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Interesting piece on a family in western China whose main source of income is as freelance corpse extractors from the Yellow River, recovering bodies and – basically – selling them back to their relatives. They’re not the only people who...
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Did you know that the profits of Auto- trader is the chief source of income for the Guardian , that and their soon to be removed Public Sector appointments advertising scam. I like this real ad from said journal of note and if it is not legibile the chap selling the bike says .." I `m selling it because it was bought without the proper consent of my loving wife. Apparently "do whatever the fuck yo...
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Meanwhile, China legalises short selling: China's action contrasts with regulators in the U.S., Europe and Australia that have banned short selling in the past week to shore up financial shares battered by the global credit squeeze. China's government is betting the changes will boost trading without spurring further declines after state share buybacks helped the CSI 300 Index rebound fr...
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Sir Martin Sorrell explained why he does business in "Greater China" and he spoke about the balance between business and human rights.
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Chancellor George Osborne and Business Secretary Vince Cable are in China as part of a high-profile UK government and trade mission designed to ramp up business with China.
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Results of the Farm Business Survey in England, 2007/08
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I've had the 30 minute version of this conversation over beer. It is just as interesting written out. That is a prevailing business view that will ring familiar to anyone who has actually done business with China. My neighbor who travels to China every 6-8 weeks uses an analogy. China has imitated the models of others to build the plane, but soon they will have to write the pilots manual with...
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China has overtaken the UK to become Australia's biggest source of migrants in an historic shift
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Chuka Umunna MP, Labour's Shadow Business Secretary, today tells the Government to stop “selling British business short” and make better use of its buying power as the UK’s biggest consumer to boost enterprise and jobs. Read Labour's Business and Enterprise working group interim report in full here.
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Scottish Government plans to introduce a local income tax yesterday faced another thumbs down from the business community.
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