...:00?pm, "abc" <a...@xyz.com> wrote: "Micky Wong" <micky...@11thdimension.ca> wrote in message news:46b2877e$1@newsgate.x-privat.org... "Chinese Bargain" May Become Very Expensive -- Mattel Takes a Hit on Toy Recall not as big as the hit Chinka will feel once everyone stops buying cheap...

"Micky Wong" <mickywon@11thdimension.ca> wrote in message news:46b2877e$1@newsgate.x-privat.org... "Chinese Bargain" May Become Very Expensive -- Mattel Takes a Hit on Toy Recall not as big as the hit Chinka will feel once everyone stops buying cheap shit from Chinka. They managed to paint themselves into a corner with their own greed. Gotta love it.

"Chinese Bargain" May Become Very Expensive -- Mattel Takes a Hit on Toy...certain Fisher-Price products sold between May and August 2007, including characters popular...problems have eroded consumer confidence about Chinese imports and prompted a new resolve... probably contained, the company could take further hits down the road ...-earnings multiple of 17 times. Mattel faces other challenges as well....

...and its affiliates take claims of unfair labor practices very seriously and investigates.... Iconic brand names, like Nike, Mattel and Gap responded by forming corporate... in more expensive or sophisticated auditing programs, critics say. Chinese suppliers ... increase labor costs. Yet it may become more difficult for human ...has too many factories. The workers' bargaining position is weak and the ...

... Brown Although cheap Chinese consumer items are a bargain at the ... forget about safety and it becomes all about cheap, and lots ... Someday China will be too expensive to do business with. Corporate ... is nigh. Micheal It's very easy to say something, but ...imbalance with China...therefore attack...take a swipe at its product...lead paint, that obviously shows Mattel didnt have any strick Quality...