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  • China's Largest Conglomerate Buys Building Housing JPMorgan's Gold Vault

    10/18/2013 2:20:09 PM PDT · by CincyRichieRich · 8 replies
    Zero Hedge ^ | 10-18-13 | Tyler Durden
    In what is the most remarkable news of the day, which has so far passed very quietly under the radar, Fosun International, China's largest private-owned conglomerate which invests in commodities, properties and pharmaceuticals also known as "Shanghai's Hutchison Whampoa", announced in a statement filed just as quietly with the Hong Kong stock exchange, that it had purchased JPM's iconic former headquarters, the tower built by none other than David Rockefeller, at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza for a measly $725 million.
  • Expanding the French Connection

    11/04/2005 11:36:55 AM PST · by paperjam · 22 replies · 3,194+ views
    Self ^ | Friday, November 04, 2005 | Paperjam
    <p>Fox news ran stories last night based on some of the things we were tracking right here in this post. Here is their on line story.</p> <p>As unfinished as my research is, I feel compelled to release what I've found so far as the story cannot wait any longer.  I am not looking for a scoop on anyone or anything, but at the same time I don't want anyone thinking I made this stuff up after the fact either.</p>
  • Senators unhappy with TxDOT

    02/08/2008 12:59:57 PM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 8 replies · 500+ views
    Palestine Herald-Press ^ | February 7, 2008 | Palestine Herald-Press
    Sometimes the truth just has a way of coming to light. A public information officer with the Texas Department of Transportation this week wrote a column in the Herald-Press describing the financial woes facing TxDOT and how because of those problems the state’s transportation department doesn’t have the money to deal with many of the state’s transportation issues. Apparently, several of the state’s senators do not feel that is the case at all. David Dewhurst called out the state’s interim chairwoman of the Texas Transportation Commission, Hope Andrade, on this very issue, according to a story from the Associated Press....
  • The China-Kansas Express (Mexico-Kansas City NAFTA Super Railroad)

    08/18/2007 8:47:50 AM PDT · by dennisw · 71 replies · 1,483+ views
    forbes. ^ | 06.19.06 | Dorothy Pomerantz and Evan Hessel 06.19.06
    Michael Haverty believes the future of international trade hangs on a dusty Mexican port town. You take a bumpy ride on a potholed gravel road through a fishing village to a grassy riverbank to get to the most important new shipping terminal in North America. There's nothing here yet, except birds and the blue Pacific. One mile to the south you can see the old terminal, where three cranes idly wait for a few cargo ships to pull in. It's so quiet you can hear the tilapia jumping out of the water. But when Michael Haverty stands here, at the...
  • China to install sensors along NAFTA highway

    08/18/2007 4:56:44 AM PDT · by Man50D · 24 replies · 826+ views
    WorldNetDaily.com ^ | August 18, 2007 | Jerome R. Corsi
    Radio sensing stations to track traffic and cargo up and down the I-35 NAFTA Superhighway corridor are being installed by Communist China, operating through a port operator subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa, in conjunction with Lockheed Martin and the North America's SuperCorridor Coalition, Inc. The idea is that RFID chips placed in containers where manufactured goods are shipped from China will be able to be tracked to the Mexican ports on the Pacific where the containers are unloaded onto Mexican trucks and trains for transportation on the I-35 NAFTA Superhighway to destinations within the United States. NASCO, a trade association based...
  • Mexico mega-port plan key to 'NAFTA superhighways'

    10/07/2006 3:56:30 AM PDT · by Man50D · 595 replies · 3,757+ views
    WorldNetDaily.com ^ | October 7, 2006
    WASHINGTON – There are mixed signals coming from Mexico about the fate of a proposed mega-port in Baja California for mainly Chinese goods that would be shipped on rail lines and "NAFTA superhighways" running through the U.S. to Canada. The port at Punta Colonet, planned as a major container facility to transfer Asian goods into America's heartland, got at least a temporary setback when a Mexican businessman announced a competing project in which he was seeking to secure mineral rights in the area. Gabriel Chavez, originally one of the principal movers behind the port plan, now says there are significant...
  • China Port Control More Worrisome Than Dubai Deal

    03/24/2006 11:59:30 AM PST · by freedom44 · 22 replies · 822+ views
    Newsmax ^ | 3/24/06 | Christopher Ruddy
    The real reason the Dubai ports deal created such an uproar across America was the much larger issue of border security. If only Congress would show as much concern for our border security as they did about the port deal. Another matter Congress should concern itself with is China's growing reach over global ports - including ones close to the United States. Many Americans already feel neglected by their government over illegal immigration and vulnerable to terrorism due to lax border security. In my mind, it is still baffling to me that after Sept. 11, even after the U.S. government...
  • U.S. to Contract Foreign Co. to Scan Cargo

