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...three years, Ji, 50, and Hsu, 41, founders of Apex Digital in Ontario, Calif., have sold enough cheap DVD players in North America to steal a 14% share of that market. The firm has machines assembled for a pittance in China and sells them in the U.S. at such bargain stores as Wal-Mart. Now Apex is targeting TVs. It will have 18 models out by June. Not bad for a pair who began by peddling scrap metal to China...
...first type of Arab despotism is the fundamentalist state. Regimes such as Saudi Arabia make a dangerous bargain with the radicalized religious elements of their societies. The rulers of these states allow fundamentalist Islam wide freedom within their society, and in exchange the religious leaders support the regime...
...streets of Bagram, outside Kabul. The town, which encompasses the base where U.S. and coalition forces are ensconced, has become a favorite of small-time weapons dealers peddling knives, Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades. One dealer tried to interest a Time reporter in a Kalashnikov for the bargain price of $200, with 100 rounds thrown in "to close the sale." The man, who identified himself only as Abdul, said he wouldn't need his weapons anymore. "Peace has come to Afghanistan," he says. "The King is coming home, and people are sick of fighting." Prices have dropped nearly 50% since...
...there would be no janitorial positions or potential wages to begin with. Harvard is the producer, the generator of wealth. If a worker wishes to obtain some of that wealth, he must offer something in return—i.e., his labor—and he has a right to bargain for equitable wages. He never has the right, however, to seize or damage Harvard’s property, just as he never has the right to seize or damage his neighbor’s property...
...plea bargain is currently on the table, Gomes’ attorney Henry R. Cashman said following Thursday’s pre-trial hearing...