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To: TobagoJack who wrote (59648)	1/29/2005 11:22:58 PM
From: RealMuLan	Respond to of 74559

-ggg, Jay, that is a beautiful gold coin.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (59648)	1/30/2005 4:45:06 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Astonishing beautiful picture of money rock in the NY times (REIT) today. nytimes.com

To: TobagoJack who wrote (59648)	1/30/2005 12:58:28 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

"The China Price" They are the three scariest words in U.S. industry. Cut your price at least 30% or lose your customers. Nearly every manufacturer is vulnerable -- from furniture to networking gear. The result: A massive shift in economic power is under way From the rich walnut paneling and carved arches to the molded Italian Renaissance patterns on the ceiling, the circa 1925 council chamber room of Akron's municipal hall evokes a time when the America's manufacturing heartland was at the peak of its power. But when the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission, a congressionally appointed panel, convened there on Sept. 23, it was not to discuss power but decline. One after another, economists, union officials, and small manufacturers took the microphone to describe the devastation Chinese competitors are inflicting on U.S. industries, from kitchenware and car tires to electronic circuit boards. businessweek.com See this below, how it conflicts with the posting to Yiwu on the leap backwards: <<After years of struggling to crack the mainland market, U.S. multinationals from General Motors (GM ) to Procter & Gamble (PG ) and Motorola (MOT ) are finally reaping rich profits. They're making cell phones, shampoo, autos, and PCs in China and selling them to its middle class of some 100 million people, a group that should more than double in size by 2010. "Our commercial success in China is important to our competitiveness worldwide," says Motorola China Chairman Gene Delaney.>>