Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: As sales fall in Europe, vintners count on status-conscious Chinese
(b) summary in Table of Contents: France has champagne wishes for China
(c) In print, the photo of Chinese men in suits toasting has an arrow pointing the wine followed by "24% China's share of global cognac sales,"
(d) Bar Rouge Shanghai www.bar-rouge-shanghai.com/
has no Chinese name.
* The report says, "There, Champagne bottles are served with sparklers." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparkler
(e) The report indicates, "Now Champagne makers * * * have come up with a strategy to keep their business from going flat: boost sales in China."
"1805 – Maison Pernod Fils (simply known as Pernod Fils) was founded * * * in eastern France by Henri-Louis Pernod, a French distiller of Francophone Swiss origin
"1932 – Ricard * * * was founded in Marseille by Paul Ricard [1909-1997; French].
"1975 – Old rivals Pernod and Ricard merged to form Pernod Ricard SA.
* French
Maison (adj): "home-made"
(noun feminine): "house, home, firm"
Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Toyota and Honda have less than 1 percent female managers
(b) Women get the back seat at Japan's carmakers
(c) Excerpt in the window of print:
2.9% Share of femanagers at large companies in Japan in 2011
(d) MA Jie 馬 傑 (I copy from Bloomberg Japan' website, with 馬 in kanji)
Yuki HAGIWARA 萩原 ゆき (a woman)
(e) bring up the rear:
"to be at the back of a group which is going somewhere"
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus, by Cambridge University Press. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ ... h/bring-up-the-rear
Why? Americans do not know, either. Etymology? I can't find.
(f) Mie MINAKUCHI 水口 美絵
* Japanese Wiki: "水口（みなくち、みずぐち）とは、水の出入り口のこと。特に水田における取り入れ口を指す."
translation: 水口 is where water comes in and out, especially that in a rice paddy.
(g) Yoko YANAI 柳井 洋子 (yanagi 柳【やなぎ】(n): "willow")
(h) Sachiko AOKI (I can not find her Japanese name)
(i) Rika KIRITAKE 桐竹 里佳
* kiri 桐 【きり】 (n) "paulownia tree; Paulownia tomentosa"
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulownia
(genus; native to much of China, south to northern Laos and Vietnam, and long cultivated elsewhere in eastern Asia, notably in Japan and Korea)
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulownia_tomentosa
(j) Toshiyuki SHIGA 志賀 俊之
My comment:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Missile-seeking blimps will get a test run guarding the Capitol
(b) There is no need to read the text.
Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: San Jose's 102 marijuana shops have a loyal clientele
(b) Just take a look at the map. There is no need to read the text.
Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: With China off-limits, Google's video arm is expanding elsewhere
(b) Just view the graphic. There is no need to read the text.
* VEVO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vevo
* Dwango 株式会社ドワンゴ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwango_(company)
* FC2, Inc FC2株式会社作者: choi 时间: 3-11-2013 08:58
* I misread the cover. The issue was Mar 4-10, 2013. I should have said in my TITLE: "Mar 4, 2013."
* I will put (7) in another posting titled "Guns"--hopefully comes out today.
* The last item in the issue I hope to introduce:
Logan Hill, With God As Your Wingman; Spark Networks, owner of Christian Mingle and JDate, is betting on the divine power of online matchmaking.