Word: importers
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...have begun passing off the Chinese truffles as Umbrian or Périgord black diamonds. The deception has roiled the luxury-food industry, particularly as European harvests have dwindled. Last season, when a heat wave cut the Périgord bounty from the usual 50 tons to 9, the import of Chinese truffles skyrocketed to an estimated 30 tons, from 20 the year before. This season the U.S. is facing its own Chinese-truffle deluge. A strong euro has sent the price of French-truffle imports up 30%, to $1,800 per kg wholesale, in the past year, leading some restaurants...
...single country; the last was in 1977 when the U.S. was coming out of recession. What we are seeing with China, and with India behind it, is analogous to the European economic miracle of the 1950s and 1960s. A dozen years ago, China didn't even import oil. Today it is the second-largest oil market. What U.S. motorists are seeing at the pump reflects strong economic growth in China...
...before you begin writing your letters to the editor, at least hear me out. I’m not advocating that we mimic Inter Milan’s fans right down to the last flare. Not by a long shot. I’m not asking that we import the hooliganism that would put players at risk...
...Coke into a profitable sideline. Dennis Overstreet, owner of a Beverly Hills wine shop, bought 500 cases of old Coke after the new product was announced, and sold them all for $30 each, nearly triple the normal price. When they were gone, Overstreet began contacting foreign bottlers to import the drink, which has not yet been replaced by new Coke abroad. His search took him from England ("It didn't taste right") to Mexico, Puerto Rico and finally Brazil. On the day Coca-Cola disclosed that it was reviving the old beverage, a Rio bottler was about to ship Overstreet...
...feel he's poorly qualified for the job. Do you refuse? These are among the 245 moral dilemmas, both large and small, posed by A Question of Scruples, a provocative new game from Canada that is already bidding to match the popularity of an earlier north-of-the-border import, Trivial Pursuit...