Honfest rules ban vendors from selling cat's-eye glasses, other trademarked merchandise A week before Baltimore's annual homage to the Hon, the hullabaloo over who owns rights to the city's quintessential Everywoman seems to have reignited. It's risky handing your brand over to a contract manufacturer in China. Exhibit A: Apple, which is reeling from a recent explosion at a Hon Hai factory in Chengdu, where accountability can be fuzzy. Hon Hai, which uses the trade name Foxconn, has resumed operations at the Chengdu, China, plant that produces Apple iPads two weeks after an explosion killed three workers and injured 15. The Wall Street Journal reported that Hon Hai spokesman Louis Woo said that company has made improvements in its workshops to address buildup of aluminum dust in the air vents. This dust is believed to have ignited and caused the explosion. Woo did not elaborate on what improvements had been made but told the Journal that the plant has reviewed the areas where the dust is created as a by- product and that the new measures "are a direct response to our efforts to ensure that we are applying the highest possible safety practices." Read full article >> Hon Hai Precision Industry said its polishing workshops in China went back online this week after a probe into a combustible dust explosion that killed three and injured 15 workers last month. (EMAILWIRE.COM, June 01, 2011 ) NEW YORK, NY - The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) surged 0.97% to $77.74. The stock has a 52-week range of $59.48-$80.65. The stock has average daily volume of 4.59 million shares. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $57.40 billion. General... We maintain our 'Neutral' recommendation on L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. May 23 - Shares of Hon Hai Precision Industry, which manufactures Apple Inc's iPad, tumbled to a near nine-month low on concern that Apple might shift orders to other producers following a blast at one of the company's plants in China. Toshi Maeda reports. Elections are supposed to be passionate, but intimidation of voters has no place in our democracy. Not now, not ever. Some 70 corporate travel departments, travel management companies and tour operators from around the world transmitted a letter to Rt. Hon. George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Rt HonMichael Moore MP... The Kapatid Network promises reforms to avoid the controversial March 12 episode of Willing Willie to happen again. Below is the letter sent by TV5 to MTRCB yesterday, April 4, 2011: HON. GRACE POE LLAMANZARES Chairman Movie and Television Review and Classification Board Dear Chairman Llamanzares: We wish to thank the MTRCB for giving us [...] (Scott) Preserving the rules of decorum is always a challenge, especially in wartime. The great Iowahawk has therefore published "war etiquette tips" by "The Hon. Lindsey Graham of the Charleston Grahams." Senator Graham of course condemns unnecessary rudeness toward the Koran and laments the apparent difficulty created by the Constitution in enacting a law against it. "Until such time as my legislation is enacted, the least we can do as gentlemen is to endeavor a mending of the frayed relationship now existing between ourselves and the Taliban," he advises via Iowahawk. "In this regard, I would like to apply another lesson I learned at Miss Buelah Fontaine's academy: the gracious apology note." Here it is: > _The Right Reverend Ayman Al-Zawahiri Cave 37-B, Kandahar Arms_ > > My Dearest Reverend: > > On behalf of my colleagues, please allow me to express our deepest shame at the blasphemous action of one our citizens in the incident that so rightly vexed you and other devout followers of the Prophet. Please rest assured that as a civilized nation we in no way condone or tolerate this type of behavior. Although we cannot undo the unimaginable hurt his thoughtlessness caused, we will leave no stone ... On today's digits: Hon Hai, parent company of Apple manufacturer Foxconn, suspends production after an explosion that killed three people. This morning Crown Fibre Holdings and the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Hon Steven Joyce, has released the following information regarding the selection of Telecom NZ and Enable Networks as the remaining key partners selected... (more in the full post) Combustible dust appears to have been a trigger for the explosion at Hon Hai, which makes Apple's iPad. According to Business Insider, a report from FBR analyst Craig Berger claims that Apple's goal of producing 40-45 million iPads is "out of reach." Apple's current second-quarter production target is 6.2 million iPad units, but that may not be possible due to production issues with Hon Hai, Berger said. As a result, actual iPad production could drop to 5.2 million units during the third quarter. Similarly, Berger argues that Apple may face production issues from the March earthquake in Japan, particularly in relation to touchscreen displays. Berger's report is on a par with a recent DigiTimes article that suggested Apple would have a hard time manufacturing enough iPhone 4 and iPad 2 units to meet demand due to material and In his message for Caribbean Tourism Day on November 2, Premier and Minister for Tourism, Hon. Ralph T. O'Neal said the board will soon have its full cadre of members and their new Chairman. He said a paper is going to Cabinet next week, "and you will hear the announcement." In August, Myron Walwyn resigned as the Chairman of the Tourist Board and shortly after, Ms. Haddassah Ward was confirmed as Director of the Tourist Board. The Premier in his message, spoke about several... World Tourism News _**WASHINGTON/April 11, 2011**_ -- On Saturday, April 9, **Carol Tobias **was elected president of the **National Right to Life Committee** (NRLC), the national federation of 50 state affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters. Tobias, who becomes the 8th NRLC president since _**Roe v. Wade**_, succeeds **Wanda Franz**, Ph.D. of **West Virginia**. "I am extremely humbled and honored to be elected president by the **National Right to Life** board, which represents our nationwide network of state affiliates and local chapters," said Mrs. Tobias. "As the late pro-life Congressman **Henry Hyde** of **Illinois** said, National Right to Life 'is the flagship of the pro-life movement.' I'm looking forward to the opportunity to help our pro-life network in its continuing effort to educate the public and pass laws protecting mothers and their unborn children." A native of **North Dakota**, Tobias has served on the NRLC board of directors since 1987. From 1983 to 1991 she was executive director of North Dakota Right to Life and in 1991 was hired as NRLC political director, a position she held until 2005. During her tenure as NRLC political director, pro-life majorities were elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. ... China said Hon Hai Precision and other Taiwanese companies operating on the mainland should strengthen safety measures following a deadly explosion at the electronics manufacturer's plant.
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Festival fliers reignite 'hon' controversy The Human Cost of an iPad Made in China Apple partner reopens Chengdu plant Hon Hai Says Halted Workshops Resume Defense Product and Service Stocks Ended Higher L3 Comm Neutral Lane Analyst Blog shares hit after blast Hon. Carolyn Bennett Surely Not Canada Too Travel buyers from around the world urge UK government to reduce air passenger duty TV5′s Latest Letter MTRCB War is no excuse for forgetting one's manners Digits Live Show Manufacturer Suspends Production Final NZ UltraFast Broadband partners announcements Foxconn explosion supply impact unclear dangers combustible dust Apple’s goal producing 45 million iPads ‘out reach ’ analyst says BVI Cabinet Decide on New Tourist Board TB Chairman by Next Week Ca
