Category Archives: Supply Chain
China announces anti-dumping steps on US chicken
Companies:
Tyson Foods Inc.
On Friday February 5, 2010, 1:46 am EST
BEIJING (AP) — China announced anti-dumping duties of up to 105.4 percent Friday on imports of U.S. chicken products, adding to trade strains with Washington.
The case comes amid mutual accusations of protectionism by Beijing and Washington which both say will hurt efforts to end the global [...]
More melamine-tainted milk products found in China
BEIJING – Melamine-tainted dairy products were pulled from convenience store shelves in southern China more than a year after hundreds of thousands of children had been sickened in a massive milk safety scandal, a government spokeswoman said Monday.
The announcement calls into question the effectiveness of a crackdown launched by Chinese officials [...]
The Shrinking of Corporate America
Fourth-Quarter Profits Jump as Banks, Airlines, Factories Cut Spending, Payrolls
By PAUL VIGNA And JOHN SHIPMAN
Now showing this earnings season: the Incredible Shrinking Corporation.
Since the start of the recession two years ago, corporate and consumer balance sheets have been engaged in a forced bout of cutbacks that figure prominently in fourth-quarter earnings reports coming out now.
The [...]
Outsourcing Isn’t Just for Christmas
LIAM DENNING
Another Christmas, another triumph for the world’s foremost exponent of vertical integration.
Imagine if Santa Claus outsourced instead. Pinkerton might be hired to keep tabs on how well children behaved. Toys would no doubt be churned out in Chinese factories rather than Polar workshops. Santa could stay home and brainstorm with his elves on brand [...]