Mar 23 2011
9 Companies With Products Whose Demand Beats Their Supply: 24/7 Wall Street Huffington Post Mattel was unable to sell entire lines of toys when it was discovered that manufacturers in China had covered them with lead paint. Regional oil shortages happen when hurricanes shutter refineries. Customers rarely care about why they cannot buy the ... |
Mar 23 2011
W.Va. woman turns love of marmosets into successful online business The Republic Kelly soon branched out and started selling marmoset merchandise — food, diapers, clothing and toys as well as T-shirts, key chains and wall clocks for the primates' owners. Kelly makes the clothes herself. She says she didn't sew before getting ... |
Mar 23 2011
CPSC Database Demise Delayed, for the Moment: Republicans Try to Scuttle ... The Safety Record At the time, the public was reeling from a spate of high-profile recalls of China-made products, from lead-tainted toys and toothpaste, to contaminated dog food and pharmaceuticals. With a record 448 recalls in 2007, there was a stampede on Capital ... and more » |
Mar 22 2011
Scott Burns: How to survive era of spendthrift politicians Houston Chronicle For decades we benefited from maximum consumption because the value of our houses, and even some of our toys, increased with inflation. That game is over. Today, most of what we buy depreciates very rapidly. For the moment, this includes houses. ... |
Mar 22 2011
 Pitch Weekly (blog) | Koch pocket pet Pompeo suddenly all 'Koch who?' ... Pitch Weekly (blog) Northup opposed the safety database, which the CPSC launched in 2008 after lead was discovered in toys imported from China and Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. Last November, she said the database "wastes taxpayer money, ... and more » |
Mar 22 2011
 CBC.ca | Settlement Stops Sale of Toxic Jewelry WTMA What's more, we've traded a regulated substance, lead, for one that is not yet regulated in children's toys or in jewelry, he added. The absence of regulations has opened the doors for some jewelry items to expose young kids to extremely high levels of ... Tween Brands to limit toxic cadmium in its jewelryThe Associated Press all 290 news articles » |
Mar 22 2011
 CTV.ca | Gadhafi forces attack civilians in Libya's 3rd largest city CTV.ca Yemen and Oman will also be a walk in the park, but Syria and Iran will be difficult and I'm not sure if China and Russia will allow the US lead NATO take All the Mid East oil. Some behind the sceen bartering will be in the offing. ... and more » |
Mar 21 2011
Tween Brands to limit toxic cadmium in its jewelry The Associated Press That law, as well as those in three other states, was enacted after an AP investigation revealed that some Chinese jewelry manufacturers were substituting cadmium for lead, the use of which Congress clamped down on in 2008 following a string of ... and more » |
Mar 21 2011
BUYINS.NET: CAJ, CNH, BBBY, CPRX, JOSB, JRJC Expected To Be Up Before Next ... TMC Net The company also offers food, giftware, and health and beauty care items; and infant and toddler merchandise in the categories of furniture, car seats, strollers, feeding, bedding, bath, health and safety essentials, toys, learning and development ... |
Mar 21 2011
Product Shortages » 24/7 Wall St. (blog) Mattel was unable to sell entire lines of toys when it was discovered that manufacturers in China had covered them with lead paint. Regional oil shortages happen when hurricanes shutter refineries. Customers rarely care about why they cannot buy the ... |
Mar 20 2011
Chesapeake Roller Derby to return with more teams, antics and competitors than ... Carroll County Times A youth pirate play area will be set up at all games with toys. Expect plenty of pirate costumes and a penalty box area with stockades. When Jen Coniglio decided to give Chesapeake Roller Derby a try last March, she fulfilled several obligations. ... |
Mar 19 2011
Scott Burns: Protect yourself from irresponsible government Denton Record Chronicle For decades we benefited from maximum consumption because the value of our houses, and even some of our toys, increased with inflation. That game is over. Today, most of what we buy depreciates very rapidly. For the moment, this includes houses. ... and more » |
Mar 19 2011
Eight survival principles for an era of irresponsible government Dallas Morning News For decades, we benefited from maximum consumption because the value of our houses, and even some of our toys, increased with inflation. That game is over. Today most of what we buy depreciates very rapidly. For the moment, this includes houses. ... and more » |
Mar 19 2011
Seven survival, safety tactics Abilene Reporter-News For decades we benefited from maximum consumption because the value of our houses, and even some of our toys, increased with inflation. That game is over. Today, most of what we buy depreciates very rapidly. For the moment, this includes houses. ... |
Mar 19 2011
Graduating to middle-income country status Financial Express Bangladesh China, in fact, is finding itself uncompetitive in a range of lower market segment of products from shoes to toys which can be more competitively produced and exported from Bangladesh. Relocation of the industries of such products to Bangladesh or more ... |
Mar 17 2011
Japan's Nuclear Crisis & No-Fly Zone Approved for Libya: Join the Live Chat CNN (blog) Could they not use a small remotely controlled helicopter (similar to the toys) with a camera to fly into the damaged reactor bldgs. that are blown apart to check the spent rod pools? It's beautiful to see the people in Libya celebrating and again, ... and more » |
