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U.S., Firms Draw a Bead on Chinese Cyberspies
The U.S. government gave American Internet providers addresses linked to suspected Chinese hackers earlier this year as part of a previously undisclosed effort aimed at blocking cyberspying, current and former U.S. officials said.
The push reflects a significant shift in levels of cooperation between the government and Internet companies amid rising concerns over hacking. It also marks a bold move by the U.S. as it takes part in high-level meetings on cybersecurity and other matters with the Chinese this week in Washington. Each side accuses the other of cyberespionage.
In February, as Washington and Beijing heatedly traded accusations of cyberspying, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was also providing service providers with Internet addresses associated with a hacking group that U.S. officials linked to the Chinese military, officials said. The aim, they said, was to warn companies that traffic from those addresses could use the U.S. networks as gateways to attack U.S. computer networks.
At the time, U.S. officials said they saw a temporary decline in infiltrations of U.S. companies from what they identified as the Chinese group. Many outside security experts attributed the drop to the Obama administration's public shaming campaign against Chinese cyberattacks. But the cooperation with service providers was also responsible for the drop, current and former U.S. officials now say.
Beijing denies U.S. accusations of cyberspying. The Internet providers that received the addresses included major national firms, said the U.S. officials, who declined to identify them.
Officials say the cooperative effort is ongoing. But the gains appear to have been short-lived. The hackers quickly changed their Internet signatures and resumed probing U.S. companies, the officials said. "Part of the problem is we can close this door and it's fairly easy for them to open another door," a U.S. official said.
Spy vs. Spy: Countering Cyberespionage
- May 2012: U.S. provides China with detailed evidence of cyberespionage against U.S. companies.
- July 2012: National Security Adviser Tom Donilon raises cybersecurity concerns privately with China.
- Summer 2012: U.S. firms bring complaints of Chinese hacking to federal agencies.
- January 2013: U.S. issues formal diplomatic complaint to China on cyberespionage.
- February: President Barack Obama signs executive order to bolster cybersecurity.
- February: Department of Homeland Security aids ISPs in blocking of Chinese hackers.
- March: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper places cybersecurity at top of his list of security threats.
- March: Mr. Obama raises cybersecurity in a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- April: Secretary of State John Kerry says the two countries will create a working group on cybersecurity.
- June: Mr. Obama raises concerns over hacking with Chinese President Xi at an informal summit.
- July: U.S. and China hold first formal talks on cybersecurity.
Firms that track foreign hackers say they haven't seen another dip recently in Chinese activity. "Business as usual" is how Richard Bejtlich, chief security officer of Mandiant Corp., a cybersecurity research firm, described recent hacking levels.
Cooperation between the U.S. government and Internet providers has long been a delicate issue. Many in the private sector have been wary of taking action on Washington's behalf because they could be seen as an agent of the government, creating potential legal and public relations risks, officials said.
Those risks have been underscored by revelations in classified documents leaked recently by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Among the documents he admitted to leaking included those outlining secret cooperation by telecommunication companies and Internet firms with government antiterrorism surveillance programs.
Such concerns have been tempered in part by alarm over foreign spying, with disclosures that top U.S. technology, industrial and communications firms have been hacked. They include the defense firm Lockheed Martin LMT -1.08 % ; RSA Security, a computer-security unit of EMC Corp.; and media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
The U.S. has previously shared information with service providers, say people familiar with the efforts. The government began increasing the amount of intelligence on cyberthreats it shared last fall, these people said, a decision they said was partly a response to complaints from large banks facing harassment from suspected Iranian hackers.
The U.S. government has been slow over the years to directly confront hackers from China, a major trade partner, for diplomatic reasons. This year, however, the administration has been steadily ramping up public pressure on China to end corporate cyberespionage while it weighs more aggressive response options.
This winter, it saw an opportunity to counterpunch Chinese hackers, when cybersecurity firm Mandiant, based in the Washington, D.C., area, shared with the government its plans to out a Chinese hacking group known as the Comment Crew in a detailed report on the country's hacking efforts.
In the week before the report's Feb. 18 release, Department of Homeland Security officials consulted with Internet providers about how to block some Chinese hacking, former U.S. officials said.
That same day, Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a joint memo that detailed hundreds of Internet signatures, or Internet Protocol addresses, linked to hacking efforts. The memo made no mention of China, but officials at the time said the IP addresses were linked to tactics used by the Comment Crew.
An email sent by Homeland Security officials to Internet companies alerting them to the joint memo suggested they "institute actions based on the publication" and notes that the matter was "previously discussed," according to a copy reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Those previous discussions focused on blocking Chinese hackers, according to people familiar with them.
