Money, money, money - it's a rich mans world - if you can engineer the deals

 With apologies to George Orwell and Animal Farm 

German business executives are prickly about declaring their annual income in their company's annual report, arguing disingenuously that it promotes envy in the country's notoriously egalitarian society.

It was reported that some 7,000 employees of Huawei Technologies Co were required to resign from and then re-apply for their jobs. This has stirred some controversy in recent weeks.

Fords better-than-expected third-quarter performance shows its new CEO has the carmaker on the right track

and it also announces that it will keep the Volvo business.   

 To clearly understand the competition between the engineering and manufacturing sector in the U.S and in China , we need to look at some basic facts.

 As the pressures build, so the net for engineers and technical personnel is cast wider afield

Tirunelveli and Trichy, Durgapur and Dankuni hardly trip off the tongue of most Indian IT professionals living in the established hot spots of the information technology industry. 

CHINA yesterday closed its doors to overseas investment in a range of areas, including most engineering, mining and refining and all ethanol and biodiesel plants.  

Plus introducing Limits on Foreign Investment 

 An interesting New Zealand perspective of the Chinese mass production onslaught. With apologies to Mark Twain

 AS engineers continue with exploration, looking for new fields of black gold - 

PETROCHINA became the world's largest company by market value today, overtaking US giant ExxonMobil as shares in Asia¿s top oil and gas producer surged by 191 per cent.

 Hard to think that anyone would engineer a agreement like this - I'm sure that it was a simple misunderstanding

Billionaire Richard Pratt and his Visy group of companies have been fined a record $36 million for colluding in a price fixing deal with their arch rival in Australia's cardboard industry.

 So if you are still thinking about getting your products made in China,  read this and weep - and the Chinese know that it was never "for ever" which is why they are investing so heavily in technology and engineering - preparing for the day when .......

 When my baby kisses me I go to Rio - a lot of kisses to keep the surplus kicking along 

 The business of business is business and the Chinese are engineering themselves into long term positions

 Despite the doom and gloom - there are some areas of hope !!! and a top spot is a top spot - I'm sure that engineering excellence is in there somewhere 

 It all goes around but goods and services and engineering are fundamental - the economists can theorise but the basics go on,  and on  and on --- we've all got to live

 Maybe just an honest misunderstanding ------

 Engineered mechanical and electrical products dominated at

 the 102nd session of the China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) concluded yesterday, with export deals reaching US$37.45 billion.

and that's some serious business deals 

 As each party tries to engineer itself into a winning position -  "steel" yourselves for some verbal battles as the politicians try and "iron" out this one

BRUSSELS (AFP) - European steelmakers called on Monday for EU anti-dumping action against imports from China, Taiwan and South Korea, which they claim are flooding the European market at unfair prices and seek tariffs on China imports

A  move away from fossil - this will get the engineers active in developing new applications for the subtle differences this fuel brings -----