Marketplace for July 12, 2011

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Marketplace for July 12, 2011

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Chinese entrepreneurs welcome success

Online shopping and a cosmetics distributor: a profile of a man in China who suffers from unbridled optimism. He believes his company can become the biggest cosmetics company in the world.
Posted In: China
2

Amazon takes its tax battle to the ballot

Amazon seeks a California referendum to overturn a law requiring e-tailers to collect sales tax. If successful, the bid could have national impact.
Posted In: Taxes
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Italy debt woes could hit the U.S.

Italy, the world's eighth largest economy, may soon need an economic bailout. If that happens, the fallout could well reach the U.S.
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Making millions from spicy Chinese hot pot

Lunch with a Chinese entrepreneur whose empire is expanding as fast as people can eat.
Posted In: China
4

Come again -- Carmaggedon?

Here's something that never happens in Los Angeles: a stretch of one of the busiest freeways will be shut down this weekend. So what's an Angeleno to do?
Posted In: carmaggedon, Traffic, los angeles
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Freakonomics: How does a company bounce back after controversy?

Bad things happen in business. So how do firms bounce back and keep reputations intact?
Posted In: Food

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The High Road
Broken Bells
I Just Wanna Love You
Can You Flow?
Direction
Sackcloth Fashion
Talking Wound
P.K. 14

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