Such government efforts risk tipping off hackers that officials are on their trail, according to one U.S. official. In the case of the February blocking campaign, however, the Comment Crew was already due to be fingered by Mandiant. That provided an opportunity for the Obama administration to signal to the Chinese that it was fighting back, officials said.
The U.S. has pressed China to establish a formal working group on cybersecurity, and that group met for the first time on Monday in advance of U.S.-China diplomatic talks this week. The U.S. sent several top officials, including State Department cybersecurity chief Christopher Painter and Pentagon cybersecurity chief Eric Rosenbach, to try to carve out areas where the countries can work together on cybersecurity.
The release of the Internet addresses in February "is an important part of our broader effort to provide critical infrastructure entities with the information they need to protect their networks from malicious cyber activity," a DHS official said.
The efforts represent a rare glimpse into what NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander and other officials call "active defense," which they characterize as exercising self-defense in cyberspace. How such activities are executed remains largely cloaked in mystery.
This stepped-up effort to block Internet addresses also coincides with the Obama administration's rewrite of U.S. cyberattack and defense powers, a classified effort whose details became public when Mr. Snowden, the former NSA contractor, leaked a recent presidential directive on the matter.
The directive authorized NSA, Homeland Security and other agencies to respond to "persistent malicious cyber activity" when traditional technical and law enforcement tools fail to stop it. The previous directive remains classified.
It isn't clear which providers blocked the traffic, and to what degree. Providers don't block every malicious address provided by the government or another firm, according to an industry official. They first look to see whether the cyberthreat is affecting their networks or any customers, this person said. They also are loath to block an Internet address from their network if doing so could prevent their customers from accessing legitimate websites.
"Blocking all traffic to and from an IP address is a very blunt instrument used very sparingly," an Internet industry official said.
Among the IP addresses given to service providers by the DHS in February was the website of a major oil company, a former U.S. official said, without identifying the company's home country. It is likely a part of that company's network had been compromised by hackers, but much of the traffic from the address could still be legitimate, the official said. It wasn't clear if the company was blocked.
Gen. Alexander has been urging the White House to establish a position on how to work with Internet providers to deploy NSA "countermeasures" against cyber assaults, according to current and former officials familiar with the discussions. He persuaded the administration to hold at least one recent policy meeting on the issue, a former administration official said.
A key issue has been how to provide liability protection for Internet providers in the event that they take a countermeasure that has unintended consequences, such as blocking legitimate traffic, officials said.
"The telecom companies are telling him we're not going to be able to do what you want us to do unless we have liability protection for countermeasures," the former administration official said, adding that effort may be put on hold in light of Mr. Snowden's disclosures and the resurgent wariness of NSA work with telecom companies.
The administration needs to "define a legal framework for how to respond," the U.S. official said.
Responding to Chinese allegations that the U.S. is spying on China, U.S. officials acknowledge privately that they are spying on China—but on government targets, they say, not on Chinese business targets. In China, a country where many businesses are state-owned, officials often don't draw a clear distinction between government and business interests.
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I have a Tashiba Satellite A135-S4527. The wifi connection is Atheros AR5006EG. Everything worked fine up to a few days ago.
I cannot connect to the Internet anymore. There is a red X above the connection icon. When I check, it says that it's working. I tried everything. I have Hughesnet connection with a D-Link router. My other laptop is connecting with wifi, my desktop with ethernet cable. Only the Toshiba is not connecting.When I connect ethernet cable to Toshiba, it's not working either. It says cable missing.
BUT, I can connect wifi in safe mode with networking. When I restart in normal mode, no connection.... What do I need to do? Thanks
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samborsu wrote:...When I check, it says that it's working. I tried everything....
Where exactly did you check that it say's it's working? In Device Manager on both the LAN and WiFi adapters, or where?
What specifically have you tried? Saying 'Itried everything' is not very descriptive. We need to know exactly what you've tried, so we're not asking you to try the same things again, wasting your time and our time.
It used to work last week, then I could not connect anymore. I did a restore system and it worked a few days, then the same thing. I went into the Bios, and did a factory restore. I unplugged the router and internet connection, and re plugged them. I clicked the Fn and F8 on the keyboard, but nothing happened. I went back with the older driver of the atheros, reinstalled the new one.
Yesterday, I started in safe mode and it worked. But, when I started in normal mode it did not work. After I wrote my question on this board, I re restored my system and it worked, but this morning, when I turned the PC on, again no connection. The PC has never moved and is always at about 4 ft from the router and Hughesnet receiver.
Thanks for a prompt answer
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Given your description, let's try this first.
Unplug your ethernet cable connection, and use the Fn+F8 key combination to disable your wireless connection. Do another System Restore to a restore point when the system was working properly. But, still leave your Internet connections disabled.
Click on the 'Start' button, click 'All Programs', click 'Windows Update', on the menu on the left side click 'Change settings', under 'Important updates' click on the drop down menu arrow, select 'Never check for updates (not recommended)', click 'OK'.
