links for 2005-08-10

• Xinhua: 4 Chinese airlines to buy 42 Boeing planes
  big deal for Boeing that some thought might go to Airbus out of spite
  (tags: china boeing)
• Xinhua - Bank of China Eyes 4 Investors
  Royal Bank of Scotland, Temasek Holdings, UBS and the Asian Development Bank in talks for $6B stake
  (tags: bankofchina fdi)
• Boing Boing: Rubber tree plant's health tied to Home Depot's stock price
  make the numbers or the plant gets it
  (tags: homedepot rubbertree)
• Comic Life - Productivity Tools
  productivity? sure...
  (tags: comiclife apple)
• Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Remixing Out Annoying Style
  (tags: remixculture)
• EETimes.com - TI mulls new initiatives in India
  (tags: texasinstruments india)
• The Peking Duck: Cyberdissident Chen Shaowen released from jail
  Reports Without Borders (rsf.org) is of course blocked here in China
  (tags: rsf chenshaowen)