China Blog: Weekend shorts
Some goodies from here and there. Late adds will go at the bottom. ⇒ Former LAT syndicated columnist Norah Vincent's book [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/books/review/22kamp.html] on going undercover in the male world, Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again is reviewed in Sunday's New York Times: "it's a thoughtful, diligent, entertaining piece of first-person investigative...
China Blog: Business Editors:
Among the business stories for Saturday AMs from the Associated Press. MARKETS and the ECONOMY: BC-Wall Street. NEW YORK -- Wall Street extends its 2006 rally into a fourth session as investors cast aside a mixed jobs report showing a slowdown in monthly hiring by the nation's employers. BC-Economy. WASHINGTON -- Job growth slowed to 108,000 in December following a revised increase of 305,000 in November, and the unemployment rate dipped a tenth of a point to...
China Blog: MONEY BRIEFS
Auto executives meet in Hoover Top automotive industry executives are in Hoover today for an Automotive News manufacturing conference. The trade publication is hosting a conference on flexible manufacturing at the Wynfrey Hotel. Executives from Alabama scheduled to appear on panels today are Bill Taylor, head of the Mercedes plant; Chuck Ernst, manager of Honda's plant in Lincoln; and James Bolte, vice president of Toyota's engine plant in Huntsville. Gov. Bob Riley...
China Blog: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
No sympathy for airlines With regard to the Qantas issue, it's very simple. About 15 years ago while travelling with Qantas, I awoke on a flight from Asia not knowing that the person next to me had recently received service, and called for water. The hostess suggested it was people like me who caused people like her to have varicose veins so, not wishing to cause those of her ilk more problems, I have never travelled with Qantas again.We read about the dire situation of the...
China Blog: WE HEAR VOIP GETS EXCELLENT MILEAGE
All the major tech companies -- including Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google -- have been investing millions of dollars in VoIP, an acronym for Voice over Internet Protocol, which is a fancy term for making phone calls over the Internet.But a new survey from market researchers Harris Interactive suggests the average consumer doesn't know his VoIP from his elbow. The poll, commissioned by Verizon, found that out of 1,006 American adults, 20 percent believed VoIP was a hybrid...