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<title><![CDATA[How to Send Your Child to Summer Camp in North Korea]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/editors-pick/articles/How-to-Send-Your-Child-to/6/11/2013/id/50266</link>
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			Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[This article previously ran, in slightly different form, on NKNews.org:

Summer camp has changed quite a bit over the past few generations. In large part, macrame and campfires have given way to skills-based programs that prepare kids for careers. There&#39;s a "Young Investors Wall Street" camp, run by the Future Investor Clubs of America. Children ages 8-12 can learn their way around a Mac at Apple Camp, taking place all summer at participating Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) retail stores. College freshmen and sophomores can work on their coding skills at Google Inc&#39;s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android Camp at the Googleplex, in Mountain View. ]]>
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	<![CDATA[This article previously ran, in slightly different form, on NKNews.org:

Summer camp has changed quite a bit over the past few generations. In large part, macrame and campfires have given way to skills-based programs that prepare kids for careers. There&#39;s a "Young Investors Wall Street" camp, run by the Future Investor Clubs of America. Children ages 8-12 can learn their way around a Mac at Apple Camp, taking place all summer at participating Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) retail stores. College freshmen and sophomores can work on their coding skills at Google Inc&#39;s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android Camp at the Googleplex, in Mountain View. ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[For Farmers, Rise in Suicide Rate Is Old News]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/editors-pick/articles/For-Farmers-Rise-in-Suicide-Rate/5/8/2013/id/49640</link>
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			Wed, 8 May 2013 14:55:00EST
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<![CDATA[The recent news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that more Americans now die of suicide than in car accidents made headlines.

Though reasons for suicide are extremely complex and individualized, economic concerns were cited by the CDC as one of the potential reasons for the rise.

"The increase does coincide with a decrease in financial standing for a lot of families over the same time period," Dr. Ileana Arias, deputy director of the CDC, told the New York Times.

What didn&#39;t make the news last week, is that on American farms, suicide has always been the leading ]]>
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	<![CDATA[The recent news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that more Americans now die of suicide than in car accidents made headlines.

Though reasons for suicide are extremely complex and individualized, economic concerns were cited by the CDC as one of the potential reasons for the rise.

"The increase does coincide with a decrease in financial standing for a lot of families over the same time period," Dr. Ileana Arias, deputy director of the CDC, told the New York Times.

What didn&#39;t make the news last week, is that on American farms, suicide has always been the leading ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[North Korean BBQ Diplomacy: How Current Tensions Are Hurting New York's 'Mob Crew']]></title>
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			Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:07:00EST
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<![CDATA[Editor&#39;s note: This article originally appeared on NKNews.org.
	
	Before Dennis Rodman and so-called "basketball diplomacy," there was Bobby Egan and BBQ diplomacy.
	
	Egan, 55, is a New Jersey restaurateur who spun a mind-bending tale in his 2010 memoir Eating with the Enemy: How I Waged Peace with North Korea From My BBQ Shack in Hackensack (St Martin's Press), ranging from interrogations under the influence of sodium pentothal by security agents in Pyongyang to bass fishing trips in Jersey with North Korean officials.
	
	
	Bobby Egan
	
	He acted as an unofficial (but officially tolerated), semi-authorized conduit between North Korea and the United ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Editor&#39;s note: This article originally appeared on NKNews.org.
	
	Before Dennis Rodman and so-called "basketball diplomacy," there was Bobby Egan and BBQ diplomacy.
	
	Egan, 55, is a New Jersey restaurateur who spun a mind-bending tale in his 2010 memoir Eating with the Enemy: How I Waged Peace with North Korea From My BBQ Shack in Hackensack (St Martin's Press), ranging from interrogations under the influence of sodium pentothal by security agents in Pyongyang to bass fishing trips in Jersey with North Korean officials.
	
	
	Bobby Egan
	
	He acted as an unofficial (but officially tolerated), semi-authorized conduit between North Korea and the United ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Will Your Job Be Reshored to a Federal Prisoner?]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/editors-pick/articles/Will-Your-Job-Be-Reshored-To/3/12/2013/id/48675</link>
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			Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:21:00EST
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<![CDATA[Twelve million Americans are currently unemployed, according to the most recent Department of Labor statistics. Forty percent of the unemployed have been so for at least six months, and the average job seeker spends 36.9 weeks out of work.

