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Robert Herbold: China vs. America: Which Is the Developing Country? – WSJ.com

Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Robert Herbold says that China is surging ahead of the U.S. with a winning approach that features everything from new roads to wise leadership, sound financials and five-year plans.

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Shanghai now more expensive than New York | CNNGo.com

Among other findings from the EIU’s latest Worldwide Cost of Living report: bread in Moscow is three times costlier than in London.

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NBA Doppelgangers

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Funny stuff, courtesy of Huan
The NBA and their doppelgangers. For more, check @nbadoppelganger

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The Nike Experiment: How the Shoe Giant Unleashed the Power of Personal Metrics

Read about the latest medical technology, pharmaceuticals and biotech trends including diets, drugs, genetics, stem cells, medicine, health, and cloning from Wired.com.

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Johnnie Walker China Bottle Design

Illustrator employs a traditional decorative Chinese-style white and blue technique to tell the story of Johnnie Walker whisky’s epic journey from Scotland to China over a hundred years ago.

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Cute, Clean Image Shift For American Apparel

A new American Apparel ad breaks from their traditional waifish model to feature some awesome little break-dancers.

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Shanghai’s 15 best al fresco drinking spots – CNNGo.com

CNNGo.comShanghai's 15 best al fresco drinking spotsCNNGo.comThis perennial Shanghai favorite is particularly popular when the sun comes out and the leafy garden terrace comes into its own. Al fresco fact: The expansive outdoor terrace at Cotton&#3…

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NVIDIA acquiring wireless chip manufacturer Icera, doubling-down on the post-PC era

NVIDIA, a company once focused entirely on giant graphics cards for home computers, has already quite successfully re-positioned itself as a player in the mobile graphics world. Now it’s poised to really shake things up, announcing the acquisition o…

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CSR provides GPS chip for Samsung Galaxy S II

CSR just announced that their SiRFstarIV GPS receiver chip is providing location capabilities for Samsung’s latest Galaxy S II smartphone. What’s most interesting with CSR’s technology in this architecture is that the designer anticipated that …

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Samsung SENS-240 Navigation Tablet is strange and familiar

It’s been a few years but iriver just released an updated version of its NV GPS navigator with SPINN UI. Wa… wait a second, that’s a Samsung logo. Sorry, this is the Samsung SENS-240, a hybrid car navigation system / tablet that plays nice with your…

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