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  • August 2008

    • Farms Fuel Boom in US Exports

      New York Times  |  Aug 18, 08 9:21 AM CDT

      Farms Fuel Boom in US Exports

      (Newser) - Worldwide demand for grain and a weak US dollar helped drive exports up 7.1% in the first half of the year, providing a respite from the barrage of negative economic news. But experts warn the commodity-driven rise could be brief, reports the New York Times. Export surges of agricultural products “tend to go away pretty quickly,” said one analyst. More »

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      commodities  • manufacturing  • corn  • US exports  • trade deficit  • international trade  • jobs  • soybeans  • industry

  • July 2008

    • Sorry, Veterans, Vietnam Is Profitable Now

      Washington Post  |  Jul 9, 08 1:44 PM CDT

      Sorry, Veterans, Vietnam Is Profitable Now

      (Newser) - More expensive Chinese labor has American enterprises heading to Vietnam, moving Harold Meyerson to wonder, in the Washington Post , why 58,000 US soldiers died trying to defend democracy there. "American business, backed by the American government, has realized that the problem with communism wasn't that it was undemocratic but that it was anti-capitalist," Meyerson writes. More »

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      China  • Vietnam  • globalization  • manufacturing  • Vietnam War  • Communism  • labor costs  • industry

  • June 2008

    • US Companies Set Up Shop in Vietnam

      New York Times  |  Jun 18, 08 9:53 AM CDT

      US Companies Set Up Shop in Vietnam

      (Newser) - Foreign manufacturers invested $83 billion in China last year, keeping it at the top of the list  of overseas producers. But a confluence of circumstances—high inflation, changing government policies, and, above all, rising wages—have led corporations to start looking elsewhere in Asia,  the New York Times reports. The shift to other parts of Asia, especially Vietnam, reflects a "China-plus-one" strategy, in which multinational corporations diversify their manufacturing operations. More »

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      China  • Vietnam  • globalization  • manufacturing  • industry

    • Would You Mind If This Wasn't Mined?

      Smithsonian  |  Jun 12, 08 12:07 PM CDT

      Would You Mind If This Wasn't Mined?

      (Newser) - De Beers might like you to think a “diamond is forever,” but try this on for size: “A diamond is for everyone.” In a secret Massachusetts lab, Apollo Diamond is using novel technology to grow diamonds virtually indistinguishable from their mined cousins, the Smithsonian reports. Unfortunately for consumers, the synthetic gemstones cost about the same as Mother Earth's—for now. More »

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      technology  • blood diamonds  • diamond  • semiconductor  • industry  • gems  • De Beers

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