The good news for the jobless? US industry is now in the throes of a "reshoring" trend:

"Next year we're going to bring some production to the US," Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg Businessweek in December. "This doesn't mean that Apple will do it ourselves, but we'll be working with people and we'll be investing our money."

The bad ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Twelve million Americans are currently unemployed, according to the most recent Department of Labor statistics. Forty percent of the unemployed have been so for at least six months, and the average job seeker spends 36.9 weeks out of work.

The good news for the jobless? US industry is now in the throes of a "reshoring" trend:

"Next year we're going to bring some production to the US," Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook told Bloomberg Businessweek in December. "This doesn't mean that Apple will do it ourselves, but we'll be working with people and we'll be investing our money."

The bad ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[FedEx and UPS Made Almost $2 Billion Last Year From...the Postal Service]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/editors-pick/articles/Postal-Service-David-Hendel-usps-post/2/12/2013/id/48072</link>
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			Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:45:00EST
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<![CDATA["Our financial condition and our network consolidation activities have been highly publicized," the US Postal Service says in its most recent annual report. "Reports in the press&hellip;may result in confusion or misunderstanding by our customers regarding the future viability of the Postal Service."

Without a doubt, the perception of many is that the outmoded USPS is nothing more than an inefficient drag on the economy -- though the reality is far more complex. In fact, a broad swath of the private sector -- including supposed competitors such as FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and UPS (NYSE:UPS) -- is reliant, in many ways, on ]]>
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	<![CDATA["Our financial condition and our network consolidation activities have been highly publicized," the US Postal Service says in its most recent annual report. "Reports in the press&hellip;may result in confusion or misunderstanding by our customers regarding the future viability of the Postal Service."

Without a doubt, the perception of many is that the outmoded USPS is nothing more than an inefficient drag on the economy -- though the reality is far more complex. In fact, a broad swath of the private sector -- including supposed competitors such as FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and UPS (NYSE:UPS) -- is reliant, in many ways, on ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Why 49ers Super Bowl Shirts Won't Wind Up on eBay]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/special-features/sports-business/articles/Why-49ers-Super-Bowl-Shirts-Won2527t/2/4/2013/id/47871</link>
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			Mon, 4 Feb 2013 14:13:00EST
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<![CDATA[Now that the Baltimore Ravens have won Super Bowl XLVII, it's time to let needy people around the world know that San Francisco's 49ers have emerged victorious.

The NFL -- as well as retailers like Sports Authority and Dick's (NYSE:DKS) -- pre-print memorabilia for both teams, so the winners' gear is ready to wear as soon as the final second on the game clock ticks down. In the past, the NFL destroyed non-winning "winning" gear, to ensure misprints never entered the market. But in 1991, after US Customs officials at Los Angeles International Airport confiscated a shipment of counterfeit NFL ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Now that the Baltimore Ravens have won Super Bowl XLVII, it's time to let needy people around the world know that San Francisco's 49ers have emerged victorious.

The NFL -- as well as retailers like Sports Authority and Dick's (NYSE:DKS) -- pre-print memorabilia for both teams, so the winners' gear is ready to wear as soon as the final second on the game clock ticks down. In the past, the NFL destroyed non-winning "winning" gear, to ensure misprints never entered the market. But in 1991, after US Customs officials at Los Angeles International Airport confiscated a shipment of counterfeit NFL ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[China Would Never Hack American Computer Networks, Says...China]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/politics-and-regulation/articles/China-Would-Never-Hack-American-Computer/1/31/2013/id/47808</link>
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			Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:33:00EST
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<![CDATA[On October 25, 2012, the New York Times (NYSE:NYT) published the results of an investigation into the vast wealth accumulated by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's family.

A short time later, AT&T (NYSE:T) notified the paper that it "had noticed behavior that was consistent with other attacks believed to have been perpetrated by the Chinese military."

That behavior lasted for the next four months. A forensic analysis discovered the Times' computers had been initially hacked on September 13, when the reporting for the Wen articles "was nearing completion." Hackers infiltrated the e-mail account of the Times' Shanghai bureau chief David Barboza, ]]>
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	<![CDATA[On October 25, 2012, the New York Times (NYSE:NYT) published the results of an investigation into the vast wealth accumulated by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's family.

A short time later, AT&T (NYSE:T) notified the paper that it "had noticed behavior that was consistent with other attacks believed to have been perpetrated by the Chinese military."

