Chinese, Your Days Have Arrived

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All reports are from Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Feb 13, 2012 (cover date).

(1) Ashley Lutz, Easing the US Visa Hassle for Tourists Who Shop. Retailers have successfully lobbied to get travel rules relaxed for the Chinese and Brazilians.
http://www.businessweek.com/maga ... -shop-02092012.html

Excerpt in the window of print: 4  Number of months Chinese and Brazilian tourists must wait to get a visa

(2) Stephan Faris, Grounds Zero: A Starbucks-Free Italy. Why hasn't Howard Schultz brought his coffee giant to the land that inspired it?
http://www.businessweek.com/maga ... italy-02092012.html

My comment:
(a) Read only web page 1 out of 3.
(b)
(i) Piazza del Duomo, Milan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_del_Duomo,_Milan
(Piazza del Duomo ("Cathedral Square") is the main piazza (city square) of Milan, Italy. It is named after, and dominated by, the Milan Cathedral (the Duomo))
(ii) Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano): "Groundbreaking 1386; Completed 1965"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Cathedral

(3) Jeff Green, Third Shifts Return to the US Auto Industry; Automakers are adding overnight production lines, and lots of companies benefit.
http://www.businessweek.com/maga ... ustry-02092012.html

My comment: There is no need to read the text. At most, view slide show.

(4) Andrew Roberts and Stephanie Wong, From Mao Jackets to Wrinkled Silk Suits. A Chinese military uniform maker takes on European fashion houses.
http://www.businessweek.com/maga ... suits-02092012.html
("China Garments, a state-owned apparel maker whose products range from Mao suits to military uniforms to riot gear. The company recently unveiled plans for the launch of China’s first luxury men’s apparel brand aimed at domestic consumers yet designed and produced in Italy")