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A Chinese man and child stand near a trolley of recalled tainted milk formula at a supermarket in Shanghai, eastern China on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. China's health minister said Wednesday that tainted milk formula has killed three Chinese babies and sickened 6,200 in a spreading scandal that prompted three additional companies, including China's biggest dairy, to recall produ
(photo: AP / EyePres)
Tons of tainted milk powder still on China market
Inquirer
| BEIJING—Authorities in China are hunting for nearly 100 tons of melamine-laced milk powder left over from 2008, when six babies died from consuming the toxic substance, state media said Monday. | The discovery came as authorities pursue a crackdown on dairy products that should have been destroyed...
China finds 170 tons of tainted milk powder that was repackaged
USA Today
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | By Cara Anna, Associated Press BEIJING — The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in 's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where larg...
China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder
Fresno Bee
| - Associated Press Writer thefresnobee_994:/559/story/1813098.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | BEIJING -- The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officia...
China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder that should have been destroyed by ...
Star Tribune
| BEIJING - The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been...
Sino Clean Energy, Inc. Begins Production at New 200,000-Ton Capacity Facility
redOrbit
Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 06:00 CST | BEIJING, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Sino Clean Energy, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SCLX; "Sino Clean Energy," the "Company"), which produces and distributes coal-water mixture in the People's R...
China Agritech, Inc. Announces that Preliminary Unaudited Results Exceeded 2009 Guidance
redOrbit
Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 06:40 CST | BEIJING, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Agritech, Inc. (NasdaqGM: CAGC) ("China Agritech", or the "Company"), a leading national organic fertilizer manufacturer and distributor in China, an...
China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder
The News & Observer
| BEIJING -- China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed. | The growin...
Sugar - Commodity - Prices
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Asian sugar demand to hold up despite price surge
Malaya
| SINGAPORE - Sugar market bears hoping prices above 30 US cents will melt demand from Asia could be disappointed as dwindling stocks on shrunken domestic crops will force India, I...
An aerial view showing massive flooding in sections of New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), four days after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast, leaving millions of people with out power and hundreds of thousands homeless. The USN is assisting in humanitari
US DoD
Where America Gives Its Money
The Daily Beast
| Donations to Haiti have hit records, but how long will it last? Dana Goldstein on the troubling path of charity after a crisis. | Data collected since Haiti’s devastating e...
IMANI Report: "Integrated Aluminum" Fever - the allure of the white metal
Joy Online
As national dreams go, none has been as compulsive in the case of Ghana as the desire of our most powerful leaders to realize the long-held ambition of erecting an integrated aluminum complex in this beloved country. | Indeed, one Ghanaian commentato...
Tons of tainted milk powder still on China market
Inquirer
| BEIJING—Authorities in China are hunting for nearly 100 tons of melamine-laced milk powder left over from 2008, when six babies died from consuming the toxic substance, state media said Monday. | The discovery came as authorities pursue a crackdown...
China, Vietnam to set up new trade zone
China Daily
| Framework deal instituted for business cooperation across borders | NANNING: South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and Vietnam have approved a framework agreement to establish a new cross-border economic zone in the latest effort to furthe...
China approves Gansu coal mining plan
China Daily
| China's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, has approved the plan to build a 7.1-billion-ton coal mining region in Northwest China's Gansu province, People's Daily reported Monday. | Ningzheng mining region is loca...
Asia Sails Smoothly Through Debt Waters
The New York Times
| MUMBAI, India - While rising government debt is a growing concern in Europe and the United States, Asia's economies remain remarkably resilient, even buoyant, underscoring how economic might is shifting from West to East. | China has been repaying ...
Financial
President Barack Obama, standing before the U.S. Constitution, delivers an address on national security, Thursday, May 21, 2009 at the National Archives.
(photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Obama vows to get tougher on China trade
The Himalayan
| WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has vowed to get tougher with China on enforcing trade rules, stepping up the tone amid rising friction between the two powers over Taiwan and Tibet. | Obama also hinted he would take Beijing to task over the strength of its yuan currency, responding to growing restlessness in the US Congress over Chinese mon...



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