[00:01]item

[00:02]Some economists believe that given its stage of

[00:06]development, China spends too much on expensive items

[00:10]like high-speed rail lines.

[00:13]stem

[00:14]However, whether such a sense of fairness evolved

[00:17]independently in capuchins and humans, or whether it

[00:21]stems from the common ancestor that the species had

[00:25]35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question.

[00:32]jar

[00:33]The jar had been provided by an infected patient. Experts

[00:37]say it's the first time in U.S. history that peanut butter has

[00:40]been linked to a salmonella outbreak.

[00:45]bar

[00:47]The mail? I asked Michael Maroney, who is vice

[00:51]president of sales for the Newport Beach, Calif.-based

[00:55]retailer Monex, as I imagined my own postal carrier

[00:59]slipping a gold bar in my apartment's group boxes.

[01:05]tar

[01:06]Shell has insisted that "unconventional" hydrocarbon

[01:10]sources such as tar sands are all justified to ensure that

[01:15]the world does not run out of oil too soon.

[01:21]Canadian economist Jeff Rubin has a somewhat

[01:26]oracular reputation. Since 2000, he has predicted a massive

[01:30]oil-price spike, and he was among the first in 2007 to

[01:35]prophesy that oil would soar over $100 per barrel.

[01:40]Index

[01:42]One of the most frequently cited U.S. economic

[01:45]statistics is the Consumer Price Index, commonly (and

[01:49]erroneously) referred to as the cost-of-living index.