That behavior lasted for the next four months. A forensic analysis discovered the Times' computers had been initially hacked on September 13, when the reporting for the Wen articles "was nearing completion." Hackers infiltrated the e-mail account of the Times' Shanghai bureau chief David Barboza, ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Poultry Industry Battles Wing Price Volatility as Super Bowl Nears]]></title>
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			Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:13:00EST
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<![CDATA[According to the National Chicken Council's 2013 Wing Report, "more than 1.23 billion wing portions will be consumed during Super Bowl weekend in 2013." (It seems important to point out here that, per a new poll conducted by the NCC and Harris Interactive, bleu cheese has been handed a stunning defeat by ranch dressing as Americans' favorite wing dip.)
	
	The wholesale price of wings is at a historical high -- and wings have, in recent years, become the most expensive part of the chicken. Right now, the wholesale price of wings in the Northeast is hovering around $2.11 a pound, ]]>
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	<![CDATA[According to the National Chicken Council's 2013 Wing Report, "more than 1.23 billion wing portions will be consumed during Super Bowl weekend in 2013." (It seems important to point out here that, per a new poll conducted by the NCC and Harris Interactive, bleu cheese has been handed a stunning defeat by ranch dressing as Americans' favorite wing dip.)
	
	The wholesale price of wings is at a historical high -- and wings have, in recent years, become the most expensive part of the chicken. Right now, the wholesale price of wings in the Northeast is hovering around $2.11 a pound, ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Interview: A Capitalist in North Korea (Yes, They Do Exist...)]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/global-markets/articles/A-Capitalist-in-North-Korea253A-An/1/15/2013/id/47409</link>
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			Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:16:00EST
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<![CDATA[While the world was quasi-agog last week over images of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt watching students at Kim Jong Il University utilizing his company's search engine, it's a safe bet they won't be networking with potential employers after graduation.
	
	A small slice of North Korean society may be permitted to access the Internet in limited ways (according to analysts, only a thousand or so of North Korea's 25 million people can get online; the best most can do is view the country's walled -- and heavily restricted -- intranet, where state-sponsored news is available). Expats living in-country (a small ]]>
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	<![CDATA[While the world was quasi-agog last week over images of Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt watching students at Kim Jong Il University utilizing his company's search engine, it's a safe bet they won't be networking with potential employers after graduation.
	
	A small slice of North Korean society may be permitted to access the Internet in limited ways (according to analysts, only a thousand or so of North Korea's 25 million people can get online; the best most can do is view the country's walled -- and heavily restricted -- intranet, where state-sponsored news is available). Expats living in-country (a small ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[What's That Smell? US Officials Chase Profits in 'Tawdry' Business Deals]]></title>
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			Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:41:00EST
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

"We're going to employ people, provide training, create exports and help the country grow and develop as a democracy," Wesley K. Clark, the retired US Army General and former supreme allied commander of NATO forces in Europe, told the New York Times recently.

Clark, who led the campaign to drive Serbian forces from Kosovo in 1999 and is now the chairman of a Canadian energy company called Envidity, was responding to questions regarding the outfit's desire to turn Kosovo's estimated 14 billion tonnes of coal deposits into synthetic diesel fuel.

"My business is aboveboard, transparent and helps the ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

"We're going to employ people, provide training, create exports and help the country grow and develop as a democracy," Wesley K. Clark, the retired US Army General and former supreme allied commander of NATO forces in Europe, told the New York Times recently.

Clark, who led the campaign to drive Serbian forces from Kosovo in 1999 and is now the chairman of a Canadian energy company called Envidity, was responding to questions regarding the outfit's desire to turn Kosovo's estimated 14 billion tonnes of coal deposits into synthetic diesel fuel.

"My business is aboveboard, transparent and helps the ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Good Riddance, Mary Schapiro?]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/politics-and-regulation/articles/Good-Riddance-Mary-Schapiro253F-Bart-Naylor/11/27/2012/id/46146</link>
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			Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:50:00EST
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

After four years as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Schapiro will be stepping down next month.

"When Mary agreed to serve nearly four years ago, she was fully aware of the difficulties facing the SEC and our economy as a whole," President Obama said yesterday in a statement. "But she accepted the challenge, and today, the SEC is stronger and our financial system is safer and better able to serve the American people -- thanks in large part to Mary&#39;s hard work."

However, others see Schapiro's tenure as far less successful, with non-profit consumer rights ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

After four years as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Schapiro will be stepping down next month.