Now, test your ethernet cable Internet connection first. If it works, use the Fn+F8 key combination to re-enable your wireless connection. If they work, test them for as long as you feel necessary, leaving Windows Update disabled.
Let us know what happens. Good luck.
I did what you told me, but it is not working
1) the keys Fn + F8 do not do anything. (I read that there was something we could download to make it work, I did it, but cannot install the program)
2) instead of Fn + F8, I turned of wireless with the switch on the laptop.
3)I resored to a previous date, and turned off the automatic windows update. The laptop recognized the realtek ethernet connection, the the wifi. When I turned down the system and back up again, I had no wifi or ethernet again.
I did step 3 again, and could connect, but when rebooted, it is not working
Take your laptop to a couple of other locations. Like a local coffee shop or a public library that has free WiFi, test your WiFi connection at those places, does it work? Is it a stable connection?
Also, you need to test your ethernet cable Internet connection somewhere else, like at work or at school.
We need to know if these connection problems are just happening at home, or everywhere.
As well, look on the bottom and sides of your D-Link router. What is its exact model number? Also, click on the 'Start' button, type in dev , click on 'Device Manager', click on the arrow beside 'Network adapters', what make is your WiFi card? Is it an Intel card or an Atheros card?
Hello, the card is an Atheros card.
I think I found the problem. Each time I started the PC there was an update from Avast antivirus. (all other updates were deactivated).
I uninstalled Avast and installed AVG . I turned the PC on and off a few times. and it seems to be working....I will do it again a few more times, and if it is still working good, I will reinstall the microsoft updates and see how it goes.
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Good for you! Because the System Restore was working at first, something must have been changing after you restored. That's why I wanted you to disable Windows Updates.
But, even if your Internet is now working, I would advise you to leave Windows Updates set to 'Never check for updates'. Only manually check for updates. The Windows Updates come out the 2nd Tuesday of every month. So, if you wait until after the 3rd Tuesday of each month, and manually check for updates, Microsoft will have fixed any problems with the updates that came out the week before. Check over all the Important and Optional updates carefully. Never let Windows update change any of your hardware drivers.
Good luck.
I re-installed all the windows updates and it is still working. I wull now update one by one so I can uninstall if it is not working after 1 update
No worries, you're welcome.
You just need to look at the available updates very carefully. If you see a hardware driver, remove the install check mark, right click on the driver, left click on 'Hide update', then Windows Update will never give this driver again.
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Will ABC's 'Betrayal' shake things up? Ummm... No.
[Over the next six days, I'm going to be glancing, night-by-night, at how the primetime schedules have changed after the network announcements at upfronts. I'll be looking at how the various changes will impact the ratings races on each night, as well as my own DVRing habits. Readers can chime in on how their own DVRs will be impacted. And yes, this brief series assumes that anybody still watches TV on their TVs. I'm old-fashioned. Check out last year's DVR Gridlock installments.]
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ABC: "America's Funniest Home Videos"
CBS: "60 Minutes"
FOX: "The OT"
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ABC: "Once Upon a Time"
CBS: "The Amazing Race"
FOX: "The Simpsons," "Bob's Burgers"
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ABC: "Revenge"
CBS: "The Good Wife"
FOX: "Family Guy," "American Dad"
NBC: Sunday Night Football
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ABC: "Betrayal"
CBS: "The Mentalist"
NBC: Sunday Night Football
What's Changed: Very little. Apologies for starting this project with the most boring night of the week. CBS' Sunday is untouched. NBC is still airing football. Other than not announcing anything animated for the 7 p.m. hour, FOX's Animation Domination isn't going anywhere. For the fall, the only new show is ABC's "Betrayal," which looks to capitalize on a "Revenge" lead-in that doesn't exist as the bloom continues to fall from that former rose. Things might get a bit more interesting in the spring when FOX is likely to introduce "Murder Police" and NBC will premiere the J.J. Abrams drama "Believe" and the Dermot Mulroney thriller "Crisis." I mean... Dermot Mulroney! Sunday will never be the same. But until that time, Sunday will be very much the same.
