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• China: Flaws may have led to school collapses
BEIJING - Nearly four months after China's devastating earthquake, a government scientist acknowledged Thursday that a rush to build schools in recent years likely led to construction flaws causing so many of them to collapse. It was the first ...
• World markets plunge after Wall Street sell-off
China’s Shanghai index slid 3.3 percent to its lowest close in 21 months. European markets, adjusting to the falls in Asia and the 3 percent declines seen in the U.S. markets overnight, also made a poor start in Friday trading.
• Coke offers $2.5 billion for China juice maker
HONG KONG - The Coca-Cola Co., the world’s biggest beverage company, moved to expand its operations in the fast-growing Chinese market Wednesday with a $2.5 billion bid for major juicemaker China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. Under the deal, Coca-Cola ...
• Workers sorry Vise-Grip plant moving to China
LINCOLN, Neb. - Gary Oden has known for weeks that the plant where he has spent the last 19 years helping build Vise-Grips, one of Nebraska's most famous products, would be shutting down. But he still wasn't completely prepared for the meeting at 5 ...
• Drug-addicted elephant kicks heroin habit
BEIJING - A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox program on China's tropical island province of Hainan. The four-year-old bull elephant, referred to ...