...At 06:00 UTC on September 17, (click here) the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported that Fanapi was centered near 23 degrees North latitude, 128 degrees East longitude, about 640 kilometers (400 miles) east-southeast of Taipei, Taiwan. The category 1 typhoon had sustained winds of 139 kilometers (86 miles) per hour at the time. Wave heights were 22 feet. JTWC forecasters predicted that the storm would make landfall in Taiwan on September 19.
Eighteen people (click title to entry - thank you) have been killed and at least 44 are missing after Typhoon Fanapi caused flooding and landslides in southern China, state media report....
I doubt they will be needing the USA financial help though. That was "B" for billion. $100 billion. This is where Wall Street is. Not the USA. Tax cuts for WHOM?
September 22, 2010 1:20 AM
Taiwan Nets NT$100B Pledge From HP, Others After China Pact (click here)
By Dan Nystedt, IDG News
Hewlett-Packard and other companies have together pledged to invest over NT$100 billion (US$3.2 billion) in Taiwan after the island signed a landmark trade agreement with China, boosting business ties....
...One aspect of the ECFA agreement Taiwan's president has struggled with politically is criticism that the deal may cost jobs at home as Taiwanese companies increase their focus on mainland China. The meetings that led to the NT$100 billion investment pledge were meant to assuage those fears.
The investments will create over 12,900 jobs for Taiwanese workers, the island's economics ministry said in a statement.
"There is a special significance to this [success] at the first high-level investment meeting in Taiwan after the June 29 signing of ECFA," the ministry said....
Multi-national companies don't want American labor. American workers are the best on the planet, but, it costs, you know?
HP Office locations (click here)
I really don't have much patience for their 'begging for bailouts.' Sorry to hear how so many people died of a Cat 1 Typhoon.
