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...average wage in other major cities like Chongqing. Higher costs are undercutting the profit margins of labor-intensive industries that have been the backbone of Shenzhen's economy. Greg Gong, CEO of Taiwan-based Further Tech, opened a factory in Shenzhen three years ago to make consumer-electronics gear, but he's already getting squeezed. Gong says his costs are rising by 10% annually, driven mainly by higher wages, and tough competition prevents him from increasing the price of his products. Gong says falling component costs are helping him maintain profit margins, but saving money by relocating his factory...
...special room where every ounce of toothpaste, lotion, shampoo and Neosporin in their luggage was squeezed out of its packaging and examined. They missed their original flight and, once deemed harmless, were eventually put on a later one, but only after officials seized my brother's scuba diving gear. I was able to get it released later...
...makes, repairs and sells to the public. He characterizes the latter as "licorice all-sorts-anyone who doesn't understand what the sign is. Locals, interstaters, people from overseas. Just never-ending." So is his merchandise. There are ponies, toadstools, eagles, penguins and pink flamingos-"all sorts of bloody gear, mate." But most of all there are gnomes...
...your phasers to sell. Star Trek-abilia, including Spock's ears and Captain Kirk's chair, went on display in London last week to gear up for an October auction marking the series' 40th birthday...
...leased out their four-bedroom house, and Andrea plunged ahead with a garage sale of furniture, Christmas ornaments and clothes. No one recalls her complaining, but her relatives could not help noticing that she saved photos and her wedding dress while Rusty focused on storing his tools and workout gear...