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...boycott would backfire miserably. Besides hurting athletes who have spent years prepping for the Olympics, a boycott will cost activists whatever ongoing leverage they have over China. Once a boycott is declared, activists almost surely would lose any interaction with Chinese officials, who would simply write them off. Through their pressure, Darfur advocates have in fact won private meetings with influential Chinese officials. In the past year China's stance on Sudan has undergone a major shift. From ignoring complaints about its Sudan links, China has appointed its own special envoy for Darfur and has sent aid to the peacekeeping...
...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...
...MORTGAGES 46,700 Number of cases of U.S. mortgage fraud in 2007. False information on mortgage applications has cost the banking industry $1 billion over the past decade 2% Percentage of properties in foreclosure last year in Florida, the American state with the highest rate of mortgage fraud...
...AEROSPACE 4 hours Time it will take to fly from London to Sydney on a space plane being developed by Europe's EADS Astrium $308,200 Estimated cost per ticket aboard the proposed four-passenger craft. The 10,600-mile (17,000 km) journey currently takes more than 21 hours and costs about...
...While we applaud the writers of The Wire for recognizing the enormous cost and fundamental inequities of the war on drugs, jury nullification is not a reasonable course of action. Not only would it take decades to have a real effect, but it is notoriously unreliable. We have found a solution to this problem: paid work, coupled with a drug-free environment and comprehensive support services. Every day in New York City, our Ready, Willing & Able program works with hundreds of former drug offenders, successfully helping them become law-abiding, self-sufficient members of society. It's a proven formula...