China bans Italian mozzarella cheese after scare
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Learn to Trade with a FREE Guide.SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China banned sales of Italian mozzarella cheese on Saturday after Italy ordered a recall of the product because it might be contaminated with cancer-causing dioxins.
The Chinese government agency that supervises product quality ordered importers to stop selling the cheese and to recall Italian mozzarella that had already been sold, the official Xinhua agency said.
The mailing or carrying of the cheese into China were also banned.
"Every batch of other kinds of cheese products from Italy must go through laboratory tests before they are allowed to enter the country," the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine was quoted as saying.
After Italy announced its recall on Friday, Japan and South Korea blocked imports and Singapore halted sales.
France briefly banned sales of some Italian mozzarella but revoked the ban hours later after winning Rome's assurance that none of the suspect cheese had been exported there.
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28 Mar 2008
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Learn to Trade with a FREE Guide.SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China banned sales of Italian mozzarella cheese on Saturday after Italy ordered a recall of the product because it might be contaminated with cancer-causing dioxins.
The Chinese government agency that supervises product quality ordered importers to stop selling the cheese and to recall Italian mozzarella that had already been sold, the official Xinhua agency said.
The mailing or carrying of the cheese into China were also banned.
"Every batch of other kinds of cheese products from Italy must go through laboratory tests before they are allowed to enter the country," the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine was quoted as saying.
After Italy announced its recall on Friday, Japan and South Korea blocked imports and Singapore halted sales.
France briefly banned sales of some Italian mozzarella but revoked the ban hours later after winning Rome's assurance that none of the suspect cheese had been exported there.
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太平洋戦争に対する考え方
「日本にとって正しい戦争だと思いますか。」という問いに対して、「戦争の正邪は軽々しく判断すべきではないし、またできるものでもない。」と前置きしながらも、あってはならない戦争をやった責任は日本とアメリカ双方にあるとしています。日本の過ちは中国大陸に戦線を拡大したこと。アメリカの過ちは、日本から戦争以外の選択肢を奪った（ABCD包囲網）こと。昨日のNHKスペシャルで日本が中国大陸で戦線をずるずると拡大していく様子を特集していましたが、その中にあった「日本は資源をアメリカに依存しており、戦争状態になると輸出を止められてしまうので中国に宣戦布告はできない。」というような説明がありました。日本は中国進出時から輸入制限のリスクを認識していたのにそれを止められなかったことになります。本にも書かれていますが、アメリカは開戦前からオレンジ計画として日本との戦争を想定していたそうです。逆に日本はアメリカとの戦争は全く考えておらず、ロシアばかりを警戒してとのこと。私が思うのは、日本はうまくアメリカの戦略にのせられたんだな、ということ。結果的に軍事大国日本を弱体化させ、全て悪いのは日本で、正義に国アメリカを強調できたのですから。
著者はこの一方が悪で、もう一方が正義という考え方をとてもおかしいと思っていて、その例として広島の平和記念公園の原爆慰霊碑をあげています。そこに書かれている銘文「安らかに眠ってください。過ちは繰り返しませぬから」について、主語がないため誰が過ちを繰り返さないといっているか分からないが、たぶん、日本人なのだろうと言っています。しかし、原爆を落としたのはアメリカで、アメリカは原爆投下によって戦争が早く終決したのだから「正しい」と考えている。つまりそこからは、自分の過ちでないことまで自分の過ちとする日本と、自分の過ちを認めずに正当化するアメリカの姿が見えてくる、と言っている。このことは、原爆投下に対してだけでなく、当時の戦争全体に共通していることのように私には思える。昨日のサンデープロジェクトでも、日本人による満州事変、日中戦争、太平洋戦争の総括が必要だと言っていたが、できるかどうかはともかく「必要」というのはその通りだと思う。
ちなみに、あのマッカーサーも次のように証言しています。GHQ総司令官だったマッカーサーがこういう証言をしているのだから、「全て日本が悪かった」という教育が自虐教育と言われるのは仕方がないかもしれません。
・対訳 マッカーサー証言
Their purpose, therefore, in going to war was largely dictated by security.