How the Ratings Race Is Impacted: It isn't. NBC will dominate all fall, while CBS will remain a competitive second in total viewers. In weeks with NFL overrun, people will complain, but CBS will also be a solid second in the 18-49 demographic, unless the overrun games were on FOX. It's hard to know what it would take for "Once Upon a Time" and "Revenge" to halt the viewer erosion that didn't really set in last fall, but became increasingly problematic as the spring progressed. Some people had enthusiastic words about the "Revenge" finale, but with Mike Kelly departing, is it already too late? And will the thought of a Peter Pan-heavy season really reinvigorate "Once Upon a Time"? Yeah. Probably not. With no star power, a weak lead-in and a ton of competition from both network rivals and cable, "Betrayal" is dead. It has no chance at success at all. If ABC had faith in "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland" as a full-run series, rather than as a fill-in for the mothership, the network could have aired that at 9 p.m. and pushed "Revenge" to 10 and sacrificed "Betrayal" on Thursdays at 8 p.m. where nothing works anyway. Or, more logical still, ABC could have renewed "Body of Proof" and aired it at 10 p.m. on Sundays, where it would have done poorly, but almost certainly would have done better than "Betrayal" will do. I'm not ready to predict that "Betrayal" is going to be the first show cancelled, because ABC has let a bunch of weak shows air a bunch of episodes in this time slot, but I can't think of any new show on any network that has less chance of success.
My Predicted DVR: In the fall, things will remain unchanged. I'll still recap "Amazing Race" on ET, so that I can DVR FOX's 8 p.m. block and "Once Upon a Time," which remains just tantalizing enough that I'm not ready to quit. I'll stick with "The Good Wife" at 9 p.m. and then record "Revenge" in the fall, just to see how a new showrunner changes things. Assuming that "Revenge" continues with its Season 2 morass, I'll drop it at midseason for "Believe," which may or may not be good, but at least has a pedigree that demands some attention. I watch cable stuff at 10 p.m., either live or DVRed from 7 p.m. on East Coast feeds, but I'll give "Crisis" a couple episodes.
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If you missed out on the last campaign for Metal Made Flesh 2, don't fret because we are currently running a reprint, which you can find here:
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NEXT weekend is Leeds Thought Bubble which is the premiere Comics only event in England, and Gary Erskine, Cy Dethan, Mike and Phil were there in force... Read more
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The offseason began encompassed by disappointment and uncertainty for Northwestern and head coach Bill Carmody. Following yet another NCAA tournament miss, Carmody's job was in jeopardy as athletic director Jim Phillips mulled the basketball program's future.
Since Phillips announced his intention to retain Carmody, the program has seen a number of major changes. With new players, a different look and positive vibe, Carmody feels Northwestern is on the upswing.
"It clearly is," Carmody said to PurpleWildcats.com.
Speculation on Carmody's status did not hamper with Northwestern's recruiting efforts. During Phillips' decision process, Carmody and the Wildcats hosted their top 2013 prospect, Jaren Sina, who was impressed by the visit. He would give NU his verbal commitment on July 2.
The biggest splash for Northwestern was the addition of Louisville transfer Jared Swopshire, who also was sold on the program during his campus visit. NU also added Alex Olah when his letter of intent was faxed in on Signing Day, then 7-foot-2 center Chier Ajou finalized the 2012 recruiting class in June.
The recruiting momentum outlines positive growth for Northwestern's basketball future.
"Since the end of the season, we've gotten a lot of commitments," said Carmody. "We got Alex (Olah) after the season and after all the brouhaha. Chier Ajou, we got Swopshire, we got a commitment from a high school player (Jaren Sina). Things have changed a lot since then. It's been good."
The largest change for the Wildcats is a roster full of new talent. Northwestern welcomes four incoming freshmen and a transfer to the team, plus a transfer and freshman who are eligible after redshirting, not to mention one player who recovered from a long rehabilitation.
Fortunately for Northwestern, a new NCAA rule allows each team to put in two hours per week in practice, which has helped the Wildcats click as a team. That time is especially useful for the newcomers to get acclimated.
"It's really just teaching, learning the system a little bit," Carmody said. "When September comes around, they can just play."
One more change for the Northwestern athletic department as a whole is the transition to its new outfitter, Under Armour. Since the contract became official on July 1, the Wildcats have donned their new gear during each workout.
For Carmody, the Under Armour apparel serves as a recruiting tool which he has used to sell prospects on the program.
"Everybody loves it," he said. "They say 'Look at my body in this shirt.' All the young guys love it, they love all this stuff. I just care about the shoes. The guys like them a lot. They just care about the shorts, the sweats and the tight-fitting stuff so they can show their arms off."
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Former Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Tommy Kelly has agreed to a deal with the New England Patriots, per Ian Rapoport of NFL.com.
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Cal-Earth's Eco-Dome Architecture in New England?
