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...specifically fingers four main European and Asian companies as open buyers in this trade: Thailand Smelting and Refining Corp. (owned by British Amalgamated Metal Corp.), British Afrimex, Belgian Trademet and Traxys. And it questions the role of others further down the manufacturing chain, including prominent electronics companies Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Dell and Motorola. Even though the companies may be acting legally, Global Witness criticizes their lack of due diligence and transparency standards at every level of their supply chain...
...obey the law. Mousavi advisers have talked about starting a new political party, but that would require government permission. Rank-and-file supports have been reduced to largely symbolic gestures like turning on hair dryers and irons during presidential speeches in order to trigger mass blackouts, or boycotting Siemens Nokia, which they accuse of having sold telecommunications-monitoring equipment to the government. (Read Mousavi's interview with TIME's Joe Klein...
...Nokia will launch its app store, Ovi, this week. According to Reuters, the store "will appeal globally to some 50 million phone users." That customer base dwarfs the number of iPhones. (See the top ten applications...
...Nokia cannot be counted out in the app download business even though Apple's store launched months ago. Developers may not want to miss the opportunity to offer products to such a huge customer base. Software made for the iPhone will often not have to be re-engineered from the ground up to work on Nokia phones. There are financial advantages to having access to two smart-phone platforms. (See pictures of the iPhone...
...Apple has a big enough lead in terms of when it launched its App store to make it a success. Nokia has enough users to do just as well...