Tag: China Tue, May 21, 2013

• Yahoo, ABC News Announce ‘Game-changer’ Partnership

  BusinessCommunityPolitics Oct 03, 2011, by Danny Wool

  This morning ABC News announced that it was forming a partnership with Yahoo to become the site’s “top digital news source.” The announcement was made on Good Morning America, and described as matching “the number one news site on the web with the country’s premiere news brand.”

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• China’s Bad Apple Stores

  Business Jul 25, 2011, by Danny Wool

  China had a history of making cheap knockoffs and selling them as the real thing. This includes everything from useless Wal-Mart tchatchkes to Rolexes to electronics, but now there’s a new trend that is redefining knock offs.

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• Google+ ‘More Profitable than Evil’

  BusinessCommunityPolitics Jul 07, 2011, by Danny Wool

  The race to expand American-based social networking sites into China has drawn outside observers into rival factions.

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• Consequences of a Trade War with China

  Business Jul 01, 2011, by Danny Wool

  There is increasing talk of slapping tariffs on Chinese imports in response to that country’s continued manipulation of its currency.

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• How Far Will People Go to Get an iPad?

  Business Jun 03, 2011, by Danny Wool

  An iPad 2 is the latest rage in China. A teen wanted one so badly that he reportedly sold a kidney.

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• Yahoo, Alibaba in Uneasy Truce

  BusinessPolitics May 16, 2011, by Danny Wool

  Yahoo owns 39 percent of Chinese-based internet group Alibaba, so its announcement that it knew nothing about Alibaba’s transfer of its Alipay third-party online payment platform left investors feeling uneasy.

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• Where Has All the E-Waste Gone?

  BusinessEnvironmentNews Oct 06, 2010, by Danny Wool
  

  Silicon Valley firms are teaming up with a local politician to curb the export of e-waste to developing countries, especially China. Over 300 million tons of old computer hardware, mobile phones, TV sets, and other electronic waste ended up being shipped out of the country in 2007 alone, but these contained rare earth metals, vital for the continued operation of Silicon Valley’s electronics industry.

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