"When Mary agreed to serve nearly four years ago, she was fully aware of the difficulties facing the SEC and our economy as a whole," President Obama said yesterday in a statement. "But she accepted the challenge, and today, the SEC is stronger and our financial system is safer and better able to serve the American people -- thanks in large part to Mary&#39;s hard work."

However, others see Schapiro's tenure as far less successful, with non-profit consumer rights ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[A Firsthand Look at Portugal's Drug Policy]]></title>
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			Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:54:00EST
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

During a week-long stay in Portugal, where drugs were decriminalized across the board in 2001, I saw just one substance being publicly abused: alcohol.



Portuguese drunks were nowhere to be found. Scottish ones, however, had fanned out across downtown Lisbon, chanting and singing for their soccer team, Celtic FC, after a 2-1 loss to SL Benfica. A group of middle-aged men in green-and-white jerseys verbally abused a hat peddler on Avenida da Liberdade. A rubbery-legged son attempted to hold his near-comatose father upright, who nevertheless managed to avoid spilling his beer. A drooling man in his sixties attempted ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

During a week-long stay in Portugal, where drugs were decriminalized across the board in 2001, I saw just one substance being publicly abused: alcohol.



Portuguese drunks were nowhere to be found. Scottish ones, however, had fanned out across downtown Lisbon, chanting and singing for their soccer team, Celtic FC, after a 2-1 loss to SL Benfica. A group of middle-aged men in green-and-white jerseys verbally abused a hat peddler on Avenida da Liberdade. A rubbery-legged son attempted to hold his near-comatose father upright, who nevertheless managed to avoid spilling his beer. A drooling man in his sixties attempted ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Report: Chinese Espionage 'Growing and Persistent Threat' to US Economy]]></title>
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			Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:35:00EST
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

Chinese companies are gaining an unfair advantage with the state's backing, according to [PDF] the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission's 2012 Report to Congress.

Released yesterday, the federally-mandated annual assessment of Sino-American relations and the associated national security implications maintains that "Chinese actors are the world's most active and persistent perpetrators of economic espionage," which has created "a growing and persistent threat to US economic security."

While the Commission's report covers a range of issues, there appears to be particular concern over China's "increasingly creative and resourceful" cyber spying -- which could also affect the US military's ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

Chinese companies are gaining an unfair advantage with the state's backing, according to [PDF] the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission's 2012 Report to Congress.

Released yesterday, the federally-mandated annual assessment of Sino-American relations and the associated national security implications maintains that "Chinese actors are the world's most active and persistent perpetrators of economic espionage," which has created "a growing and persistent threat to US economic security."

While the Commission's report covers a range of issues, there appears to be particular concern over China's "increasingly creative and resourceful" cyber spying -- which could also affect the US military's ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Legal Marijuana: Can Pilots, Cops, Pro Athletes Now Toke Up?]]></title>
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			Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:10:00EST
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

While Colorado and Washington have legalized possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by adults, the rest of the country (as well as federal law) has yet to follow. So, what does this mean for those working in these states? West Point cadets versus cadets attending the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs? What about Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ:RJET) pilots, who hub out of Denver? Will a different set of rules apply to the Denver Broncos than do the Dallas Cowboys?

"I know that the major sports leagues have made announcements that they are not going to be ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

While Colorado and Washington have legalized possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by adults, the rest of the country (as well as federal law) has yet to follow. So, what does this mean for those working in these states? West Point cadets versus cadets attending the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs? What about Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ:RJET) pilots, who hub out of Denver? Will a different set of rules apply to the Denver Broncos than do the Dallas Cowboys?

"I know that the major sports leagues have made announcements that they are not going to be ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese Cyber Warfare: Has the US Found a Smoking Gun?]]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/sectors/technology/articles/china-cyber-warfare-report-cyber-attacks/11/8/2012/id/45654</link>
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			Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL According to a leaked draft of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission's annual report to Congress, obtained by Bloomberg News a week before its scheduled release, Chinese hackers are employing "increasingly advanced types of operations or operations against specialized targets."

A US intelligence official interviewed by Bloomberg describes the Chinese as having been "relentless" in its efforts to "blind or disrupt" those targets, which include "deployed US military platforms," as well as "US intelligence and communications satellites, weapons targeting systems, and navigation computers." (Indeed, a report [PDF] prepared for the Commission last March by Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL According to a leaked draft of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission's annual report to Congress, obtained by Bloomberg News a week before its scheduled release, Chinese hackers are employing "increasingly advanced types of operations or operations against specialized targets."

