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...offer its new Chinese-language network, Starry Sky, over cable in the southern province of Guangdong. News Corp. reciprocated by agreeing to air CCTV International on its Fox cable channels in America and later on its newly acquired satellite network, DirecTV. (Beijing struck a similar deal with Time Warner, owner of TIME, which still carries CCTV International on its cable systems but has sold its controlling stake in a Chinese channel.) As part of News Corp.'s commitment to the venture, it hired Terenzio to spend a few months a year helping reprogram CCTV-which once railed against "hegemonic powers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raising the Bar in Beijing | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...investigators, industry executives and government agents complain there are still not enough resources to contain drug pirates and that light penalties for those convicted of counterfeiting are no deterrent. Recently, the owner of a Beijing-based company arrested for selling fake Viagra and exporting it to the U.S. was sentenced to one year in prison and a $12,000 fine. "The [Chinese] government talks of reform, but we need more," says the QBPC's Simone. "Seize and fine isn't enough." A consumer who buys a fake Swiss watch might lose a little time. Someone buying a fake drug might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Which is safe to take? | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...tried to justify the fee in an e-mail by blaming McGrath Studios. “In order to eliminate the $10 fee we would need to be willing to find a photographer to take pictures for FREE,” he wrote. In fact, owner Bob McGrath has said he would be happy to provide free photo sittings, as he does at Boston College and Harvard Law School...

Author: By Nicholas F.B. Smyth, | Title: Let's Vote Down the Other Mandatory Fee | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...didn’t know that they had seeds since I don’t look at any other place,” said Noch’s owner Rico DiCenso. “But I really admire them going about the business and taking a chance to see what they can do. You really don’t know until...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Striking Controversy, Tommy's Cedes Seeds | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

Felipe Herrera, co-owner of Felipe’s Taqueria in the Garage on Mt. Auburn Street, says that he thinks it is unlikely that he will accept HUDS’ offer to extend the Crimson Cash program to his restaurant. Herrera says the 7 percent fee he would have to pay HUDS is too much for him to stomach...

Author: By Derek A. Vance, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Swipe IDs for Food at Square Eateries | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

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