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The China Syndrome
Two decades ago, a cashmere sweater was a soft symbol of wealth and status warn by pipe smoking duffers at the club. Eventually women also wanted to wear the wool [...]
Bad to the Bone
I see the Feds bagged some more bad dudes relating to the machining world. Zimmer, DePuy, Smith & Nephew, and Biomet owe $311 million in fines to the Federal Government [...]
Do we really need another Industrial Trade Show?
I did not attend the AMMO EXPO in Las Vegas, but I have talked with several people who did. The consensus is that the show was a commendable first try [...]
China takes responsibility for its sins (By Noah Graff)
Zhang Shuhong, owner of the Lee Der Industrial Company, responsible for supplying toys with toxic lead paint to Mattel, committed suicide over the weekend. My question is, would this scenario [...]
The Customer Isn’t Always Right
I hear that Sprint has notified 1,000 of its customers that they are being terminated by the cell phone service provider. Sprint will get some momentary snickering PR, but frankly, [...]
eBay– Lookin for Love in all the Wrong Places
Welcome everybody to swarfblog. This is my historic first entry. eBay has lost its love in the merchant community, and it is looking to find it in all the wrong [...]