays hidden in your browser and does not appear until you go shopping. Once you start searching and find an item you want to purchase it will automatically search for the same product online and give you a better deal. The deal must be available but it does cut down a lot of time and if you are a bargain hunter and want to shop for things with the lowest price this one is for you. It works well with Chrome, Safari, FireFox and IE - simply install the app and let it do the work of ...

Shopcade: Use Facebook to shop, find deals and purchase stuff

So in the mood to shop. You can do so sitting in front of your favorite social network - Facebook, and shop along with all your pals. Using Shopcade you can browse through stuff that gets updated real-time and write you recommendation on the same. Discuss it with your friends before you decide to buy anything.  Shopcade: How does it work Once you visit the App on Facebook you can begin to browse through categories like, Books, Music, toys Gifts, Travel and Tickets. Browse till you find the right product and then click on the 'Buy Now' link below the product. You will be taken to the merchant's website where you can make the final payment and get your item. The thing about Shopcade is that you can find all the items available on the internet in one place and therefore there is no need to visit multiple sites. There are also some fantastic deals to be had. Shopcade is presently available only in the US and the UK.  Once you have a list of your favorite brands and items you ca...

How to shop in Petville.

How to go shopping in Petville. If you would like to go shopping in Petville for new furniture, clothes, hardware and costumes and buy, something this is what you would need to do. 1. On the lower left hand corner of your Petville screen click on the world icon. 2. Dialog box opens showing you various places you can go to in Petville 3. On top of the dialog you will see icons for the Clothing store, Furniture store and Hardware store.Simply click on the store you would like to visit. 4. Choose an item you would like to buy and click on it. 5. A dialog opens confirming your intent to purchase the item. 6. Click 'Buy' to purchase the item of click 'Cancel' to return to the store 7. If you take your pet along to the store click on an item to see how it fits your pet. Some item are full pieces of clothing which other simply cover one half of your pet. 8. Once your satisfied and buy a piece of clothing it will immediately go into your wardrobe. 9. Hardware and Furniture item...