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...that happens. While Toyota and other Japanese companies are cutting back some capacity, they are not going through a process which would essentially gut much of its production ability. As a recovery takes shape, the Japanese company will be able to meet demand without a colossal struggle to get plant after plant back online...
...kickoff of a new recycling campaign by the local branch of U.S. paper manufacturer Kimberly-Clark. He played master of ceremonies in a tuxedo made from recycled paper, crafted by one of Peru's top fashion designers. Kimberly-Clark has been importing used paper for its plant in Lima, something it hopes to change by encouraging recycling locally...
...could argue that some jobs - painting, writing, being a rock star - are better performed under the influence. But other jobs should clearly be given only to the perpetually sober: we don't want our railroad operators or nuclear-plant employees to be smoking up on the job. So it seems appropriate that U.S. employees in those high-risk positions are routinely subjected to random drug-testing...
Such optimism can be found elsewhere. The Kaluga region, to which Lyudinovo belongs, continues to draw in foreign investors, including automakers. Volkswagen has invested about $350 million in an assembly plant and is producing about 320 cars per day. Peugeot is not far behind. Dietmar Korzekwa, VW's group representative for Russia, says the automaker is continuing with its current growth plans. In part, VW is betting that if the Kremlin raises import taxes on autos, as it has suggested it might, it will become more advantageous to manufacture in Russia...
Another problem is land invasions by local farmers who chop down cacao to plant faster-yielding banana trees. "They destroy the forest forever," Rosenberg complains, pointing to a hole in one of his plantation's barbed-wire fences. Jorge Redmond, president of Chocolates El Rey, a Venezuelan company that has been processing premium cacao since 1929, says El Rey saw almost 865 acres (350 hectares) decimated recently when 40 families invaded. "A 10-year effort was destroyed in days," he says. "We were able to produce one batch of San Joaquin Private Reserve chocolate before this happened, but we will...