したがって、彼らが戦争を始めた目的は、主として安全保障上の必要に迫られてのことだったのです。
「日本にとって正しい戦争だと思いますか。」という問いに対して、「戦争の正邪は軽々しく判断すべきではないし、またできるものでもない。」と前置きしながらも、あってはならない戦争をやった責任は日本とアメリカ双方にあるとしています。日本の過ちは中国大陸に戦線を拡大したこと。アメリカの過ちは、日本から戦争以外の選択肢を奪った（ABCD包囲網）こと。昨日のNHKスペシャルで日本が中国大陸で戦線をずるずると拡大していく様子を特集していましたが、その中にあった「日本は資源をアメリカに依存しており、戦争状態になると輸出を止められてしまうので中国に宣戦布告はできない。」というような説明がありました。日本は中国進出時から輸入制限のリスクを認識していたのにそれを止められなかったことになります。本にも書かれていますが、アメリカは開戦前からオレンジ計画として日本との戦争を想定していたそうです。逆に日本はアメリカとの戦争は全く考えておらず、ロシアばかりを警戒してとのこと。私が思うのは、日本はうまくアメリカの戦略にのせられたんだな、ということ。結果的に軍事大国日本を弱体化させ、全て悪いのは日本で、正義に国アメリカを強調できたのですから。
著者はこの一方が悪で、もう一方が正義という考え方をとてもおかしいと思っていて、その例として広島の平和記念公園の原爆慰霊碑をあげています。そこに書かれている銘文「安らかに眠ってください。過ちは繰り返しませぬから」について、主語がないため誰が過ちを繰り返さないといっているか分からないが、たぶん、日本人なのだろうと言っています。しかし、原爆を落としたのはアメリカで、アメリカは原爆投下によって戦争が早く終決したのだから「正しい」と考えている。つまりそこからは、自分の過ちでないことまで自分の過ちとする日本と、自分の過ちを認めずに正当化するアメリカの姿が見えてくる、と言っている。このことは、原爆投下に対してだけでなく、当時の戦争全体に共通していることのように私には思える。昨日のサンデープロジェクトでも、日本人による満州事変、日中戦争、太平洋戦争の総括が必要だと言っていたが、できるかどうかはともかく「必要」というのはその通りだと思う。
ちなみに、あのマッカーサーも次のように証言しています。GHQ総司令官だったマッカーサーがこういう証言をしているのだから、「全て日本が悪かった」という教育が自虐教育と言われるのは仕方がないかもしれません。
・対訳 マッカーサー証言
Their purpose, therefore, in going to war was largely dictated by security.
したがって、彼らが戦争を始めた目的は、主として安全保障上の必要に迫られてのことだったのです。
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The surge began at the opening bell after two big investment banks, Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs, delivered stronger-than-expected earnings. It faltered only briefly after the Fed’s announcement in the afternoon that it would cut its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point, with the Dow tacking on nearly 300 points in the final hour and a half.
At the end of trading, the Dow was at 12,392.66, a gain of 420.41 points, or 3.51 percent. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index advanced 4.24 percent, its best performance since October 2002. It was up 54.14 points, to 1,330.74. The Nasdaq composite index also gained 4.2 percent, or 91.25 points, to 2,268.26.
The rally capped a week of extraordinary efforts on the part of the central bank to restore confidence to financial markets after the near collapse of Bear Stearns, one of Wall Street’s most venerable investment banks.
The three-quarter point cut amounted to a strong dose of financial adrenaline, though some investors had expected an even deeper cut.
“The market, after thinking it over for a few minutes, has come to the right conclusion,” said Jerry Webman, the chief economist and senior investment officer of OppenheimerFunds. “If you look at the policy moves over the last five days, the Fed is doing the best it can out of a bad situation.”
But as stock investors enjoyed the euphoria, ominous signs appeared elsewhere in the market. Widening spreads on mortgage and short-term debt indicated that the Fed’s actions may not have cut to the heart of the current crisis: the lack of willingness among financial institutions to lend to one another.
Spreads on lending between banks and Fannie Mae mortgage bonds widened, a sign of decreased confidence, even after a morning where investors had appeared more confident about the repayment of loans.
“The fact that they widened after the Fed announcement showed that there is still some concern in the credit markets,” said David Kovacs, chief investment officer at Turner Investment Partners in Berwyn, Pa. “Even with all the work that the Fed has done, including cutting by 2 percent since the beginning of the year, even with that the risk is not over.”
Shares of financial firms, however, continued to surge in late trading as they recovered from a severe beating on Monday. Lehman Brothers, whose share price plummeted 19 percent a day earlier as rumors swirled that the bank was facing liquidity problems, gained back all its losses after reporting a 57 percent decline in net income for the first quarter. That figure beat expectations and restored some confidence in the company; its stock rose 46 percent, to $46.49.
Goldman Sachs reported a 53 percent earnings decline, also better than Wall Street estimates, and its shares rose 16 percent, to $175.59. MF Global, the commodities brokerage firm that plummeted in value on Monday, gained back 35 percent, to $8.17.
And Bear Stearns, which was valued at $2 a share in the weekend takeover by JPMorgan Chase, closed at $5.91, a 23 percent bounce from Monday’s close, as traders bet the company may be able to negotiate a better deal in the near future.
The Fed’s cut to its benchmark lending rate will lower the cost of mortgages, car loans, and other consumer transactions. But it can also lead to higher prices and a devalued dollar.
The yields on Treasury notes, some of which reached 50-year lows on Monday, climbed back on near- and short-term bonds. And commodities like oil and corn recovered from a sell-off a day earlier.
