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China shows off prison -- and 'improving' rights

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:09 AM PDT
China gives foreign journalists rare access to a prison in an attempt to show progress in improving human rights ahead of the country's leadership change. Duration: 00:58
From: AFP
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Investigation of Wen Jiabao, Prime Minister of China - The People's Premier

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:29 PM PDT
Wen Jiabao, the outgoing Prime Minister of China, is state-run media's favorite populist leader. But a New York Times investigation confirms that he is the head of one of China's wealthiest families. Read full article: nyti.ms
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The Must Read: Credit Suisse Cuts, Debt Burden

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:09 AM PDT
Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Tom Keene, Sara Eisen and Scarlet Fu recap the op-ed pieces and analyst notes providing insight behind today's headlines. They speak on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Surveillance."
From: Bloomberg
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Yahoo Cutting Korea Jobs, Nintendo Cuts Forecast

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 06:21 AM PDT
Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Nicole Lapin reports today's top headlines. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg)
From: Bloomberg
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Ford to Shut 3 European Plants, Cutting 5700 Jobs

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:17 AM PDT
Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- In "Street News," Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu reports on today's top stories including Ford will cut 5700 jobs as they shutdown three European factories, Zynga tops analyst forecast and plans a stock buyback and Best Buy warns on third-quarter profits. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Surveillance."
From: Bloomberg
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TED: Doris Kim Sung: Metal that breathes - Doris Kim Sung (2012)

Posted: 25 Oct 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Modern buildings with floor-to-ceiling windows give spectacular views, but they require a lot of energy to cool. Doris Kim Sung works with thermo-bimetals, smart materials that act more like human skin, dynamically and responsively, and can shade a room from sun and self-ventilate.

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Baxter the robot readied for US factory revival

Posted: 23 Oct 2012 10:44 AM PDT
Oct. 17 - The revival of manufacturing in the US has been a hot topic for debate in the run-up to the presidential election, but one company based in Boston believes the answer lies not in factory jobs for humans, but for robots. Rethink Robotics has developed a low cost automoton they say could re-energize factory floors and allow US manufacturers to compete with low wage countries like China. Ben Gruber reports.
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BofA Sued for $1B, Islanders Move to Brooklyn

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:24 AM PDT
Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Dominic Chu reports on today's top news headlines on Bloomberg Television's "Lunch Money." (Source: Bloomberg)
From: Bloomberg
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Horses and Bayonets: Barack Obama mocks Mitt Romney over the military during final debate

Posted: 22 Oct 2012 07:41 PM PDT
Barack Obama lays into Mitt Romney's understanding of how a modern military operates during the third US presidential debate. Report by Adam Sich. Subscribe to ITN News! www.youtube.com More from the third and final presidential debate: Highlights from the final debate: youtu.be Over to you America: youtu.be Debating America's relationship with China: youtu.be Debating Iran and Israel: youtu.be America's role in the world: youtu.be Debating America and the Middle East: youtu.be Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com
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Mitt Romney New Ad "The Cheaters " China and Obama

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 06:42 PM PDT
As campaign discourse pivots back to the economy, the Obama campaign is out with a new ad challenging Mitt Romney on China, accusing the former Massachusetts governor of outsourcing jobs and rebutting his claims that he would stand up to the nation. Just a day after Romney went after Mr. Obama for allegedly not cracking down on China's economic "cheating," the president's re-election campaign is rehashing is attempting to cast doubt on his credibility on the subject. "Mitt Romney? Tough on China? Romney's companies were called pioneers in shipping US manufacturing jobs overseas," says a narrator in the thirty-second spot, entitled "The Cheaters," which is set to air on television in nine battleground states. Citing articles from the Washington Post and the New York Times, the ad contends that Romney "invested in firms that specialized in relocating jobs to low wage countries like China," adding that "even today part of Romney's fortune is invested in China." "Romney's never stood up to China," the narrator says. "All he's done is send them our jobs." Throughout this election, the Obama campaign has labeled Romney as an outsourcer, pointing to reports that Bain Capital, which Romney ran until 1999, was involved in such instances. As CBS News has reported, some companies that Bain acquired did ship jobs overseas, including Holson Burnes Group. PolitiFact reports that Romney did indeed work at Bain during the entire period during which Bain owned the company, and that it did <b>...</b>
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