A US intelligence official interviewed by Bloomberg describes the Chinese as having been "relentless" in its efforts to "blind or disrupt" those targets, which include "deployed US military platforms," as well as "US intelligence and communications satellites, weapons targeting systems, and navigation computers." (Indeed, a report [PDF] prepared for the Commission last March by Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[The Truth About the Postal Service's 'Fiscal Cliff']]></title>
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			http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/politics-and-regulation/articles/Postal-Service-FedEx-ups-fiscal-cliff/10/19/2012/id/45175</link>
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			Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:10:00EST
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL It was reported this week that the US Postal Service has hit its $15 billion borrowing limit from the Treasury for the first time ever -- which means the USPS will be relying solely on revenue from stamps and shipping charges to cover its operating costs through the end of the year.

"Being at the limit is a serious situation because our limited liquidity does not give us operating flexibility," Postal Service spokesman David Partenheimer told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. "Without passage of comprehensive legislation as part of the Postal Service&#39;s business plan to return to ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL It was reported this week that the US Postal Service has hit its $15 billion borrowing limit from the Treasury for the first time ever -- which means the USPS will be relying solely on revenue from stamps and shipping charges to cover its operating costs through the end of the year.

"Being at the limit is a serious situation because our limited liquidity does not give us operating flexibility," Postal Service spokesman David Partenheimer told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. "Without passage of comprehensive legislation as part of the Postal Service&#39;s business plan to return to ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Iran: As Sanctions Tighten, US Exports Go... Up?]]></title>
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL An interesting thing has happened as economic sanctions on Iran have grown more restrictive: American exports to the Islamic Republic have gone up.
	
	According to the US Census Bureau, shipments to Iran have reached $199.5 million since the beginning of 2012, an increase of 25% -- almost $50 million -- over the same period last year.
	
	Iran bought $89.2 million worth of wheat and other grains from the US as they became increasingly isolated from the rest of the world and battened down the hatches, stockpiling food (plus $20.3 million worth of dairy products) from companies believed to ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL An interesting thing has happened as economic sanctions on Iran have grown more restrictive: American exports to the Islamic Republic have gone up.
	
	According to the US Census Bureau, shipments to Iran have reached $199.5 million since the beginning of 2012, an increase of 25% -- almost $50 million -- over the same period last year.
	
	Iran bought $89.2 million worth of wheat and other grains from the US as they became increasingly isolated from the rest of the world and battened down the hatches, stockpiling food (plus $20.3 million worth of dairy products) from companies believed to ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Counterfeit Airbags, Counterfeit Booze, Counterfeit... Prunes?]]></title>
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			Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:25:00EST
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL This week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned owners of certain Toyota (NYSE:TM), Chevrolet (NYSE:GM), Honda (NYSE:HMC), Ford (NYSE:F), Volkswagen, and Nissan (OTC:NSANY) models that their cars could be fitted with counterfeit airbags.

Though only 0.1% of the American vehicle fleet is said to be affected, tens of thousands of people may unknowingly be relying on airbags that won't inflate properly, if at all -- and in one case, a counterfeit airbag "fired shards of metal shrapnel on impact," according to the NHTSA.

The knock-off airbags were imported into the country by Chinese businessman Dai Zhensong, who ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL This week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned owners of certain Toyota (NYSE:TM), Chevrolet (NYSE:GM), Honda (NYSE:HMC), Ford (NYSE:F), Volkswagen, and Nissan (OTC:NSANY) models that their cars could be fitted with counterfeit airbags.

Though only 0.1% of the American vehicle fleet is said to be affected, tens of thousands of people may unknowingly be relying on airbags that won't inflate properly, if at all -- and in one case, a counterfeit airbag "fired shards of metal shrapnel on impact," according to the NHTSA.

The knock-off airbags were imported into the country by Chinese businessman Dai Zhensong, who ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Gold Mining Company Actually Trafficking Cocaine: Authorities]]></title>
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			Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:20:00EST
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL Yesterday, US authorities announced the seizure of more than $31 million, allegedly "connected to an international money laundering scheme run by a drug trafficking organization operated by members of the Sanchez-Paredes family."

The money was held in nine American banks, including Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), none of which have been charged with any wrongdoing. Additional funds in three Peruvian bank accounts have also been frozen.