The homes are part of the Cal-Earth project, founded by Iranian architect Nader Khalili, a non-profit developing these dome-shaped homes made from a mixture of mud and concrete layered with barbed wire, which are affordable, sustainable, not to mention earthquake, tornado and flood resistant. The project focuses on the idea of creating forward-thinking housing for the world's poor and diaster stricken, but could really be utilized by anyone. Aside from the technology that has been developed, it's also of great importance is that the buildings' designs become widely accepted if they are to become more prevalent throughout the world. Which leads back to the question, could this type of architecture ever overcome the "not in my backyard" attitude and thrive in our country's suburbs and urban centers? Hearing the story on the radio, I had my doubts, but after seeing the photographs of the domes on Cal-Earth's website, I have hope — I personally find them incredibly cool and the interiors are inspirational. After all, as we noted in our post yesterday about architect Erno Goldfinger's home, even modernism was a passionately opposed in its day. Would you live in an eco-dome? Images: www.calearth.org


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Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare said Tuesday it will begin construction this fall on a clinic for the St. Joseph Family Medicine Residency Program to replace the building at 2400 W. Villard Ave. destroyed when the area flooded in July.
The Wheaton Franciscan-St. Joseph Family Care Center - a partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin's Department of Family and Community Medicine - provides care for an estimated 8,000 people in an area with a shortage of primary care physicians.
The clinic is now in a building attached to the former St. Michael's Hospital.
Wheaton Franciscan expects the new clinic to cost $6.6 million and to be completed in July 2012. Flad Architects of Madison is the architect for the project.
The 25,000-square-foot building will have 28 exam rooms as well as physician offices, conference rooms and space for physician education.
The Medical College of Wisconsin provides the clinical staff and Wheaton Franciscan provides the support staff for the clinic, said Anne Ballentine, a spokeswoman for Wheaton Franciscan.
Those include eight professors and 19 residents with the Medical College of Wisconsin who work part time, and 28 people with Wheaton Franciscan who work full and part time.
The physician fees go to the Medical College of Wisconsin while the facility fees go to Wheaton Franciscan.
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One of the ways that people know we are Christians, we decided a week or so ago, was because of our love, our love for one another and the other. In this week's reading Jesus adds another thread to the tapestry suggesting that our unity will strengthen the picture. Across the country in the past few days we have seen some significant conversations taking place about what to do about unaccompanied children who have found their way to mainland Europe. The conversations have spilled into our print media and onto our radio stations. I don't know but perhaps even around your dinner table.
If we turned the question around and asked how might these children know and experience that they are God's and that they are loved?
Would that help us in shaping our own response?
As Christians we have a call to care for the most marginalised, to show the least and the lost that they are made in the image of God, that ultimately that is where their identity is to be found. Many of the arguments that I have heard played out seem to have forgotten that each of the tens of thousands moving across Europe, and indeed seeking refuge in camps outside of Syria, are individual children. I am reminded of this as I type as I can hear children playing at the park in Rode. They are laughing and shouting – enjoying being children. Flourishing as they play, safe and secure in the space where they are and in the care of the families watching them. If we are not careful the numbers become so big that we feel powerless to do anything at all. We can allow deep and unsubstantiated prejudice to rule. Yet what could you or I offer to the few?
By the time you read this the decisions will have been made – but do you agree with them? We are not powerless – we are called to pray and to act - together. So how might we do our part in showing that we believe each person moving across the planet is loved by God and letting them know it. Answers on a postcard (or an email)!
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Recent college grad Jessica Jones said she is excited to spend another summer interning at Savannah River Remediation.
Jones, a St. George resident, graduated with a degree in business from Allen University in Columbia.
This summer, she is working as an administrative services intern in human resources.
She had a position in training procedures last summer.
This time around, Jones has the opportunity to learn from mistakes and experiences last year and apply them to her job now.
"I was so nervous last summer," she said. "Some things I just assumed without asking first.
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As an administrative assistant, Jones has many responsibilities on a daily basis.
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She described herself as an unofficial liaison between the company and new hires, including fellow interns.
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In addition to being in several honor societies, she was a student ambassador and the president of the National Association of Black Accountants during her four years at Allen University.
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Skip to comments.Is The US Becoming A "Banana Republic"?
Posted on 03/19/2006 5:42:04 AM PST by B4Ranch
Are foreign countries and companies using the "Wal-Mart model" to undermine American industry?
US economic incentives and trade policies encourage foreign producers to invest in this country. While the nation may be experiencing short-term benefits from foreign investment, the long-term harm may far exceed expectations, as is the case when Wal-Mart has invested in some local communities.
Undermining American Industry
The result of these US economic incentive and trade policies seems to be dramatic erosion of American industry through predatory competition and utilization of cheap overseas suppliers, analogous to the displacement of many local merchants that sometimes follows the introduction of Wal-Mart into a local economy.
Predatorily Undercutting Domestic Industry
A year ago, the entire state of Vermont was added to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of America's 11 most endangered historic places. The reason for the add was an expansion plan for 7 new Wal-Mart 150,000 square foot retail stores into a state which itself has only 600,000 residents. The National Trust cited the following concerns:
Their findings suggest Wal-Mart is predatorily pricing out local businesses by providing cheaper prices to local consumers but ultimately eliminating local competition and taking profits and local skilled producers out of the local community. "Communities often welcome these large stores in the hope that they will bring economic benefits," but "too often, however, the stores bring hidden costs and cause significant economic and social harm," said the National Trust.