    03/24/2006 10:05:31 AM PST · by Baby Bear · 19 replies · 447+ views
    AP/Yahoo ^ | March 24, 2006 | Ted Bridis and John Solomon
    U.S. to Contract Hong Kong Firm to Help Scan for Nuclear Materials Passing From Bahamas to U.S.WASHINGTON (AP) -- One of Americans' favorite beach destinations, the Bahamas, is getting a new U.S. arrival -- sophisticated equipment to detect radioactive materials in shipping cargo. But U.S. customs agents won't be on site to supervise the machine's use as a nuclear safeguard for the American shoreline that is just 65 miles away from Freeport. Under an unusual arrangement, a Hong Kong company will help operate the detector. The Bush administration says it is finalizing a no-bid contract with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. It...
  • U.S. Hiring Hong Kong Co. to Scan Nukes

    03/24/2006 1:52:26 AM PST · by AnimalLover · 59 replies · 1,012+ views
    My Way News ^ | Mar 23, 8:32 PM (ET) | TED BRIDIS and JOHN SOLOMON
    In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is hiring a Hong Kong conglomerate to help detect nuclear materials inside cargo passing through the Bahamas to the United States and elsewhere. The administration acknowledges the no-bid contract with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. represents the first time a foreign company will be involved in running a sophisticated U.S. radiation detector at an overseas port without American customs agents present. Freeport in the Bahamas is 65 miles from the U.S. coast, where cargo would be likely to be inspected again. The contract is currently being finalized.
  • U.S. Hiring Hong Kong Co. To Scan Nukes

    03/23/2006 2:49:54 PM PST · by My Favorite Headache · 152 replies · 3,835+ views
    AP ^ | 3-23-06 | TED BRIDIS
    U.S. Hiring Chinese Co. to Scan Nukes By TED BRIDIS and JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writers 27 minutes ago WASHINGTON - In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is hiring a Hong Kong conglomerate to help detect nuclear materials inside cargo passing through the Bahamas to the United States and elsewhere. ADVERTISEMENT The administration acknowledges the no-bid contract with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. represents the first time a foreign company will be involved in running a sophisticated U.S. radiation detector at an overseas port without American customs agents present. Freeport in the Bahamas is 65 miles from...
  • Wal-Mart and Li ka-Shing seen key to Mexico port expansion

    02/12/2006 2:01:49 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 8 replies · 406+ views
    Reuters ^ | Sunday February 12, 2:47 pm ET | Nick Carey
    KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Top retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT - News) and Hong Kong magnate Li ka-Shing are key players in a $300 million expansion of Mexico's Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas aimed at ensuring goods reach U.S. shelves, according to the U.S. railroad that serves the port. "Wal-Mart and other retailers are looking for backup routes so that even if some ports face stoppages they have reliable backups," Michael Haverty, chief executive of Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU - News), told Reuters at KCS headquarters here in a recent interview. As part of current plans, he added, Wal-Mart...
  • Can RFID secure America's ports?

    09/05/2005 11:11:47 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 5 replies · 455+ views
    CNET ^ | Mon Sep 05 | Cheryl Meyer
    Ocean-going cargo is the critical link in the United States' economic supply chain--as well as the most effective delivery vehicle for a terrorist-inspired weapon of mass destruction.A WMD-laden container ship entering Los Angeles, Seattle or New York would be enough to bring the entire U.S. economy grinding to a halt--whether successfully detonated or not. Either way, the impact would be devastating economically and politically both here and abroad. Alas, ocean-going cargo is also the least secure. Despite efforts by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001, to randomly check the manifests of containers...
  • vanity: looking for information on China controlled ports in this hemisphere

    06/26/2005 6:34:47 PM PDT · by RaceBannon · 7 replies · 395+ views
    none | today | self
    I am trying to help a friend write an article, but we need a graphic that we both once saw. Does anyone know of a map that shows the location of Chinese owned ports in the western hemisphere that they have taken over in the last 10 years?
  • Perle's Connection to Global Crossing

    04/01/2003 4:31:38 AM PST · by ninenot · 7 replies · 253+ views
    WorldNet Daily ^ | 4/1/03 | Sherrie Gossett
    Judicial Watch, the public-interest legal watchdog organization, announced yesterday it has filed a formal complaint against Defense Advisory Board member and former Chairman Richard Perle, citing alleged violations of government ethics regulations as well as federal laws governing prohibited conflicts of financial interests. The complaint was filed with the Department of Justice, the Office of Government Ethics and the inspectors general of the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security. On March 25, the New York Times reported that Perle is an adviser to Global Crossing, the bankrupt telecommunications giant that is currently seeking to overcome government opposition to...
  • Trading with the 'Enemy'

