New York Times, Dec 7, 2012

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(1) Catherine Rampell and Nick Wingfield, In Shift of Jobs, Apple Will Make Some Macs in US; a $100 million plan; Amid skepticism, hope for broad resurgence in Manufacturing. (front page)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/0 ... -manufacturing.html

(a) Excerpt in the window of print: 'America has been looking a lot more competitive lately.'

(b) four consecutive paragraphs:

"Other computer manufacturing has been trickling back to the United States after largely shifting overseas in the 1990s.

"In October, Lenovo, the computer giant based in China, said it would begin making its Think-branded computers, including notebooks, desktops and some tablets, at a facility in Whitsett, NC The move will create 115 manufacturing jobs at the plant, the company said.

"Mark Stanton, director of global supply chain communications for Lenovo, said that moving the jobs to the United States would allow Lenovo to offer faster turnaround times for its customers in North America than if the machines were coming from overseas, and that the company was not specifically creating the American jobs because of any political pressure.

“'We’re certainly not unaware of the economic situation and political environment,' he said. 'It’s an added benefit, but we didn’t go in with that premise. We went in with a business case.'

My comment: There is no need to read the rest. I am skeptical about how meaningful the Apple move will be. But the quotation is about Lenovo.


(2) Choe Sang-Hun, In Changing South Korea, Who Counts as 'Korean'?  Immigrant influx erodes homogeneity. (print day: Dec 7)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/3 ... in-south-korea.html
("Ms [Jasmine] Lee, 35, who was born Jasmine Bacurnay in the Philippines, made history in April when she became the first naturalized citizen — and the first nonethnic Korean — to win a seat in South Korea’s National Assembly")

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(3) Floyd Norris, Sorting Out a Chinese Puzzle in Auditing. New York Times, Dec 7, 2012
www.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/busin ... le-in-auditing.html

(a) Excerpt in the window of print:
(i) Without documents from China, auditors are stymied.
(ii) From Chinese officials, assurances but no action.

(b) My comment: The article is lengthy, but I find it interesting. Read the first several paragraphs, to see if you want to continue.