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EU moves to ban plastic bags Daily Express 05/20/2011 | Australian company to export feral camel meat to Middle EastSarah Malik Bundaberg News Mail 04/14/2011 |
 THE EU was under fire last night for seeking a ban on plastic shopping bags to fight pollution. |  AN Egyptian businessman plans to build an abattoir in South Australia to export camel meat to the Middle East. |
India bans Japan food importsRatnajyoti Dutta Yahoo! News Canada 04/05/2011 | Japan mulls ban on Fukushima area food products Reuters 03/19/2011 |
 India has imposed a three-month ban on imports of food articles from the whole of Japan on fears that radiation from an earthquake-hit nuclear plant was spreading to other parts of the country, becoming the first country to introduce a blanket ban. |  Japan has confirmed the presence of radioactive iodine contamination in food products from near a crippled nuclear plant and is considering whether to order a halt to the sale of such products from the area, the U.N. nuclear body said on Saturday. |
Worried Californians Purchase Gas Masks, Chemical Suits CBS Los Angeles 03/19/2011 | Japan radiation fears spark panic salt-buying in ChinaDavid Pierson Los Angeles Times 03/17/2011 |
 The owner of a military supply company in Maine says he’s been inundated with orders from people in California buying gas masks and chemical suits. |  China tried to quell panic buying of iodized salt Thursday after grocery stores across the country were emptied of the seasoning by hordes of people hoping to ward off radiation poisoning after the nuclear accidents in Japan. |
Consumer Affairs Going After Cheating NYC Supermarkets CBS New York 03/04/2011 | Protests, Worries Surround Walmart's Effort to Open in BrooklynKATIE HONAN NBC New York 02/03/2011 |
 Enough is enough for New York City supermarkets. Jonathan Mintz, the commissioner for the Department of Consumer Affairs, said his department is going after supermarkets hard this year. |  The City Council met Thursday to discuss Walmart's latest round of plans to build its first store in the city, in a poorer neighborhood in Brooklyn where opponents say the megastore will shut local businesses and drive down wages. |
Chinese to buy nearly half of world's luxury goods in 2020: report AsiaOne 02/02/2011 | Glock Pistol Sales Surge in Aftermath of Arizona ShootingsMichael Riley Bloomberg.com 01/11/2011 |
 Chinese customers are set to account for nearly half the world market in luxury goods and travel by 2020, a report by a Hong Kong-based investment group said Wednesday. CLSA Asia Pacific Markets predicts China's share of global sales in luxury goods and travel would rise from 15 per cent today to 44 per cent in 2020, amounting to 74 billion euros (S$130.4 billion) spending a year. |  After a Glock-wielding gunman killed six people at a Tucson shopping center on Jan. 8, Greg Wolff, the owner of two Arizona gun shops, told his manager to get ready for a stampede of new customers. |
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