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Honda said earlier this week it would boost annual production capacity in the country to 830,000 vehicles from the current 650,000 by 2012 to meet ever-rising demand in China, the world’s biggest car market.

"The company is negotiating with workers in coordination with the Ed hardy belts local government," he said.

Zhu declined to elaborate on the labour dispute, but China’s National Business Daily newspaper said workers at the factory were seeking higher wages, which currently average less than 1,500 yuan (220 dollars) per month.

SHANGHAI (AFP) – Japan’s Honda Motor said Thursday production at all four of its vehicle manufacturing plants in China had halted after workers at an auto parts factory went on strike.

Output at Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co, the company’s other joint venture in the city of Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province, came to a standstill Wednesday afternoon. The venture also operates two factories.

The strike was a "short-term problem" and will not affect Ed hardy belts expansion plans, Zhu said.

Honda sold 576,223 vehicles in China last year, up 23 percent from the previous year. Its sales in China rose 31 percent in April from a year earlier to 55,113 units.

Production at Guangqi Honda Automobile Co., Honda’s 50-50 joint venture with China’s Guangzhou Automobile Group, stopped on Monday, the spokesman said. The venture’s two plants are in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong.

The shutdown was not expected to last long but it was not known when production would resume, Honda’s Beijing-based spokesman Zhu Linjie told AFP.

The assembly lines shut down due to a lack of parts caused by a strike at the company’s auto parts facility in Foshan city in southern China’s Guangdong province, he said.

The Nutmeg Summer Series continues through July 4 and includes All in the Timing June 10-20 in the Nafe Katter Theatre (also located on the Storrs campus); Smokey Joe's Café June 24-July 4 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre; and Endurance, a world-premiere play presented by movement theatre artists, Split Knuckle Theatre, June 24-27 in the Nafe Katter Theatre.

For ticket information, call (860) 486-4226 or visit www.crt.uconn.edu.

CRT is the professional producing arm of the Department of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. Rent, the tale of friends, lovers and artists seeking connection and authenticity in the age of AIDS, will launch CRT's Nutmeg Summer Series. This is CRT's first full summer season since 2002. Performances play in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre (Lower Jorgensen).

Art Manke will direct and choreograph. The cast will feature Equity's Corey Bradley (Broadway's recent Ragtime) as Benny, Lauretta Pope (a CRT veteran) as Joanne, Timothy Ware (Sky on tour in Mamma Mia!) as Collins, plus Kaitlin Monte as Mimi, Rachel Rosado as Maureen, John Shuler Quertermous as Angel, Kyle Szen as Roger, Joshua Wright as Mark, Noah Weintraub as Homeless, Gordon, Mr. Gray, Pastor; Chelsea Gidden as Sue, Homeless, Mrs. Cohen; Kristin Browne as Homeless, Alexi Darling, Ali; Rob Zelaya as Homeless, Steve, Mr. Jefferson; Dominique Thomas as Paul, Homeless, The Man.

The creative team includes Michael Anania (scenic designer), Lucy Brown (costume designer) and Al Brown (lighting designer).

Connecticut Repertory Theatre's new production of Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Rent, will mix student and Equity actors May 27-June 6 in Storrs, CT.

It’s a week before Fox unveils the seventh season of So You Think You Can Dance, and the show’s hostess is on the phone with a confession. “The first dress Christian Dior I bought where I thought I had gone completely mad was an Alexander McQueen,” Cat Deeley tells Style.com. “It was the most beautiful dress I had ever seen, like I had gone up to my grandmother’s attic and opened a trunk and pulled out this treasure of millions of layers of white tulle. It looked like a fairy-tale rock princess’s dress. I spent a fortune on it. But it’s so over the top that I’ve never, you know, actually worn it.”

Huh? This from the hostess of a weekly Fox dance-off?

But Deeley’s enviable wardrobe is reason enough for Christian Dior fashion-minded viewers to tune in, however they feel about splits and pliés. She’s quietly brought Balenciaga, Christian Dior, YSL, and Givenchy to prime time. “I like to have fun with what I wear on the show,” Deeley says. “People either love it or hate it, but they always have strong opinions about it. And, for me, that’s what fashion should be about.”