Foreign Investment That Destroys American Industry
In Ohio, Governor Taft led a trade mission to Japan and Taiwan in 2004 to bring foreign investment to that state. According to the Business Journal of Youngstown, Taft expects this to yield $154 Million in new foreign investment on top of $473 Million through previous trips and efforts. To date, Taft projected 1,395 new jobs have been added through these efforts.
What is the result? In Central Ohio, according the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce there are over 100 foreign industrial companies feeding the nearby Honda manufacturing facility and competing with other American-owned industry. The industrial job base in Central Ohio is nearly completely dependent on continued goodwill of these foreign employers. The majority of American-owned "industry" in Central Ohio is distribution and warehouse facilities to store and forward goods made by foreign companies or their US subsidiaries.
Central Ohio has no assurance from these foreign controlled industrial facilities that profits, knowledge gained, or taxes will stay in the area.
For example, Honda ships in volumes of components and parts from overseas and then exports soybeans back to Japan in those same containers in record amounts according to Forbes. A definition of "banana republic" includes a country importing a majority of finished goods and exporting mostly raw resources.
Where is the long-term value to America from having other countries supply and control our industry?
Foreign industry has effectively colonized Central Ohio and the Governor has led 6 "trade missions" to try and encourage this.
Today, General Motors has a market capitalization of almost $14 Billion. Toyota Motor Company has a market cap almost 10 times of that and has almost $20 Billion in cash and 1/4 of the debt of General Motors. Toyota could gain control of over 50% of General Motors for approximately 1/3 of the cash Toyota has in its bank account today. If we were in a military war, this would be considered an extremely vulnerable position.
Recognizing Our Losses
How much do we have to lose before we recognize that other countries, like Wal-Mart, have a plan to gain market share at the expense of our own industry; and all the while, we are not backfilling with new offsetting industry, new services, or any other means through which we will secure our future?
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No, it is not. Most people who can afford better than what you get at Wal-Mart don't buy at Wal-Mart. The people who are buying Chinese junk are people who would have had to do without or save for a very long time to purchase things. Therefore, they are not "stealing" customers, they have created them.
I had absolutely no idea!
3600 Wal-Mart countries inside the United States?
We've been taken over by rogue nations.
We are now entering terminal stages of the de-industrialization of America. American strength was always related to its industrial might. That is now vanishing and what will follow as a result is almost predictable.
Did you read the article?
>>For example, Honda ships in volumes of components and parts from overseas and then exports soybeans back to Japan in those same containers in record amounts according to Forbes. A definition of "banana republic" includes a country importing a majority of finished goods and exporting mostly raw resources.<
The price to build America back up to what we once were will be very expensive. The lowest price isn't always the best buy.
Of course, whining like a little b-tch with the lefties against a successful corporation feels good, doesn't it?
Ayn Rand would have had a field day with the anti-Wal Mart crowd.
the long-term harm may far exceed expectations, as is the case when Wal-Mart has invested in some local communities."
What long term harm? New roads, housing demands, increased business from trucking, cement plants, construction etc etc. is HARM? Every town I've seen a wal mart go up in, has brought along with it their major competators, bigger safeways etc. And last I looked, wal mart is 100% American owned. Before Wal-mart, many of these towns were near ghost towns because these stagnant mom and pop stores A) only employed one or 2 people, B) paid mininum wage C) forced people to drive to the nearest city to find good they didn't carry. D) didn't bring any business in from other surrounding small communities. These Union communists just don't give up their walmart attack, do they. The Union places, such as COSTCO, buy their cheap crap from China as well. Walmart also sells plenty of AMERICAN made products, MORE that those others stores.
"Can't let the happen, we're Luddites..."
There sure are a lot of them at FR lately. "America was built of our strong industry!" Blah blah blah.
A nation of auto workers.
America was built on COMMERCE. The industrial revolution is over, and only boomed because of war. It COST us more than it made us.
Future industry will never be labor intensive as it was, those factories have died out for good reason, they can't compete. Those that refuse to automate or can't because of UNIONS, die as they deserve to.
They are plenty of labor jobs around, the problem is Americans don't want to work at them. Try finding a crew to build houses. Try find construction workers. These places HAVE to use immigrant workers because Americans don't want those jobs. Americans expect to piddle around in collage for a good 5-7 years, taking philosophy courses, then expect to be given a job as Co. of a large corporation.
Our unemployment rate is low, and our economy is doing well compared to every other around the world. We've been hearing this chicken little doom and gloom ever since Bush took office. Sorry RATS, it's just not going to happen no matter how many times to keep telling yourself the sky is falling.
