All across the nation a silent tragedy is taking place among blue - collar workers and their families: the tragedy of closing factories and lost jobs. (religion-online.org)
A genius chocolatier who closes his factory in response to competitors pinching his inventions, the protective Wonka hides the tickets at random, but four of them go to children with obvious character defects: Germany's gluttonous Augustus Gloop (Philip Wiegratz), video game - obsessed Mike Teavee (Jordan Fry), incessantly gum - chewing Violet Beauregarde (AnnaSophia Robb), and the utterly spoiled Veruca Salt (Julia Winter). (dvdizzy.com)
Any more reductions in Chinese steel capacity will come slowly because closing factories leads to unemployment and unpaid bank debts, two problems that local Chinese governments are loath to be seen causing, notes Moody's analyst Jiming Zou. (fortune.com)