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Political brouhaha over war shrine visit could dent Japanese car sales in China
2013-12-30 09:26:16| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
A political dispute in 2012 between China and Japan over a group of islands in the East China Sea dealt a beating to sales of Japanese cars as Chinese consumers decided to back their government's stance with a boycott .
Afghan War vet, double amputee, receives gift of free home
2013-12-24 01:59:43| Electronics - Topix.net
MEMBERS WALKED OUT. THANK YOU, BRIAN. FOLKS LIVING IN THE STILL WATER RANCH SUBDIVISION ON THE CITY'S NORTHWEST SIDE WILL SOON HAVE AN AMERICAN HERO LIVING NEXT DOOR.
French minister warns Free against effects of price war
2013-12-19 16:20:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) French economic development minister Arnaud Montebourg has met with Free founder Xavier Niel and warned him the price war sparked by the new mobile operator may have disastrous effects for the market. After initially congratulating Free on bringing prices down in the mobile market when it launched as the fourth operator in 2012, Montebourg has since turned on the company, most recently accusing Free of destroying jobs in the sector with its low prices. This followed the operator's announcement that it would offer 4G at no extra cost, which the other operators have now followed. Montebourg told RTL that he met with Niel on 18 December to discuss the matter further. "I have a problem in this war," Montebourg said. "All these operators are working on the basis of the public spectrum which belongs to all the French, so we are obliged by law to demand something in return in terms of employment and investments." He noted in particular the need to finance the roll-out of fibre in the country, expected to cost around EUR 30 billion and which needs to be financed by the operators. However, if the price war continues, the funds may not be available. The minister said the price war could lead to a "death", suggesting the market could narrow again to three operators and there would be little gained in the end. He called for "moderation" by the operators and for consumers to be prudent and look beyond the low prices.
Orange enters French 4G price war
2013-12-18 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Customers of incumbent's low-cost Sosh service to get 4G access for no extra charge.
01.31: Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
2013-12-17 00:35:58| Powells Books Events Calendar
Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated incidents in the Vietnam War, carried out by just a few "bad apples." But as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this groundbreaking investigation, violence against Vietnamese noncombatants was not at all exceptional during the conflict. Rather, it was pervasive and systematic, the predictable consequence of official orders to "kill anything that moves." Drawing on more than a decade of research into secret Pentagon archives, classified documents, and extensive interviews with American veterans and Vietnamese survivors, Turse reveals for the first time the workings of a military machine that resulted in millions of innocent civilians killed and wounded — what one soldier called "a My Lai a month." Devastating and definitive, Kill Anything That Moves (Picador) finally brings us face-to-face with the truth of a war that haunts America to this day.
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