I agree. The collapse of our economy and our way of life is near. (Without massive wars to try to preserve our economic empire.)
Quick! seal off the borders, batten down the hatches! Let's live in a closed society to "protect our industry (and union wages)".
That's when our economy will fail and our way of life will dissapear.
We need to fight wars alright, to maintain our freedom and the worlds, to prevent a totalitarian idiology from creeping in our nation and the free worlds.
There will be no need to fight that war if you want to just seal off the borders and trade within them. But then, you may as well jump in your time machine and go back to live in the USSR.
What good would that do they all buy the same crap from the same place when is the last time you saw made in America?
It seems to me that the totalitarian idiology is that of the Neocons. All true Republicans and Libertarians are offended as hell that Bush claims to represent them. They love war.
Most likely. But she would also have a problem with big business using the mechanism of the State to 'grease the wheels'--think 'Orren Boyle','Hank Reardon',OPIC, and tax incentives for investing overseas.
I do not think that banana republics export financial services electronically. Nor, do I think that they have negotiated lucrative deals like the Bush admin has to sell power plants and water treatment plants in exchange for toys and call center jobs. Bush is shifting some things such as soybeans home for alternative energy. Also, I just read that he has proposed massive fish farms in the seas to shift the biggest item (after oil) in current accounts back stateside. Funny, imbalance isn't really about manufacturing, at all.
"It is more than we presently have and can only be accomplished, sadly, in decades."
Correct. Undoing the deterioration will take considerable time. But a couple things you forgot:
5. The withdrawal from GATT/NAFTA/CAFTA/WTO that will give us maximum flexibility.
6. The implementation of tariffs on a gradually increasing scale that'll start companies that have moved overseas to use the considerable profits they're earning now to reinvest back in the United States before they become too high. They'd rather earn some profits than no profits and they'd prepare for it. That in turn will increase the demands for steel etc...so the massive steel mills that "are a thing of the past" might return out of sheer demand. Especially if imported steel is made more expensive.
"As far as massive steel mills of the past, I believe are in the past. The micro-mills are more efficient at that same production. We must use technology to our advantage and stop being a passenger on the trip."
Micro-mills are not used, and will never be (they lack the capacity another reason they're called micro-mills), for large ship-building components such as keels, heavy armor plate, and other very large and thick steel items. One thing we need is the rejuevenation of ship-building through setting a mandatory retirement age on warships and auxillary vessels (and possibly even civilian vessels). Part of our independence from oil goal should be the phase out of conventionally-powered Navy ships for nuclear-powered ones.
2. When I opened the copy of Road to Serfdom last week.
3. Whenever I buy cheese, detergent, cereal, and even fish.
4. The "Korean" car I drive has half of its components sourced from GE and GM.
It goes on and on...
What is so important about physical goods that the brain dead can manufacture. We still have the number one consumer economy in the world, low unemployment, highest standard of living for a nation over 5 Million, etc.
We are doing quite well. I really don't give a sh-t if the GI Joe with Kung Fu grip is not made in the USA. Neither do most consumers.
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Looking for Crownfunding and Venture Capital (for Africa) resources
I started and IT Services company a few years back and, although it is growing steadily, I'm hitting a wall: cash shortage. Here's where I was a couple of months ago. [more inside]
How to Calc Capital Gains on Home Sale /down payment was partially gift?
I have some help coming my way towards down payment. Let's say... for simplicity sake ...that I am receiving $100k as gift towards down. I know the gift amount won't count as "cost" when calculating capital gain at time of sale in the future. But if I receive the "gift" in chunks of $14k from various individuals under the annual gift exclusion clause, could any of those chunked amounts be included in my cost to reduce my capital gain? Thanks. I hope this is a simple yes/no question. [more inside]
Help me dress powerfully and elegantly. I look quite young.
I am in my mid-thirties, but people often think I'm about 22. I could probably pass for 17 in the right outfit. Young face. On top of that, I am slightly built and female. Not short, but delicate. People call me honey and baby and ask me where I go to college. I want to look like a badass who can win venture capital funding. I want to look as powerful and effective as I really am. [more inside]
What are some fun, short-term purchases that don't depreciate?
I'm lucky enough to have some spare capital and some time. What are some purchases that I can buy and safely sell without too much risk? [more inside]
What are alternative ways of VC funding for a medical devices start-up?
We have developed a prototype for non-invasive blood glucose measurement and have problems finding funding. What are the alternatives? [more inside]
Longterm investing anxiety: Property or pension, or what?
Husband and I have $130k saved up. No mortgage, no pension to speak of. Just been called into the bank for talk about long term plans and am freaking out about what to do. Advice? Do I need to see a financial advisor or are they not a good idea? [more inside]
$80k: travel or invest? Best use of money.
