Bloomberg BusinessWeek, July 30, 2012

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(1) Karl Lester M Yap, Keiko Ujikane and Shamim Adam, Young Workers Give Southeast Asia an Edge.
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... theast-asia-an-edge

Quote:

"The demographic dividend—a term popularized by economists David Bloom, David Canning, and Jaypee Sevilla in a 2001 National Bureau of Economic Research study—happens when most of a country’s population is in the 15-to-64 working-age range.

"Mitsumi Electric, with more than 14,000 staff on Cebu, is among the businesses looking to move more manufacturing out of China, says Yoshitsugu Murakami, a spokesman in Tokyo for the electronic-parts maker. 'Labor costs in China have been rising,' Murakami says. 'It’s good for us to shift production to the Philippines little by little. It’s easy to recruit talented workers.'

Note:
(a) Keiko UJIKANE  氏兼 敬子  
(b) Summary in print:
> The Philippines, Malaysia, and their neighbors are thriving
> "The demographic dividend is over for Japan and Korea"
(c)
(i) Cebu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu
(Its capital is Cebu City, the oldest city in the Philippines;  Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the Philippines)
(ii) History. Cebu City, June 25, 2010
http://www.cebucity.gov.ph/history
("The name Cebu came from the word 'SEBU' meaning animal fat. Long before the coming of the Spaniards, it was a fishing village ruled by Rajah Humabon")
(d) The report refers to Tsuneishi Holdings as "Japan’s second-largest shipbuilder."

Tsuishi Group  常石グループ includes Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co, Ltd  常石造船株式会社.
(e)
(i) Mitsumi Electric Co, Ltd  ミツミ電機株式会社 (founded in 1954; headquarters Tokyo)
(ii) About Us. Mitsumi, undated.
http://www.mitsumi.com/index.php?option=aboutus&menu=aboutus
(“'MITSUMI' means three beauties in Japanese")

Thus, probably 三つ美.
(f)
(i) National Bureau of Economic Research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Economic_Research
(a private nonprofit reseach organization; founded in 1920; located in Cambridge, Massachusetts with branch offices in Palo Alto, California, and New York City)
(ii) Bloom DE, Canning D and Sevilla J, Economic Growth and the Demographic Transition. NBER Working Paper No. 8685 (December 2001)
http://www.nber.org/papers/w8685
(g)
(i) Yoshimasa MARUYAMA  丸山 義正/ Itochu 伊藤忠
(ii) The Japanese surname Murakami is 村上.


(2) Dexter Roberts, On China's Web, Green Activists Grow Bolder.
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... om-over-environment

Note: summary in print
> Over a thousand microblogs monitor pollution and food safety
> "In China, even the most privileged people can't live in bubble"

(3) Brad Stone, Google's Smoking-Fast Fiber Network.
http://www.businessweek.com/arti ... -fast-fiber-network

Quote:

"Google Fiber, slated for pilot runs this fall in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., took center stage at a press conference on July 26. Google announced that, once the cables are in place, monthly subscribers will enjoy Internet speeds as much as 20 times faster than cable and telecom broadband networks.

"The fledgling network will operate at 1,000 megabits (1 gigabit) per second, Google says, allowing near-instantaneous uploads or downloads of photos and video, as well as seamless live video conferences. Compare that with the U.S. networks of Time Warner (TWC), Comcast (CMCSA), and AT&T (T), which Web content delivery company Akamai Technologies (AKAM) says offer an average broadband speed of roughly 5.8 megabits per second—and probably a little less on weekend nights, as frustrated Netflix Instant subscribers can attest.