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  • August 2008
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    • China Hangs Onto 1-Child Policy

      CNN  |  Mar 10, 08 6:16 PM CDT

      China Hangs Onto 1-Child Policy

      (Newser) - China will keep up its one-child policy over the next decade as nearly 200 million citizens reach child-bearing age, CNN reports. "Given such a large population base, there would be major fluctuations in population growth if we abandoned the one-child rule now," said the country's family planning minister, responding to reports that the country might consider change. More »

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      China  • fertility  • population  • birth rate  • one child policy  • overpopulation  • fines  • baby boom  • population control

  • February 2008

    • China May Drop 1-Baby Law

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 29, 08 7:32 AM CST

      China May Drop 1-Baby Law

      (Newser) - China, faced with an aging population and too few women, may end its controversial one- child-per-family policy. The law that allowed urban couples only one child and rural families two is credited with preventing 400 million births over three decades. But cultural preferences for males has also created a troubling gender imbalance as millions of female fetuses have been aborted, reports the Guardian. More »

    • EU Fines Microsoft Record $1.3B

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 27, 08 5:01 AM CST

      EU Fines Microsoft Record $1.3B

      (Newser) - The European Commission fined Microsoft today a record $1.35 billion for failing to comply with its 2004 antitrust ruling. The EU's executive branch said that the company continued to charge "unreasonable prices" to developers building programs for Windows despite both the earlier ruling and a court verdict last September. The fine is the largest ever for a single company, dwarfing the $613 million penalty the commission imposed on Microsoft in 2004. More »

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      Microsoft  • European Union  • European Commission  • competition  • fines  • monopolies

    • Hotel Pays Staff to Sniff Out Smoking Guests

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 25, 08 7:20 PM CST

      Hotel Pays Staff to Sniff Out Smoking Guests

      (Newser) - That chocolate on your pillow may be a bit of a Judas kiss: Chicago's Swissotel isn't the first hotel to fine sneaky smokers who break its puff-free policy, but it is the nation's first to pay staff to sniff out offending guests, reports the Chicago Tribune . Spraying air freshener won't fool its housekeepers, who get a $10 reward per scofflaw. They, in turn, get slapped with a $250 fine. More »

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      Chicago  • smoking  • cigarettes  • hotel  • smoking ban  • fines  • Marriott

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