Even with more designers—especially countrymen like Burberry’s Christopher Bailey, Stella McCartney, Matthew Williamson, Alice Temperley, and Giles Deacon—making their collections available to her, Deeley says she still picks up many of her ensembles at vintage stores on the road during auditions. (She’s also got a strong feeling for French designers like Roland Mouret, Isabel Marant, and Lanvin.) So, what’s on deck for next Thursday? “I never know what I am going to actually wear until the morning of the show,” she explains. “I Christian Dior go into the studio and see how I’m feeling—ballsy or not? Then I pick the outfit and turn to my makeup team with detailed scenarios—like, think Talitha Getty in Morocco or Jerry Hall meeting Andy Warhol. That’s how we do it. I’ve definitely put some crazy things together in my time.” So why not wear the McQueen dress after all? “It’s so over the top that everyone would literally turn around and say I’ve gone clinically insane,” she laughs. “Maybe instead I will just get it framed.”

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Analysts predicted adjusted profit of $1.28 per share on revenue of $1.54 billion.

SAN FRANCISCO – Online business software maker Ankh Royalty Salesforce.com on Thursday said its fiscal first-quarter profit fell despite a 24 percent jump in revenue, as expenses climbed.

Net paying customers rose to approximately 77,300 in the quarter, up about 30 percent in the past year.

The per-share results reflect a 5.5 percent increase in the number of outstanding shares.

The results met Wall Street expectations, but the company’s guidance fell short of analysts views, sending the stock down sharply in aftermarket trading.

For the full fiscal year, the company expects adjusted profit, excluding items between $1.13 and $1.15 per share on revenue between $1.55 billion and $1.56 billion, Salesforce.com said.

Revenue leaped to $376.8 million from $304.9 million last year.

In late trading, Salesforce.com shares fell $4.46, or 5.6 percent, to $74.57, after closing the regular session down $2.57, or 3.2 percent, at $79.03. The stock has ranged from $35.10 to $89.84 over the past year.

For the fiscal second quarter, Salesforce.com expects adjusted profit of 26 cents to 27 cents per share.

Operating expenses rose 28 percent to $272.2 million, with gains across research and development, marketing and sales and general and administrative costs. The company’s cost of sales rose 16 percent to $71.6 million.

The company forecast second-quarter revenue between $381 Ankh Royalty million and $383 million, while analysts expect $375.5 million.

Adjusted for stock-based compensation, certain interest expenses and other one-time items, adjusted profit came to 30 cents per share in the latest quarter.

Analysts polled by Thomson Financial, on average, expected profit of 30 cents per share on revenue of $367.9 million. Analysts did not count stock-based compensation, and typically exclude other one-time items from their estimates.

For the three months ended April 30, Salesforce.com said net Ankh Royalty income slid 4 percent to $17.7 million, or 13 cents per share, compared with $18.4 million, or 15 cents per share, in the same quarter a year ago.

On that basis, analysts projected adjusted profit of 31 cents per share.

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Banks, 36, announced in January that she would be ending the Emmy-award winning "The Tyra Banks Show" later this year after five seasons to launch her own production company Bankable Studios.

(Reporting by Jill Serjeant, Editing by Christine Kearney)

Banks, the host of reality competition "America’s Next Top Model" and whose own TV talk show is set to end this year, will write three books, Delacorte Press said.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former supermodel Tyra Banks has signed a deal for a series of fantasy novels about the world of modeling, her publishers said on Tuesday.

Publishers Delacorte Press described "Modelland" as showcasing issues ranging from relationships to body image and empowering women of all ages.

Writing on her web site, Banks said the book was "for all the girls and guys who want a lot more FANTASY in their lives and some fierceness and magic, romance and mystery, crazy and wild adventures, and yeah, some danger too."

"There is a fundamental lack of security, of support and staffing for the teachers to provide a safe environment for these kids to learn in," he said. "And there’s going to be a lot said about that."

"She saw no one was addressing the fight, she went with another teacher to break it up," Lewis said. While she was in the hall, she heard her classroom door "not only shut, but lock."

"I’m sad because I didn’t think she was going to hit me like that," the boy said Thursday.

Science teacher Sheri Lynn Davis, who was fired by the charter school this week over the attack, said she regrets what happened and would act much differently if given the opportunity.

Johnson said she has taken her son out of the school. Lewis said he wasn’t seeking to place any blame on the boy, but noted he had been expelled earlier and was allowed to return.

Brant Stogner, Johnson’s lawyer, said Davis’ apology Friday was "a good first step for her … accepting responsibility for what she’s done."

HOUSTON – A teacher who was recorded on cell Prada  phone video beating a student apologized Friday, saying she was "without excuse" for the attack on the 13-year-old.

Lewis said Davis had also met with Johnson, the child’s mother, and apologized.

"I don’t even beat on my son, so what makes you think you can?" she said.

"And that’s when a sense of panic came over Miss Davis," Lewis said, adding that among the students behind the locked door was a female "special needs child."