Peruvian law enforcement authorities say the Sanchez-Paredes DTO (Drug Trafficking Organization) is "unable to prove the legal origin" of at least $52 million in revenues supposedly ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL Yesterday, US authorities announced the seizure of more than $31 million, allegedly "connected to an international money laundering scheme run by a drug trafficking organization operated by members of the Sanchez-Paredes family."

The money was held in nine American banks, including Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), none of which have been charged with any wrongdoing. Additional funds in three Peruvian bank accounts have also been frozen.

Peruvian law enforcement authorities say the Sanchez-Paredes DTO (Drug Trafficking Organization) is "unable to prove the legal origin" of at least $52 million in revenues supposedly ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Smokeless Tobacco Advocate Rails Against 'Frauds, Extremists, Liars']]></title>
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			Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:40:00EST
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<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

After I pointed out the rather cozy relationship between former Congressman Steve Buyer and former campaign donor RJ Reynolds (NYSE:RAI) -- for whom Mr. Buyer advocated tirelessly while in office and is now employed by as a lobbyist -- an email arrived in strident rebuttal to my "misleading smear."

The sender was one Bill Godshall, director of a group called Smokefree Pennsylvania. He took exception to my calling Steve Buyer's 2009 comparison of smoking tobacco and smoking lettuce "specious," writing: "If caffeine addicts obtained all or most of their caffeine by rolling up and smoking dried tea leaves, ]]>
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	<![CDATA[MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL

After I pointed out the rather cozy relationship between former Congressman Steve Buyer and former campaign donor RJ Reynolds (NYSE:RAI) -- for whom Mr. Buyer advocated tirelessly while in office and is now employed by as a lobbyist -- an email arrived in strident rebuttal to my "misleading smear."

The sender was one Bill Godshall, director of a group called Smokefree Pennsylvania. He took exception to my calling Steve Buyer's 2009 comparison of smoking tobacco and smoking lettuce "specious," writing: "If caffeine addicts obtained all or most of their caffeine by rolling up and smoking dried tea leaves, ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Potato Industry Stops USDA From Putting Baby in the Corner]]></title>
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			Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:47:00EST
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<![CDATA[In May, the USDA proposed eliminating white potatoes from all federally subsidized school breakfasts and limiting students to one cup of starchy vegetables (potatoes, corn, green peas, and lima beans) per week, in favor of leafy greens and other, "healthier" foods.
	
	Naturally, the National Potato Council went positively apes**t and launched an all-out offensive to defend the potato&#39;s honor -- as well as the incomes of all the potato farmers the Council represents.
	
	Beginning with a reminder that "kids love potatoes and schools love to serve them,"Â  the Potato Council took a swipe at the competition:
	
	"One serving of a ]]>
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	<![CDATA[In May, the USDA proposed eliminating white potatoes from all federally subsidized school breakfasts and limiting students to one cup of starchy vegetables (potatoes, corn, green peas, and lima beans) per week, in favor of leafy greens and other, "healthier" foods.
	
	Naturally, the National Potato Council went positively apes**t and launched an all-out offensive to defend the potato&#39;s honor -- as well as the incomes of all the potato farmers the Council represents.
	
	Beginning with a reminder that "kids love potatoes and schools love to serve them,"  the Potato Council took a swipe at the competition:
	
	"One serving of a ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Capitalism Sprouts Around Occupy Wall Street]]></title>
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			Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:05:00EST
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<![CDATA[Wandering through Zuccotti Park, one can&#39;t help but wonder when enterprising folks hawking "Occupy Wall Street" souvenirs to disoriented tourists will appear -- not unlike the Ground Zero "tributes" that hit the market right around September 12, 2001:

	

	
	For now, the protestors aren&#39;t selling anything.
	
	However, that doesn&#39;t mean everybody&#39;s sitting this one out. Some say Zuccotti Park smells like urine and B.O. But, to these guys, the space formerly known as Liberty Plaza smells like money:
	Â 

	

	
	From bumper stickers and pins on Amazon to $50 iPad skins, dozens of niches are being furiously filled by enterprising small businesspeople ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Wandering through Zuccotti Park, one can&#39;t help but wonder when enterprising folks hawking "Occupy Wall Street" souvenirs to disoriented tourists will appear -- not unlike the Ground Zero "tributes" that hit the market right around September 12, 2001:

	

	
	For now, the protestors aren&#39;t selling anything.
	
