Cold-food storage is a new idea for most consumers in India.
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<< Minnesota
manufactured exports saw a 14.5 percent increase in the fourth quarter of 2007
over the same period in 2006, according to a report out this spring from the
state’s Department of Employment and Economic Development. Computers,
electronics, and related parts led all export sectors at $1 billion. The top
export growth areas included transportation equipment, food, chemicals, and
machinery—all to Canada.
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<< Scruples
Haircare is taking its White Tea Embrace and Menz styling products to Europe.
The Lakeville-based company opened its first distribution facility in the
Netherlands to serve its growing customer base in Europe and Japan. Scruples
sold more than 30 million units of hair products in salons last year.
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<< The beginning
of 2008 saw the enactment of China’s first nationwide contract employment law.
Ruilin Li, a partner at Minneapolis law firm Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., says
the new law could present dilemmas for U.S. employers of Chinese nationals. “If
you enter into short-term agreements with your employees, you may need to renew
the term more frequently,” Li says. “And once you renew the employment agreement
twice, [it] becomes an open-term agreement—and the employees be-come almost
lifetime employees.” >>
