Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Dec 14, 2015 (I)

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(1) Bloomberg View: Women Belong in the Military -- and the Draft; Fairness and preparedness demand that females be required to register.

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the text.
(b) Under federal law, to be drafted a man in US who turns 18 must register with Selective Service System (an independent agency of US; formed in 1917; based in Arlington, Virginia)

(2) China's Millennials Are Happy to Share.
www.bloomberg.com/news/features/ ... appy-to-own-nothing

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Co-living and co-working spaces are cropping up at big cities
(b) "SU Di 苏菂, the 36-year-old You+ co-founder"

YOU+国际青年社区（优家）
https://youplus.cc/

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(3) Craig Giammona and Leslie Patton, Small Suppliers, Big Problems.
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... eatest-weakness-too

Quote:

"Chipotle is fresh -- and suddenly, that’s a problem.

"The E coli outbreak linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc has sickened at least 52 people in nine states. And pinpointing the source of the contamination hasn’t been easy. Unlike the big burger-and-fries chains that deal with a handful of beef and potato suppliers and distributors, Chipotle depends on a more complex supply chain for its 1,900 outlets that includes scores of small, independent farmers.

Chipotle "also struggled at times to secure a reliable flow of the hormone and antibiotic-free chicken, beef and pork it uses to make burritos. The company has said that 95 percent of the pork raised in the US does not meet its standards.  Earlier this year, the company suspended a pork supplier after an audit determined that its pigs weren’t kept in 'deeply bedded barns' and didn’t have adequate access to the outdoors.

"Even before the health scares * * * The company has faced higher food costs associated with sourcing GMO- and hormone-free ingredients.

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Chipotle's Strengths are suddenly Its weaknesses, too
(b) Regarding quotation 3 ("deeply embedded barns"). Chipotle says,

"Pigs living in deeply bedded barns and/or outdoors are able express many more of their natural tendencies than pigs raised conventionally. Deeply bedded barns lined with straw allow the pigs to rest comfortably, and drastically reduces the risk of broken limbs and other health issues associated with concrete slatted floors. Pigs also love to play with and eat the hay, and in comparison to concrete floors, the straw bedding keep pigs warm in the wintertime and cool in the summer. Deeply bedded barns and pasture allow pigs enough room to move around comfortably and engage in their normal social tendencies like rooting in the thick straw beds.

* Search images.google.com with (concrete slatted floor) and you will understand.
(c) It conjures up an earlier controversy of China's small dairy farmers and their milk. I am not saying  Taiwan is better. Not at all. It just that the world trains their eyes on China and US.  There is not enough data about Taiwan.
(d) data (n; Latin, plural of datun; "noun plural but singular or plural in construction")
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/data

That means there is not enough data, there are not enough data: both are correct (in English).

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(4) Sheridan Prasso and Cindy Wang, A Big Bike Maker Strives Uptown.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/fe ... nking-on-sex-appeal
("Giant’s global sales of about NT$60 billion ($2 billion) last year, up 10.4 percent from 2013")

Note:
(a) summary underneath the title in print: Taiwan's Giant has squeezed its way into Tour de France set
(b) quotation underneath the title in print: For cognoscenti, "truly cutting-edge design and technology"

(c) "Warren Rossiter, senior technical editor for road for the London-based magazine group that publishes Cycling Plus and Bikeradar, and whose team tests more than 200 bikes a year. "Giant may lack the cachet of historic Italian or American innovators like Cannondale, but for those in the know, the Giant 捷安特 brand represents truly cutting-edge design and technology.' "
(i) "Bikeradar."  Officially it is BikeRadar.
(ii) Cannondale Bicycle Corp (founded in 1971 by Joe Montgomery, Jim Catrambone and Ron Davis; ipo in 1995; The name of the company was taken from the Cannondale Metro North train station in Wilton, Connecticut [cike manufacturer's headquarters 1971- ]; sold to  Pegasus Capital Advisors in 2003, which then sold it to Dorel Industries in Canada)  Wikipedia

(d) " 'Tony' Lo Hsiang-an 羅 祥安, the chief executive officer of three decades * * * in a 90-minute interview in a bike workroom at headquarters in Taiwan’s west coast city of Taichung"

workroom (n): "a room used for work"
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workroom
(e) " 'King' Liu Chin-piao 劉 金標, Giant’s chairman who founded the company in 1972
(f) There is NO need to read this report, which says nothing new.