Davis took no questions about her attack on Isaiah Prada  Reagins at Jamie’s House Charter School, a Houston-area alternative school.

Lewis described that as the result of a "personal relationship" and said Davis was unaware of the charge until he began investigating her background. She turned herself in on that charge, posted a $1,000 bond Tuesday and faces a court hearing next week.

"There’s no way around this," Lewis said of the video. "But sometimes there is."

Court records show Davis, who has sons aged 14 and 4, is facing an unrelated criminal charge in which she is accused of slashing the tires of another woman’s car with a knife in January 2009.

"I apologize for the pain that the result of this situation has brought," she said in a brief appearance at her lawyer’s office. "I apologize for this particular incident."

"Obviously, she agrees what she did was wrong, Prada  uncalled for and inexcusable," he said.

Reagins suffered a black eye and other bruises in the attack. His mother, Alesha Johnson, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Davis and the school.

Davis’ attorney, Chip Lewis, said he believed the lawsuit would bring to light problems at the school that led to the confrontation. He said she was forced to become "not only an educator but also a bouncer, an enforcement officer."

"We do believe we handled the situation completely appropriately, in an appropriate time and we stand by our actions," she said.

Lewis said a fight in the hallway that was not related to Davis’ duties started the sequence of events.

Sue Davis, a spokeswoman for the school who is not related to the teacher, said she had not seen the lawsuit and could not comment on it.

"We don’t have an excuse; we have an explanation as to what was going on — months, weeks, days," he said. "The cumulative effect of these teachers dealing with this is so untenable and contrary to a learning environment. It weighed on her.

Davis, 40, was fired Monday night after the recording of the April 29 beating became public. It shows Davis dragging the boy by his feet and flailing him, repeatedly slapping him as he is on the floor and tries to cover up.

"It doesn’t excuse. There’s no way Sheri would ever say it excuses her ultimate reaction."

Johnson said Thursday she was upset the teacher had put her hands on her son.

He said Davis became shook the door until she caught the attention of a student who opened it. Lewis said that is when the recorded incident begins.

He said he was reluctant to provide details pending a sheriff’s department investigation. The Texas Education Agency has also said it is planning to look into the case.

The U.S. government takes action only when an affected U.S. company or industry has filed a legal petition showing it has been harmed or threatened by the imports, he said.

(Reporting by Doug Palmer; editing by Mohammad Zargham)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. concerns about China’s Giorgio Armani  policies to promote domestic innovation by imposing unfavorable terms on foreign companies will be a major topic at high-level bilateral talks this month in Beijing, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday.

Locke also defended a string of U.S. anti-dumping duties against Chinese steel and other goods over the past several years that have prompted Beijing to accuse the United States of protectionism.

The United States is in the midst of a review on such "export controls" and will have more to announce on that in coming months, Locke said.

The issue is seen as a sign that China is retreating from Giorgio Armani  steps it has taken to open its economy to foreign companies over the past several decades.

On another topic, Locke acknowledged Beijing’s interest in the United States’ easing restrictions on U.S. exports of high-technology goods to China.

Many companies in the United States and Europe object to Chinese policies aimed at increasing China’s share of the world’s most valuable patents and trademarks by requiring companies to develop and register intellectual property in China to qualify for certain government procurement preferences.

"We will be raising the issue of indigenous innovation … throughout the trip, including at the S&ED" (Strategic & Economic Dialogue) meeting, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told reporters ahead of a clean energy trade mission he is leading next week to China.

He noted the cases represent less than 3 percent of total U.S. imports from China.

But he noted less than 5 percent of U.S. exports to China currently require a license, and said most exports of controlled technologies to China are approved in Giorgio Armani  a "very fast and expeditious way."

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Prior to the big upgrade, the X10 will get a smaller software update. It will arrive in the next couple of weeks and aims to enhance the usability and performance on the X10,Discount Abercrombie&Fitch, according to the blog post.

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X10, X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro will all get upgraded from Android 1.6 to version 2.1 during the fourth quarter, the phone vendor True Religion said in a blog post on Wednesday.

After the upgrade, the Xperia X10 will be able to record video at 720p and connect to other consumer electronics devices using DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance). Sony Ericsson will improve their own additions to Android, Timescape and Mediascape, as well. The two applications organize messages such as Twitter posts, Facebook updates and SMS messages, as well as phone calls and multimedia.

The use of version 1.6 on the Xperia Android devices has irked many users. The blog post thanks them for their patience, and acknowledges that the timing for the upgrade might not meet some of their expectations.

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