Huge China apple crop falls short of juice demand
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GUANLI, China  - It is peak harvest season in this village in northern China, and apples are piled high on both sides of the road, clogging the traffic of tractors, trucks and carts bringing in the crop from all around.
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The largest mobile operator in China has broken off talks with Apple over the iPhone, with one executive saying Apple wanted to share too much revenue. No word from China Unicom.
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By Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 18--With so many big companies looking to China to grow their businesses, it's natural that small firms would want a piece of the pie.   David Hemmings has made it his job to at least supply them with the ingredients.
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Bob Fuchigami was 12 years old when he and his family were told to leave their 20-acre farm in northern California. The peach trees that his immigrant parents had planted were about to yield their first big crop.
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Â· Farmers say soft fruit may be left unharvestedÂ· Fewer EU migrants seeking farm jobs
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Children who drink plenty of apple juice may be less likely to develop asthma symptoms, say scientists.
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(InfoWorld) - The iPod manufacturer at the heart of a furor over the treatment of workers in China has reduced theÂ damages it is seekingÂ from a pair of journalists accused of defaming the company. Hong Fujin Precision Industry Co., the largest exporter of IT products in China, slashed the amount it is seeking to 1 renminbi ($0.13) because the original figure, 30 million renminbi, had blurred the issue at hand, a company representative said Thursday. The company also requested that the courts unfreeze the journalists bank accounts and other assets. "...to refocus the public's attention back to the real issue, (Hong Fujin) will withdraw the provisional seizure motion," it said in a statement posted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by its Taiwanese parent company, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. The companies operate under the trade name, Foxconn Technology Group. But the company also added the publisher of the report, the China Business News, to the lawsuit as a defendant. Hong Fujin is seeking redress through the defamation lawsuit after a whirlwind of bad publicity provoked by allegations that itÂ treated workers poorly. The story was one of many to follow in the wake of an article by the British newspaper "Mail on Sunday" alleging long hours, low pay and poor working conditions at the Longhua, China, site., which produces iPods as well as other IT products. Apple ComputerÂ investigated the claims, and found Hong Fujin in compliance with the majority of its requirements despite several violations of the company's supplier code of conduct, including unsatisfactory living and transportation conditions for workers. Hong Fujin is building new dormitories for workers and seeking ways to improve the way it busses employees from factories to dormitories. Vindicated by the report, Hong Fujin decided to sue the China Business News and two journalists responsible for a June 15 story that it called "maliciously false." One charge in the June 15 story that Hong Fujin took issue with in its statement is an allegation that for every 1,000 workers at the Longhua site, 500 have pre-existing maladies. "In fact, we have documented statistics to show how over 99 percent of our employees are healthy and fit," Hong Fujin said in the statement But on its blog site, the China Business News defended itself on the point. The story was about three female workers who collapsed on the production line, and it quotes a "Miss Ho" from Foxconn as saying that the workers collapsed due to pre-existing conditions. "For every 1,000 new hires, 500 have pre-existing illnesses," 'Miss Ho' is quoted as saying in the story. The story does not give any full names of anyone cited for information in the story, and gives a false name to one worker, presumably covering his identification for protection. The surname, "Ho" is common in China. Foxconn could not immediately be reached to reply to the blog listing. Hong Fujin Precision was the top exporter of IT products in China last year at a volume of $14.47 billion, according to China's Ministry of Commerce.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.
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Apple Inc  and China Mobile  have called off talks to launch the U.S. firm's popular iPhones in China, a spokeswoman for the Chinese company said on Monday, further dashing speculation the device will hit the country's store shelves soon.
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Apple Inc  and China Mobile  (0941.HK) have called off talks to launch the U.S. firm's  popular iPhones in China, dashing speculation the device will  hit the country's store shelves soon.
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China has created a vibrant auto industry over the past two decades, but executives said on Sunday that a significant gap still separated local manufacturers from the world's top brands.
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Consumers in China's big cities do not welcome genetically modified (GMO) food on their table, according to a Greenpeace survey, although it also showed not many were familiar with such food.
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By Michael Casey, Associated Press  ZHEN
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NEW YORK -- Investors' appetites for new alternative energy companies remain robust but tastes have shifted: while ethanol makers seem to have exhausted their favor, Chinese solar cell makers continue to pull in fresh capital.
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The suspension means that there will be no iPhone launch in China, at least for now.
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PARIS -- Grape vines in the Champagne region are sagging this year with an abundance of fruit. But this won't mean increased supply -- or cheaper bottles of bubbly for consumers.
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  ["Drought Affects Half Million Hectares of Cropland in East China" - Xinhua headline]  Jinan, Feb.
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Chaotic winter weather besieged  China's business and farming heartland on Tuesday, with no  quick end in sight to weeks of snow and ice that have trapped  energy and food flows ahead of a big national holiday.