Week 49

Happy B day, Tucker!

China Railway in strong HK debut
Chinese 'border gesture' to India
Japan downgrades economic growth
China firm cans toxic tinned meat

Chehalis, WA, is the town along I-5, which was severely impacted by the flood from the heavy rainfall and a broken river dike. The closed freeway is stretched from mile post 68 to 88. So how that in relate to home and work..hm… I live around mile post 7, work near mile post 36 and see my dentist at mil post 63.
Deadly storms hit US north-west, yes, that's us!
Finland stays top of global class, Hong Kong ranked 3rd in maths and reading. USA ranked below average.
Governor: Flood damage will be costly, part of I-5 is still closed as of 12.5.

Another heart-sinking headline from an article that I read: Norske Skog considers permanently reducing European newsprint capacity by 400,000/tonnes year; will make decision in 1Q, you have been hear a lot from me this week about this topic. Companies just like to drop the bomb at the year end, right before the holiday season to tell u that, guess what, time to look at the classsified.

Metso Paper reaches agreement on measures to improve competitiveness in Finland, big M is cutting ppl.
Storm that battered Northwest moves on, part of I-5 is down with high water, W folks are flying down from Seattle.
Fibre to offer worker buyouts
Powerful storm batters Pacific Northwest, flooding of the Cowlitz river at Kelso and many more rivers in OR and WA are in flooding mode.
Are you a rain lover? Official has a job for you
Parents of skydiver killed in plane crash file suit
Democracy champion wins HK poll
Chinese man dies of H5N1 bird flu
國泰加薪逾4%
Godiva朱古力疑混金屬碎