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Old 09-28-2011, 06:14 PM   #1
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Default Coca Cola CEO sez China now more business friendly than US

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Old 09-28-2011, 06:24 PM   #2
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Yes, well when you can have slave wages, no enviromental controls and no product safety laws, China is more business friendly than we are. Anyone want a little antifreeze in their coke?
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It costs less to bribe every official in sight in China and deal with the costs of doing business overseas than to deal with the regs, unions and taxes here.
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