Jun 30 2011
Consumer Affairs Investigators Comb Jersey Shore Boardwalks For Hidden Dangers CBS New York Investigators from New Jersey's Division of Consumer Affairs measured scales in candy stores and tested toys for lead on Jenkinson's Boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach. While they said there were no problems with toys or food, it was a different story ... and more » |
Jun 30 2011
Wal-Mart Pumps Up a Gas War Motley Fool Wal-Mart usually waits to start price wars until the holiday season, when toys and electronics become its favorite ammunition. This looks like an interesting twist on that familiar theme, as Wal-Mart seeks new ways to lure customers from rivals. ... and more » |
Jun 29 2011
 New York Magazine | Movie Review: The Colossal, Stupendous, Ridiculously Amazing Transformers ... New York Magazine This is visionary filmmaking — and I hardly cared as I watched, mouth open, that the vision was of mutated Hasbro toys putting their fists through one another amid crumbling glass-and-steel towers while tomahawk missiles blew up metal birds and ... |
Jun 29 2011
Exide not meeting new EPA standards Salina.com ... lead by children comes from lead paint chips in homes built before 1978 -- the year lead paint was banned -- and candy made in Mexico that contains lead, she said. It can also be found in plumbing in older homes, glazed ceramics, toys from China, ... and more » |
Jun 28 2011
 Metropolis Magazine | Q&A: Michael Braungart Metropolis Magazine Toys have to be safe for children and not just free of lead—then we find cadmium in toys and it's 500 times more toxic than lead. In 10 years, nothing will be produced or put on the market that accumulates in breast milk. We find up to 2500 chemicals ... and more » |
Jun 28 2011
Who invented the world's very first car? Gizmodo But long before him, there were strange forerunners to the today's cars, including toys for emperors, steam-powered artillery carriers, and clanking, creaking British buses. Humans have possessed knowledge of the wheel for several thousand years, ... |
Jun 27 2011
 Politico | Breakthrough on trade deals may come this week Politico TOYS...COOKWEAR... SO........THINK HARD. IS TINY PANAMA MAKING ALL OF THOSE PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE STORED IN THOSE BLOCKS OF WAREHOUSES........AND THAT WILL ENTER THE USA DUTY FREE? YOU THINK NOT? WHO DO YOU THINK WILL MAKE ALL OF THOSE PRODUCTS? CHINA? ... and more » |
Jun 27 2011
Who invented the world's very first car? io9 But long before him, there were strange forerunners to the today's cars, including toys for emperors, steam-powered artillery carriers, and clanking, creaking British buses. Humans have possessed knowledge of the wheel for several thousand years, ... |
Jun 27 2011
India Inc looks at China as FCCB crisis looms large Moneycontrol.com Published on Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 17:00 | Source : PTI After cheap toys, consumer goods and other manufactured products, cheaper loans could be the next major Chinese import into India, and the credit may go to a potential Foreign Currency Convertible ... and more » |
Jun 26 2011
Homeless children: The hard times generation CBS News "I had so many of my toys and things. My Barbie dolls, clothes, and it was just all gone," Destiny said. The neighborhood around the motel is scary, she added. "You hear on the news all the time about shootings, and it's all right there. ... and more » |
Jun 25 2011
 WisconsinWatch.org | Should raw milk sales be legalized? WisconsinWatch.org “You can't buy your kids lead toys from China, you can't serve them powdered milk that's got melamine in it,” he says. “Society and government have decided that there are limits to parental autonomy, and, in my opinion, this should be one of them. ... and more » |
Jun 23 2011
China Has the Right Idea Dissident Voice In 2007, Zhang Shuhong was CEO of Lee Der Industrial, the company that produced the millions of Mattel toys that had to be recalled due to lead in the paint. Intentionally adding lead to paint—done to produce more vibrant colors—is illegal (banned ... and more » |
Jun 23 2011
The US Needs to be More Like China CounterPunch In 2007, Zhang Shuhong was CEO of Lee Der Industrial, the company that produced the millions of Mattel toys that had to be recalled due to lead in the paint. Intentionally adding lead to paint—done to produce more vibrant colors—is illegal (banned ... |
Jun 23 2011
Be VERY Careful About Purchasing Food Products from Asia Food Consumer China has banned the sale of hundreds of imported products from Taiwan. The ban follows a warning that they were tainted with a chemical used in plastics, DEHP, which can cause hormone malfunctions in children. The more than 800 banned products include ... and more » |
Jun 22 2011
China's Square Peg vs. The West's Round Hole Wall Street Journal The skills that make for corporate success in China lead to problems when companies list abroad. By JOSEPH STERNBERG The uproar over alleged frauds at Chinese companies listed in the West is entering a new stage as accounting problems mount, ... |
Jun 22 2011
Kaleidoscope: New Castle is charming, historic 'rust belt' town Aurora Advocate The library is paneled in mahogany, Greek columns lead into the drawing room where there's a piano dating to the 1840s, and one room boasts a reed organ once owned by famous evangelist-hymn composer Ira D. Sankey. One room houses small toys and a ... |