	However, that doesn&#39;t mean everybody&#39;s sitting this one out. Some say Zuccotti Park smells like urine and B.O. But, to these guys, the space formerly known as Liberty Plaza smells like money:
	 

	

	
	From bumper stickers and pins on Amazon to $50 iPad skins, dozens of niches are being furiously filled by enterprising small businesspeople ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Neo-Nazi Denied Hotel Room, Sues for "Discrimination"]]></title>
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			Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:05:00EST
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<![CDATA[Udo Voigt, chairman of Germany&#39;s National Demcrocratic Party, is "preparing to appeal to the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe, after he was allegedly barred from a hotel for his political views," according to The Local.
	
	Reports the paper:

	Voigt&#39;s wife booked four days in the Hotel Esplanade in the eastern German spa town of Bad Saarow in December 2009, but the hotel refused to accept the booking, saying that Voigt&#39;s "political beliefs" meant that the hotel could not fulfil its aim of "providing every single guest with an excellent wellness experience."
	
	Voigt&#39;s legal complaints have been unsuccessful ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Udo Voigt, chairman of Germany&#39;s National Demcrocratic Party, is "preparing to appeal to the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe, after he was allegedly barred from a hotel for his political views," according to The Local.
	
	Reports the paper:

	Voigt&#39;s wife booked four days in the Hotel Esplanade in the eastern German spa town of Bad Saarow in December 2009, but the hotel refused to accept the booking, saying that Voigt&#39;s "political beliefs" meant that the hotel could not fulfil its aim of "providing every single guest with an excellent wellness experience."
	