    10/20/2003 11:59:40 AM PDT · by Paul Ross · 8 replies · 245+ views
    Center For Security Policy ^ | 8/12/2002 | Frank Gaffney, Jr.
    Decision Brief No. 02-D 40 2002-08-12 TRADING WITH THE ‘ENEMY’ (Washington, D.C.): As America grapples with a two-front challenge -- the global war on terror and the need to reinvigorate the U.S. economy -- its leaders are hoping that expanded international trade can help solve both problems. Unfortunately, if the machinations of the Chinese conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa are any indicator, an indiscriminate approach to trading with potential enemies could cost the United States dearly on both fronts. Recent debates over granting President Bush Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), according Communist China permanent "Normal Trade Relations" status and permitting taxpayer subsidized trade...
  • Beijing's ambitions and the Panama canal

    06/10/2003 1:24:03 PM PDT · by Tailgunner Joe · 30 replies · 3,626+ views
    BrookesNews.Com ^ | 10 June 2003 | Peter Zhang
    Chinese control of the Panama canal has fuelled wild speculation in the US as to Beijing's plans for this strategic piece of real estate. Though I am not party to Beijing's military intentions I do know that they do not include submarine bases or sabotage, both of which would be obviously self-defeating. On the contrary, the Chinese will, as former President Clinton inadvertently blurted out, bend "over backwards to make sure that they run it in a competent and able and fair manner." What matters, however, is not how the canal is managed but how Beijing will use the Hutchison...
  • Icahn's XO to Bid for Global Crossing

    05/31/2003 12:47:59 AM PDT · by HAL9000 · 6 replies · 193+ views
    Reuters | May 30, 2003 | Jessica Hall
    PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - XO Communications Inc., the telephone company controlled by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, said on Friday it has offered more than $700 million to acquire bankrupt high-speed communications company Global Crossing Ltd. Singapore Technologies Telemedia already has an agreement to pay $250 million for a 61.5-percent stake in Global Crossing, which filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2002 under a massive debt load, a glut of high-speed network capacity, and slim demand. The bankruptcy court must rule on the deal with Singapore Technologies before any new bids for Global Crossing can be considered. IDT Corp., a telecommunications...
  • Global Crossing, Iraqi Defenses and the Chinese Connection

    03/25/2003 11:59:29 AM PST · by Tailgunner Joe · 6 replies · 287+ views
    www.newsmax.com ^ | March 25, 2003 | Charles R. Smith
    There is one Iraqi weapon system with U.S.A. stamped on it; the NATO code-named Tiger Song air defense system. Much of Tiger Song is U.S. made fiber-optic network systems sold to China by the Clinton administration. The fiber-optic Tiger Song air defense network was installed in Iraq during the 1990s by China in violation of the U.N. ban on weapons sales to Baghdad. Tiger Song is a distributed network and it is similar to the Internet, allowing Iraqi mobile radars and missile units to link into the network from pre-positioned fiber optic sites. Ironically, the Bush administration has so far...
  • Billionaire Fails in Bid for Global Crossing (Charles Smith Alert!)

    03/06/2003 8:32:14 PM PST · by HighRoadToChina · 13 replies · 250+ views
    NewsMax.com ^ | March 6, 2003 | Charles Smith
    Reprinted from NewsMax.com Billionaire Fails in Bid for Global CrossingCharles R. SmithThursday, March 6, 2003This is the second article about Li Ka Shing's bid to purchase Global Crossing. Read Part I: Global Double Crossing. Li Ka Shing has lost the first round in his effort to take over Global Crossing. Li's bid for the defunct telecommunications giant failed before a U.S. national security committee charged with oversight. The credit for causing Li's failure must be distributed evenly to both NewsMax and our readers for passing so many valuable tips about the reclusive billionaire to the FBI. In the end, Li...
  • Why is this man smiling?

    10/29/2002 3:46:20 PM PST · by Bayou City · 12 replies · 472+ views
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Sunday, October 27, 2002
    <p>Why is this man smiling?</p> <p>This may be one for the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest number of violent deaths caused by an election. Two weeks ago, when a socialist and a conservative vied with one another for the premiership of Jamaica, 80 people were killed. On Election Day, gangs of hoodlums seized ballot boxes at gunpoint and spirited them away.</p>