1. Last night on the ARD 8 PM news.....they covered the Lebanon beeper-story, from a unusual aspect. The company who typically made this particular beeper....were interviewed.
So it seems that around 2-to-3 years ago....they were contacted by a Hungarian company who wanted to use their basic design (patent ownership in Taiwan). The Taiwan company worked out a deal....and this Hungarian company made the product (encrypted beeper....one-way design).
So the beeper was sold in high numbers to this Lebanese group.
News folks went to the address given by the Taiwanese company in Hungary. Well....it's just a mail-box. There's no real business there.
Where did the manufactured components really get made? Unknown. I'm just guessing here....but it's probably NOT in Europe.
2. Poll done with Germans.....almost 40-percent want some version of early retirement, instead of working to 67.
3. Oktoberfest will open with 600 police on duty during the period.
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