Commodities analysts said traders were responding to the more stable financial markets and continued to see firm fundamentals for future price gains in energy and agricultural commodities. They said the rebound in prices reflected hopes that strong actions by the Fed would avert a slowdown in the United States and reduce the possibility that a recession will douse increasing worldwide demand for energy, metals and food.
“It’s a mild recovery and it’s a logical response to yesterday’s hard sell-off. In general the fundamentals on many commodities remain sound despite jitters over global financial markets,” said Joel Crane, a commodities strategist at Deutsche Bank.
Crude oil gained to settle at $109.42 a barrel. Gold fell below $1,000 a troy ounce and the dollar gained ground against the euro, which settled at $1.5630.
The bounce on Wall Street followed strong sessions in foreign stock markets, which recovered on the strength of banks and financial services firms. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo finished up 1.5 percent and Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng index gained 1.4 percent.
In Europe, indexes in London, Paris and Frankfurt all closed more than 3 percent higher, a full recovery from Monday’s declines.
At the end of trading, the Dow was at 12,392.66, a gain of 420.41 points, or 3.51 percent. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index advanced 4.24 percent, its best performance since October 2002. It was up 54.14 points, to 1,330.74. The Nasdaq composite index also gained 4.2 percent, or 91.25 points, to 2,268.26.
The rally capped a week of extraordinary efforts on the part of the central bank to restore confidence to financial markets after the near collapse of Bear Stearns, one of Wall Street’s most venerable investment banks.
The three-quarter point cut amounted to a strong dose of financial adrenaline, though some investors had expected an even deeper cut.
“The market, after thinking it over for a few minutes, has come to the right conclusion,” said Jerry Webman, the chief economist and senior investment officer of OppenheimerFunds. “If you look at the policy moves over the last five days, the Fed is doing the best it can out of a bad situation.”
But as stock investors enjoyed the euphoria, ominous signs appeared elsewhere in the market. Widening spreads on mortgage and short-term debt indicated that the Fed’s actions may not have cut to the heart of the current crisis: the lack of willingness among financial institutions to lend to one another.
Spreads on lending between banks and Fannie Mae mortgage bonds widened, a sign of decreased confidence, even after a morning where investors had appeared more confident about the repayment of loans.
“The fact that they widened after the Fed announcement showed that there is still some concern in the credit markets,” said David Kovacs, chief investment officer at Turner Investment Partners in Berwyn, Pa. “Even with all the work that the Fed has done, including cutting by 2 percent since the beginning of the year, even with that the risk is not over.”
Shares of financial firms, however, continued to surge in late trading as they recovered from a severe beating on Monday. Lehman Brothers, whose share price plummeted 19 percent a day earlier as rumors swirled that the bank was facing liquidity problems, gained back all its losses after reporting a 57 percent decline in net income for the first quarter. That figure beat expectations and restored some confidence in the company; its stock rose 46 percent, to $46.49.
Goldman Sachs reported a 53 percent earnings decline, also better than Wall Street estimates, and its shares rose 16 percent, to $175.59. MF Global, the commodities brokerage firm that plummeted in value on Monday, gained back 35 percent, to $8.17.
And Bear Stearns, which was valued at $2 a share in the weekend takeover by JPMorgan Chase, closed at $5.91, a 23 percent bounce from Monday’s close, as traders bet the company may be able to negotiate a better deal in the near future.
The Fed’s cut to its benchmark lending rate will lower the cost of mortgages, car loans, and other consumer transactions. But it can also lead to higher prices and a devalued dollar.
The yields on Treasury notes, some of which reached 50-year lows on Monday, climbed back on near- and short-term bonds. And commodities like oil and corn recovered from a sell-off a day earlier.
Commodities analysts said traders were responding to the more stable financial markets and continued to see firm fundamentals for future price gains in energy and agricultural commodities. They said the rebound in prices reflected hopes that strong actions by the Fed would avert a slowdown in the United States and reduce the possibility that a recession will douse increasing worldwide demand for energy, metals and food.
“It’s a mild recovery and it’s a logical response to yesterday’s hard sell-off. In general the fundamentals on many commodities remain sound despite jitters over global financial markets,” said Joel Crane, a commodities strategist at Deutsche Bank.
Crude oil gained to settle at $109.42 a barrel. Gold fell below $1,000 a troy ounce and the dollar gained ground against the euro, which settled at $1.5630.
The bounce on Wall Street followed strong sessions in foreign stock markets, which recovered on the strength of banks and financial services firms. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo finished up 1.5 percent and Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng index gained 1.4 percent.
In Europe, indexes in London, Paris and Frankfurt all closed more than 3 percent higher, a full recovery from Monday’s declines.
The FED lowered the benchmark interest rate by .75% to 2.25%, noting "downside risks to growth". Further, the FED announcement hinted towards further cuts in the future as, "recent information indicates that the outlook for economic activity has weakened further".
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