	Voigt&#39;s legal complaints have been unsuccessful ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[What the World Needs Now is a Kim Kardashian Hotel]]></title>
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			Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:21:00EST
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<![CDATA[Hilton. Sheraton. Kardashian?With a mere 573 hotels -- 70,955 rooms -- in Dubai, Kim Kardashian believes she has identified an opportunity in the emirate's nascent lodging industry."I was telling my sisters, we've got to start up a hotel in Dubai and design all the different rooms and floors," the newly-minted Mrs. Kris Humprhies announced to reporters as she helped open a milkshake shop at the Dubai Mall. "I like to pay attention to what my fan base is really asking for, whether it's hair and make-up, clothing brands...everything I think will be successful here and I look forward to getting ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Hilton. Sheraton. Kardashian?With a mere 573 hotels -- 70,955 rooms -- in Dubai, Kim Kardashian believes she has identified an opportunity in the emirate's nascent lodging industry."I was telling my sisters, we've got to start up a hotel in Dubai and design all the different rooms and floors," the newly-minted Mrs. Kris Humprhies announced to reporters as she helped open a milkshake shop at the Dubai Mall. "I like to pay attention to what my fan base is really asking for, whether it's hair and make-up, clothing brands...everything I think will be successful here and I look forward to getting ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Coca-Cola Blinks First in Package Design Staredown]]></title>
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			Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:24:00EST
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<![CDATA[According to the latest Eurobrand report, the Coca-Cola Company's "Global Brand Value" of $75.639 billion -- $20 billion behind Apple and roughly $5 billion ahead of Microsoft.Until Apple took the lead, Coca-Cola's trademark had been called "the most valuable piece of intellectual property in the world today" (Thanks for the eyes, Harold G) and "an icon for capitalism and private enterprise."But the Atlanta beverage giant -- certainly not one to shrink from a legal dispute if it feels its intellectual property has been threatened -- seems to have blinked first in a package design dispute with "famous Chinese beverage brand" ]]>
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	<![CDATA[According to the latest Eurobrand report, the Coca-Cola Company's "Global Brand Value" of $75.639 billion -- $20 billion behind Apple and roughly $5 billion ahead of Microsoft.Until Apple took the lead, Coca-Cola's trademark had been called "the most valuable piece of intellectual property in the world today" (Thanks for the eyes, Harold G) and "an icon for capitalism and private enterprise."But the Atlanta beverage giant -- certainly not one to shrink from a legal dispute if it feels its intellectual property has been threatened -- seems to have blinked first in a package design dispute with "famous Chinese beverage brand" ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Gallup: More Americans "Struggling" to Afford Food Than Chinese]]></title>
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			Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:57:00EST
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<![CDATA[For all the discussion of "knowledge economies" and the associated rise in overall standard of living, the country that makes our iPads seems to be better off these days than the country that dreamed them up.According to a new Gallup survey, "the percentage of Americans saying they did not have money for food in the previous 12 months more than doubled from 9% in 2008 to 19% in 2011." By comparison, the percentage of Chinese surveyed who said they "did not have enough money to buy food that they or their family needed" over the past 12 months, dropped from ]]>
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	<![CDATA[For all the discussion of "knowledge economies" and the associated rise in overall standard of living, the country that makes our iPads seems to be better off these days than the country that dreamed them up.According to a new Gallup survey, "the percentage of Americans saying they did not have money for food in the previous 12 months more than doubled from 9% in 2008 to 19% in 2011." By comparison, the percentage of Chinese surveyed who said they "did not have enough money to buy food that they or their family needed" over the past 12 months, dropped from ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Chinese Counterfeiters "Honor" Steve Jobs' Legacy With Impressive New Line of Cheap, Plasticky Knockoffs]]></title>
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			Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:43:00EST
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<![CDATA["The products on sale are fakes," an Apple store employee in Beijing told a reporter from the Global Times. "This time, these factories have a quicker draw on the market than Apple."As Taiwan's Want China Times reports, a "range of products in memory of the former Apple boss" flooded Shenzhen's Huaqiang North Road market "the moment fans began to pay their condolences to Jobs."(Photo/CFP)Shenzhen vendors have iPhone 4 cases "emblazoned with a portrait of the late Apple co-founder" on offer, starting at about $1.60 and going all the way up to $4.70.And according to Hong Kong's Sing Tao Daily, commemorative ]]>
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	<![CDATA["The products on sale are fakes," an Apple store employee in Beijing told a reporter from the Global Times. "This time, these factories have a quicker draw on the market than Apple."As Taiwan's Want China Times reports, a "range of products in memory of the former Apple boss" flooded Shenzhen's Huaqiang North Road market "the moment fans began to pay their condolences to Jobs."(Photo/CFP)Shenzhen vendors have iPhone 4 cases "emblazoned with a portrait of the late Apple co-founder" on offer, starting at about $1.60 and going all the way up to $4.70.And according to Hong Kong's Sing Tao Daily, commemorative ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[STUDY: Poor Families Can't Even Afford Bankruptcy]]></title>
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<![CDATA[There's really nothing more to say about a new study from Laura McCloud of Pacific Lutheran University and Rachel E. Dwyer of Ohio State, than this (from a review by the American Sociological Association, titled "Too Poor to Go Broke"):"The authors claim that poor families are much less likely to seek debt relief through bankruptcy because they often cannot afford to pay the necessary legal fees."Read the rest (preferably with a double Jack Daniel's and a case of Bud at the ready) ]]>
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	<![CDATA[There's really nothing more to say about a new study from Laura McCloud of Pacific Lutheran University and Rachel E. Dwyer of Ohio State, than this (from a review by the American Sociological Association, titled "Too Poor to Go Broke"):"The authors claim that poor families are much less likely to seek debt relief through bankruptcy because they often cannot afford to pay the necessary legal fees."Read the rest (preferably with a double Jack Daniel's and a case of Bud at the ready) ]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Annual Counterfeit Crab Harvest Underway in China]]></title>
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			Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:00:00EST
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<![CDATA[Last November, MV contributor Keith Fitz-gerald offered a take on the strength of the Chinese consumer economy based on a rather interesting metric: hairy crab prices."As consumerism continues to supplant exports as an engine of growth in China," wrote Fitz-Gerald, "market watchers look high and low for the best gauges of the country's  outlook for growth. My two decades of work in Asia has steered me toward  some surprisingÂ -- and surprisingly accurateÂ -- economic indicators.  Hairy crabs is one example.""When China's feeling pinched, hairy crab sales drop and prices plummet," he explained. "At the moment, they're up 30% from last year ]]>
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	<![CDATA[Last November, MV contributor Keith Fitz-gerald offered a take on the strength of the Chinese consumer economy based on a rather interesting metric: hairy crab prices."As consumerism continues to supplant exports as an engine of growth in China," wrote Fitz-Gerald, "market watchers look high and low for the best gauges of the country's  outlook for growth. My two decades of work in Asia has steered me toward  some surprising -- and surprisingly accurate -- economic indicators.  Hairy crabs is one example.""When China's feeling pinched, hairy crab sales drop and prices plummet," he explained. "At the moment, they're up 30% from last year ]]>
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