1. Howard Bach Getting a grip on life. Former bad boy
from San Francisco takes badminton to a new level
in U.S.

Source:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/24/SP9O10JI5B.DTL



2. Junior Nationals 2008
6/28-7/2:
Information Concerning Junior Nationals 2008
by Melinda Keszthelyi-Tournament Director

The tournament will run between June 28th and July
2nd in Marblehead, MA. Registration will take place
on the evening of the 27th.

Please expect a full day of play on July 2nd and
plan your flight accordingly.

Source: http://www.usabadminton.org/page.asp?Page=News&iID=469



3. China's Shuttlecock Slump Shows Why Pimco Loves Yuan
"While Deutsche Bank AG and Citigroup Inc. say
pressure is growing on the government to slow the
yuan's advance to help exporters, fund managers
counter that doing so will only cause inflation to
accelerate from February's 11-year high of 8.7
percent. Wuhu Dayi Sports Goods Co., which had
forecast a boom in shuttlecock shipments before
Beijing's Olympic Games open on Aug. 8, said
sales have instead fallen 30 percent this year.
.
.
.
Wuhu Dayi, which supplies shuttlecocks for
badminton tournaments across Asia, expects 10 to
20 manufacturers in its industry will go bankrupt
this year because of the yuan's gains and a
doubling in labor costs in three years, said Zhang
Huizi, a sales manager at the Wuhu, Anhui
province, company. "

Source:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=antGKHXuKjJw&refer=home

[Based on the article, does it mean an increase
in shuttlecock prices? ]


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