Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Oct 8, 2012

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(1) Charlie Devereux, Michael Forsythe and Henry Sanderson, Chávez's Most Helpful Campaign Aide: China.
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... campaign-aide-china

Quote:

"The oil-for-loans program in Venezuela stands out for its size, but China uses the same model in Russia, Ghana, and other countries. Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, a Chávez ally, has secured oil-backed loans from China since 2009 worth $7.3 billion, about a third of his government’s budget, according to the country’s Finance Ministry.

"much of the oil acquired by China [from Venezuela] is resold in Venezuela, says a US government official who declined to be named because he isn’t authorized to discuss policy publicly.

Note:
(a) The summary in the table of contents is: Chávez's Chinese superPAC.
(b) The summary underneath the title in print is: The Venezuelan president uses loans from China to keep promises.

(2) Carlos Manuel Rodriguez and Jonathan Roeder, A Big Oil Find May Derail Reforms in Mexico.
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... l-reforms-in-mexico
("After years of deep exploration and almost $10 billion in investment since 2009, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) made a big oil find in the ultradeep waters of the Gulf of Mexico [called the Trion field]. * * * Pemex is preparing to announce a second deepwater discovery in coming days, according to company executives. * * * Pemex lacks experience beyond shallow waters, and Mexico’s deepwater Gulf territory is too vast for a single company to explore and exploit, says Juan Carlos Zepeda, head of the nation’s Hydrocarbons Commission")

My comment: There is no need to read the rest.

(3) Ma Jie and Masatsugu Horie, Japan Tries Cars That Make the Mini Look Maxi.
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... -the-mini-look-maxi

Note:
(a) The summary underneath the title in print: Entrepreneurs bet ultracompacts will lure the nation's older drivers.
(b) Masatsugu HORIE  堀江 政嗣

tsugu 継ぐ; 続ぐ; 嗣ぐ; 襲ぐ 【つぐ】 (v): "to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)"
(c)
(i) Yoshiro SUGIMOTO  杉本 祥郎
(ii) Town EV  Corporation  タウンＥＶ株式会社
www.town-ev.jp
(iii)Though the report does not explicitly say Town EV Corp's car called "ZEVe" is electric, the name of the company suggests it is. The proof is in the company homepage: "電気自動車."
(d) Honda President Takanobu ITO  伊東 孝紳 (though ITo is usually 伊藤)
(e) Japanese surnames Matsunaga and Doi are 松永 and 土井, respectively.
(f) Shuji MATSUMURA  (群馬大学工学部) 松村 修二
(g) The "ultracompact" car in this report is 超小型電気自動車 in Kanji.


(4) Margaret Newkirk and Gigi Douban, Legal Immigrants Wanted for Dirty Jobs. (title in print)
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... nted-for-dirty-jobs
($10.85 an hour cutting chicken breasts)

Quote: "File this story under Unintended Consequences. HB 56, as Alabama’s year-old immigration law is known, was supposed to drive illegal Hispanic immigrants from the state and free up factory jobs for natives. Workers cleared out, but a boom in hiring of Alabamians to chop chicken and clean fish hasn’t materialized the way the law’s backers had hoped. So employers are turning to another immigrant work force: refugees [because too few locals were interested in or qualified to take jobs].

Note:
(a) The summary in table of contents: Alabama needs refugees.
(b) The summary underneath the title in print: Alabama factories desperate for workers are recruiting Africans.


(5) M Rose, Three-Ring Ad Circus; Ogilvy & Mather's surreal Canton fun house.
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... hree-ring-ad-circus

Note:
(a) Please do not forget to view "slideshow" to the left of the text.
(b)
(i) 3 Ring Circus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Ring_Circus
(ii) circus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus
(The activity of the circus traditionally takes place within a ring; large circuses may have multiple rings, like the six-ringed Moscow State Circus)
(c)
(i) Ogilvy & Mather
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogilvy_%26_Mather
(founded in 1948 by David Ogilvy, as "Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson, & Mather" in Manhattan with a staff of two and no clients)
(a 1954 American film comedy)
(ii) The English surname Mather referred to a mower or reaper of grass or hay, from a word in Old English .
(d) funhouse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funhouse