(2) Yaacov Benmeleh and David Wainer, Israeli Hotels: Don’t Deport the Africans.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ar ... deport-the-africans
("More than 45,000 African asylum seekers * * * reside in Israel, up from 3,000 in 2006, according to government statistics. * * * The migrants, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, work in all manner of service jobs and account for about half of Israel’s 7,000 hotel maids and dishwashers, according to the Israel Hotel Association"
Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: As expulsions increase, hoteliers ponder where they’ll find workers
(b) quotation underneath the title in print: “Behind every fancy dish, every clean hotel room, there is” an African
(c) There is no need to read the rest. Israel’s quandary results from its policy banning Palestinians to work inside Israel proper after Intifada.
(3) Alexandra Ho, Tesla’s Most Excellent Adventure, China Edition.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ar ... nture-china-edition
("The major cities on the journey to the Chinese capital—Nanjing, Xuzhou, Jinan, Cangzhou 河北省 沧州市, and Tianjin—all have Superchargers, but they can be pretty far from highway exits. * * * The other wild card is Huai’an 江苏省 淮安市, hometown of former Premier Zhou Enlai, where I’ve figured we need to charge up on Day One. The city of 5 million lies between Nanjing and Xuzhou and has only a destination charger")
Note: summary underneath the title in print: The electric carmaker has high hopes in China. But anxiety about availability of power hurts sales
(4) Salma El Wardany and Whitney McFerron, Brace Yourself for Scratchy Sheets.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ar ... ing-as-farm-aid-cut
Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Egypt cuts back on subsidies for its prized cotton
(b) "Egyptian cotton once dominated the colonial economy in the age of Queen Victoria, eventually becoming the gold standard for the world’s finest linens and clothing."
(i) Sa'id of Egypt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa'id_of_Egypt
(When the American Civil War brought a cotton famine [qv], the export of Egyptian cotton surged during Sa'id's rule to become the main source for European mills)
(ii) cotton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton
(section 2.1 Industrial Revolution in Britain: During the American Civil War * * *)
Egyptian cotton is neither native to Egypt -- colonists brought it to Egypt, that's all -- nor a species. It is Gossypium barbadense, for which see section 1 Types in the Wiki page.
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