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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...rescue Tianji Wooden Products. Cheng's costs have gone up 30% in each of the past two years, but competition is so fierce that he can't raise prices. "Our profits are gone," Cheng says. "If something doesn't change in the next few months, I will have to shut the factory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's At-Risk Factories | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...economy doesn’t turn around soon, he’ll have to shut down his Facebook. His honesty box gets too much hate mail every...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Ways Ben Bernanke Will Appear Cool | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...chant "Aristide or Death." The charismatic Aristide, a former priest who has nevertheless been charged with human rights abuses committed during his presidency, was forced into exile in 2004 and is currently living in South Africa. Meanwhile, emails are circulating accusing Aristide supporters of instigating the demonstrations that shut down the capital last week. Among the Aristide supporters named is activist priest Gerard Jean-Juste, a former political rival of Preval's who was barred from running against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Riots Lead to Haitian Meltdown | 4/14/2008 | See Source »

...architecture of “Rubber Factory,” its simplistic, riff-driven rock renounced the ambition and verve of previous material.More than any past recording, “Attack & Release” utilizes a classic, almost theatrical album structure, and while previous albums simply opened and shut, here the band almost seems to be telling a story. The opening track, “All You Ever Wanted,” ambles like southern folk through a warm, strange, watery atmosphere, before building strength and catapulting skyward into symphonic ecstasy. The song’s coda grips urgently, with...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Black Keys | 4/11/2008 | See Source »

...Iraqi government moved to pre-empt a violent outcry after the killing by imposing an immediate curfew across the province of Najaf until further notice. Wire services reported Najaf police had also shut down shops and ushered people off the streets. Dawa party member, Haider Al-Ebadi, in Baghdad, told TIME that he knew nothing about the incident, and declined to comment on the possibility for further unrest. "I know nothing about this accident, but we are very sorry about it," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq Assassination Reignites Tensions | 4/11/2008 | See Source »

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