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...bicycles. China's Ministry of Commerce, through banks and export agencies, is offering cheap loans and tax and export credits to Chinese state-owned companies seeking to build a base in Africa. Incentives are given to Chinese manufacturing and retail businesses in addition to exploration and construction companies. In return for so-called "no-strings-attached" aid and cheap loans to African countries, Beijing expects privileged access to oil and resources, political support in institutions like the U.N., and African governments - be they good, bad or despotic - to give Chinese companies the first opportunities to reach local consumer markets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Woos Africa — And Not Just For Its Resources | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...stop pushing the lever to get the little pellets. Your resources constantly regenerate, and the game is always giving you random items that you don't even know how you earned. People in your mafia send you gifts too. The game will try to make you give them in return, and tell them about things you're doing and - this is important - recruit more members to your mafia. It's all for the good of your business. And Zynga's. (Read "Are You Getting Scammed by Facebook Games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Odd Popularity of Mafia Wars | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...Coca-Cola Company offered the American Academy of Family Physicians a six-figure grant through the AAFP’s new Consumer Alliance program, but a Harvard School of Public Health professor has called for the group to return the money...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HSPH Professor Criticizes AAFP | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

AAFP’s partnership with Coca-Cola has generated significant criticism. Many physicians and nutritionists have publicly demanded that the AAFP return the grant, and some members have resigned from the organization in protest...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HSPH Professor Criticizes AAFP | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

Henley said he appreciated Willett’s letter, but the AAFP has no plans to return Coca-Cola’s grant...

Author: By Molly O. Fitzpatrick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HSPH Professor Criticizes AAFP | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

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