I've saved up about $80,000 over the past few years, with no debts, loans, or mortgages. It's always been my dream to travel the world, and I've been planning to take my money and run off for the next few years, hopefully figuring out how to run an independent software business in the process. However, I don't know much about investing, and for all I know there might be a better use of my savings right around the corner. (Two questions about investing inside.) [more inside]
Towards a more perfect union.
Tell me about companies that encouraged or directed employees to form a guild or union from the beginning. What did they do, why did they do it, how was it received and how did it work out? [more inside]
Anyone recorded an album with venture capital? Please tell me all!
I'm in a band, and we're being courted by a fairly senior guy in the music industry. He's suggesting that rather than signing ourselves away to a major, we fund the first 18 months (so album recording, tour, publicity etc) we get funding from venture capitalists. Does anyone have any experience with this, or have any links for further reading on this? The music industry can be an unforgiving environment, and I want to know as much as possible independently to our potential manager...
Does the 2010 version of TurboTax Premier really remove an important useful function useful in previous versions?
In past versions of TurboTax Premier, there was an option to use an external file (not a data feed directly from a third party) to import all stock transactions. Where is that in TurboTax Premier 2010 ? [more inside]
Taxes in Seattle!
Can you recommend a tax person in Seattle? [more inside]
Can you use "[nationality] capital" to refer to a state capital?
Technically, can you use "[nationality] capital" to refer to a state capital that is not the actual national capital? [more inside]
Who do I talk to for estate taxs, losses, and income statements?
I have an estate tax statement showing a loss from the estate of my grandmother in another state. How do I find a professional who can tell me how to file this where I live to the best April 15th benefit? [more inside]
How do you fund a startup with (virtually) no collateral?
I need an SBA loan yesterday. My business is in startup mode, I'm already fielding new orders, but I need startup capital to get this thing off the ground. [more inside]
How to ask if a company needs money
I recently started a job that I don't know much about. It's a commission only job for a company that does private placements for small public companies. All I have to do is qualify the leads, which comes down to two parts: do they have enough trading volume and does the company need money. My question is, how do I ask if they need money? [more inside]
Help me micro-fund my business, but not like, by YOU giving me money..
I am looking to self fund starting a business, but I need to seek a small amount of additional capital. Ideally, I would like to do this through friends and family, through a more formalized agreement. So how can I "sell them" a piece of my business without selling them stock? [more inside]
30-year investment portfolio which has to start before the end of the year and wants to be left alone afterwards?
If you had a very strong incentive to invest money before the end of the year with a 30-year outlook, and a further strong incentive to not adjust your investment strategy over that timeframe unless absolutely necessary, what kind of portfolio would you assemble? [more inside]
How can I create a macro to capitalize sentences in Word?
How do I make a macro for Microsoft Word to capitalize lines in an interview? [more inside]
I want to be out of dollars, but not poor
I would like to know the best way to turn actual US dollars into foreign currencies... [more inside]
Which Marx translations are 'canonical?'
I am taking a look at two Marx texts, Capital (V: I) and his Eighteenth Brumaire of Napoleon, which are the best translations? I know there are a few problematic translations with the latter.
How to report tax info I don't have?
What date acquired and cost basis should I put for two items reported on a 1099-B, when there are several unknowns? [more inside]
Federal Reserve bailout
Without sounding conspiratorial... I'm wondering how much arm twisting it took by political/economic elites to get the Fed to adopt its current Liquidity Plan. Will Carlyle Capital directly benefit from it? A couple of days ago I read this story about their recent notice of default on a margin call. [more inside]
Book learnin'
What are the social benefits of public libraries (and literacy)? [more inside]
How do I start a tech heavy business?
I have an idea for a tech heavy business that I know is guaranteed to completely put blockbuster/netflix/any other dvd rental place you can think of. But I have no clue how to start a business. so where do I begin? [more inside]
SF to Sac & Back - best way to travel?
I need to make a day trip to Sacramento from San Francisco. I don't own a car. What's the best way to get there & back? [more inside]
Securing capital for a software project?
A colleague and I want to raise money for a project our company currently can't take on. How to get this ball rolling? [more inside]
Is the state capitol spelled "capitol" or "capital"?
Is the state capitol spelled "capitol" or "capital"? [more inside]
tax question on spin offs and acquisitions
capital gains question about stocks that are spun off or purchased [more inside]
AMT tax credit strategies
A few year ago I had to pay AMT on some ISO stock. Since I've sold it for far less than the amount of AMT tax that I paid in, I've got a large AMT tax credit hanging out there. Are there any strategies that anyone can suggest to get some of this money back? [more inside]
Making Money Fast
Besides stripping, or selling everything one owns, what's a good way to make a lot of money quickly- without any capital? [more inside]
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