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Tainted toys cause industry headache
| Findory News China
MSNBC: A slew of Chinese toy recalls is creating a huge headache for retailers and toy makers at just about the worst possible time. The industry is scrambling to make adjustments for customers who may want to avoid toys made in China, which account for 80 percent of the market.
The Space-Age Language of Timeshares and Timesharing
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:38:17 +0000 | Timeshare Owners
Timeshares are a blended industry that has brought together concepts from the hotel and hospitality industries as well as principles from the real estate profession. As a result, the timeshare industry uses language from these professions, but has also developed an industry specific vocabulary all its own. When you want to rent or buy timeshare [...]
China: Why patriotism won?t save the Chinese film industry
Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:40:50 +0000 | Global Voices Online - China
Imagethief comments on Han Sanping, Chairman of the government-backed China Film Group’s call for more patriotism in Chinese movies: If Han Sanping truly loves the Chinese film industry he should therefore do everything in his power to ensure that the government sets it free, because at the moment it’s in pretty woeful shape, and [...]
Timeshares, Vacation Clubs, Real Property, and Right to Use?
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:01:15 +0000 | Timeshare Owners
In my last two blog postings, I have talked about timeshare vacation property as a regulated industry, and also about upfront fees in the timeshare industry, and what those fees really mean. Let’s look at one more topic that sometimes confuses both timeshare owners and people who are new to the world of timeshare: the many [...]
M&A possibilities for budget hotel industry
Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:19:23 +0000 | China Economic Review Hotel News
A series of mergers and acquisitions are possible within China’s budget hotel industry. This was started off when Home Inns announced it had acquired the Top Star hotel chain for RMB340 million ($45.3 million). According to David Sun of Home Inns this will help it work towards its goal of 330 hotels in more than 80 [...]
China to extend "arduous" drug industry clean-up (Reuters)
Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:52:06 GMT | Yahoo! News
Reuters - China is to extend a campaign to clean up its scandal-laden pharmaceuticals industry, the State Food and Drug Administration said on Monday, calling its task curb corruption and counterfeiting "arduous."
China Being Poisoned by Its Food Industry, Says Author
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:09:21 +0000 | Newsvine China
Antibiotics in the meat, pesticide used as preservatives, mercury in the drinking water -- Chinese author Zhou Qing says China's food industry is poisoning the country in its greed for profit. If ordinary people knew, there would be a revolution, he adds.
