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MID-DAY UPDATE: Trade deficit widens in June...
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Aug 11, 2010
... We're in debt and out of work -- why are we still gobbling imports?
Economists underwhelmed by Fed's new plan
What caused the flash crash?
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China plans $738 billion investment in renewable energy
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Aug 9, 2010
Bloomberg is reporting that China will invest 5 trillion yuan (nearly $740 billion) over the next 10 years into renewable energy projects....
MID-DAY UPDATE: Scandal at Hewlett-Packard...
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Aug 9, 2010
... Where does the company go from here?
Microsoft's "http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/08/09/am-microsoft-fixing-glitches-in-...
Goldman Sachs to its employees: Stop cussing in e-mails
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Aug 4, 2010
Exxon and Shell profits nearly double...
Foxconn: riddled with controversy, swimming in cash
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Sep 14, 2010
The Chinese electronics manufacturer has been in the news a lot in recent: a rash of worker suicides, a wage increase to attract workers in a time...
China threatens to shut down Google, Google caves
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Sep 14, 2010
Google says it's committed to not censoring its search results. China is very much committed to censorship. So it's a stalemate that affects the...
Foxconn to outsource dormitories
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Sep 14, 2010
This NYT article puts the number of workers in Shenzhen at 420,000, the highest number I've heard so far....
Chinese labor movement aided by technology
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Sep 14, 2010
The New York Times has a really interesting article about factory workers and labor unrest in China. Workers are often poor, migrant workers with...
All Foxconn operations except iPhone to leave Shenzhen
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Sep 14, 2010
This according to China Daily. Those that stay behind to work on iPhones (presumably the iPhone 4 for the most part although 3GS production will...
Foxconn ends compensation for families of suicide victims, relocates some operations.
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Sep 14, 2010
For a while now we've been hearing about increased wages for Foxconn employees, in some cases raises of up to 66%. Around here we've been wondering...
