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...Shenzhen to cheaper locales, often the poor provinces of western China or, on occasion, other Asian countries like Indonesia and Vietnam. When companies moved into Shenzhen, "they never thought they'd have to leave a few years later," says Ruby Zhu, senior China economist for the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce...
...driving workers and businesses that use them underground. "I think what is worrying some individuals is that it will drive this whole industry and workforce into the shadows even more and have more people pay cash instead of checks," Angelo I. Amador, Director of Immigration Policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which favors comprehensive immigration reform...
...have a horror story that starts with a policeman at a checkpoint asking for identification. It's profiling, Iraqi style. The harassment ranges from getting insulting, sniggering comments ("Nice car. Where did you steal it?") to being handcuffed, blindfolded and hauled off to prison or, worse, a torture chamber. The most vulnerable are those who have obviously Sunni names, such as Omar. I have interviewed more than a dozen Omars, including two of Mahmud's nephews, who have endured varying degrees of persecution from police or militias. As a precaution, many Sunnis are buying fake ID cards with safe...
...leading in the five other states that are considered their best opportunities to pick up Senate seats this fall--Pennsylvania, Montana, Rhode Island, Ohio and Missouri--it is conceivable that a victory by Ford could give them the sixth one that they need to take back control of the chamber...
...Bush team. Nevertheless, friends say, Rice, 51, is thriving in her higher-profile role, working from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 or 8 at night, then treating herself to tennis, the Kennedy Center and brunches with friends on weekends. Roughly one Sunday a month she has her chamber-music group over to her Watergate apartment...