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...Something is about to change - but almost certainly for the worse. Higher labor costs, a strengthening Chinese currency and soaring raw-materials prices are bad enough. Now, a slowdown in global growth and a likely full-blown recession in the U.S. are about to stress-test China's manufacturing sector like never before - and could result in the shuttering of thousands of factories and cost hundreds of thousands of workers their jobs. Makers of low-end goods are already suffering. The Guangdong city of Huidong was home to 3,000 shoe factories at the beginning of 2007, but as many...
...British tabloid discovers that he is in Iraq and, in an ironic turn of events, an Oprah episode featuring Klaus is broadcast in the Iraqi town of Arbil where he is teaching. Suddenly his relatively low profile is blown; Klaus gets a personal taste of the impacts of globalization...
Topping It Off At the fall 2008 menswear shows in Milan, the must-have accessories were hats?from nubby caps to huge fur trappers. At Burberry Prorsum, designer Christopher Bailey gave his military caps a rugged country look, while Alexander McQueen's giant fox-fur hats had a wind-blown Tibetan vibe. And Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana replayed their English rock-'n'-roll favorite: the 1970s-style Carnaby...
...Saturday, suffering a 5-3 loss before heading over to Sarasota to lose to Ohio State, 9-7.Harvard split a doubleheader against Lafayette yesterday in Bradenton, taking a victory in the first game on the strength of a one-run, seven-inning gem by senior pitcher Brad Unger, then was blown out by the Leopards, 13-2, in the nightcap.While offensive outbursts from seniors Matt Vance, the team captain, and Tom Stack-Babich—who combined for three home runs and 11 RBI over the weekend—provided the Crimson with enough firepower to stay competitive in most...
...read a few of the articles, and I think the media has a strange fascination with Harvard that is blown out of proportion,” Kyle A. Krahel ’08 said. “The pragmatic purpose [of the changes] is largely ignored by many in the media—it makes a lot of sense for the safety and comfort of women...