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...China's biggest solar-panel maker, says his company doesn't sell panels below cost anywhere in the world. And he points to First Solar's Ordos deal as evidence that foreign firms can succeed on the mainland. "As long as companies have a competitive renewable-energy technology and product offering," he says, "there will definitely be opportunities in the Chinese market...
...what if Sarkozy has a point? After all, the figure at which he was taking aim - gross domestic product - was never intended to gauge anything other than how much money was changing hands. Yet we routinely use economic growth as shorthand for how well a country is doing. If we're going to use a metric to track our progress, shouldn't we choose something that measures the things we care about? (See pictures of President Sarkozy...
This news arrives just as many of the cereals with the worst nutrition ratings are being adorned with the food industry's new "Smart Choices" label, a big check mark designed to assure consumers that a product is good for them. The label is being put on hundreds of items, from mayonnaise to ice cream, so why are the Rudd researchers so hopped up about cereal? Because it is more heavily advertised to kids than any other packaged-food category. And because cereals can qualify as "Smart Choices" even if they have 12 g of sugar - that's about three...
Unless you're a musical or an import from London, you'd better have a Chicago accent to make it in the Big Apple this season. The second major play to open on Broadway this fall is another Chicago product: Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts' follow-up to August: Osage County, his multi-award-winning family drama that stormed Broadway nearly two years ago and is now on a national tour. Chicago theater's most celebrated export, David Mamet, will be represented on Broadway with two works this fall: a revival of his 1992 drama Oleanna and a new play, about...
...Compared to the quantities consumed by oogui champs, the Windows 7 Whopper is a light snack. But it's just the kind of product that Burger King needs to nibble at McDonald's 75% share of the fast food burger market in Japan. After being squeezed entirely out of the Japan burger market in 2001, Burger King returned to Tokyo in June 2007 with a more regional menu, including a teriyaki Whopper. And this summer, Burger King launched the Angry Whopper, with a campaign that encouraged people to shout their frustrations at full volume to win a year's worth...