Posted in Investigate, Quality, China, Business, Consumer on September 5th, 2007 No Comments »
The horror story does not seem to be going away for Mattel and China. In the third episode of the series dealing with lead-contaminated toys, Mattel has had to announce the third recall within a month of toys due to lead contamination. Mattel has announced the recall of 800,000 toys (Barbie accessories sold between October […]
Posted in Quality, Ban, China, Business, Consumer, US, Global events on June 29th, 2007 No Comments »
China is suddenly getting hit with a bad rap over the quality of its products. First it was pet feed, toothpaste, and now it is fish supplied from China. Based on the fact that US inspectors found an unsatisfactory level of quality in Chinese fish farms, and found drugs in the seafood that were not […]
Posted in US, Business, Environment, Consumer, Society, Global events on June 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Imagine the power of the automotive industry. For 32 years, Congress has not imposed a new auto efficiency mandate, and the last one had set the limit in a different era. In that much time, one would have expected the industry to have got more efficient, and produce vehicles that use much less gas. This […]
Posted in Court, Business, Bush, US, Society on May 31st, 2007 1 Comment »
Finally the impact of selecting justices based on their conservative leanings is starting to show. US Supreme Court justices are on the bench for life, or till they resign, and the 2 conservative appointees to the highest court are starting to change the course of court decisions, and will have an impact way beyond the […]
