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Florida growers are exploring whether Brazilian processors are dumping orange juice on the U.S. market below production costs.

At a recent SXSWi panel conducted "core conversation-" style (in which a presumed thought leader guides a group discussion on the subject at hand), the hour spent sitting on the floor in a cramped meeting room proved one important fact about social media: Even the professed experts are doing it wrong.A Dougie Howser-esque "social media specialist" at Razorfish and a group of others ranging in age from 17 to 32 years old sat cross-legged on the floor and cross-talked their way through a series of stereotypes, assumptions, and painfully incorrect conclusions.It is generally agreed upon by all in the social media space that brands began using social media without sufficient understanding or strategy. Traditional models were applied to new media with dismal return on investment; ineffective impressions by the billions were suddenly considered par for the course as expectations dropped and consumer tune-out skyrocketed. Really, the metrics are embarrassingly unacc

China suggests to India forum for industries in 2 countriesPress Trust of India, IndiaIndia has proposed 31 per cent safeguard duties on imports of soda ash from China, 21 per cent on aluminium flat rolled products and 35 per cent aluminium foil. The Directorate General (Safeguards) is also investigating whether there is a case of ...

'They (Chinese delegation) requested at a meeting with the Directorate General (Safeguards) that there could be a forum for consultation between Chinese suppliers and Indian industry to resolve the issue of huge influx of imports,' a source said ...