Today's Campag rumour update

[huw williams]

For all those requesting, ahem, 'officIal' info on this

1) Get a life you sad ****ers, who cares?
2) No we have not had ANY official communication confirming that Campagnolo has been bought by Shimano [size=50](yet)[/size]

[huw williams]

A Japanese company is rumoured to have been the buyer

[Andrew G]

That will explain why the levers became so big and ugly with the last release.

[Alex S]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Japan

Let the witch hunt begin!

[quote="Sean Hogan - 何祥"][quote="Andrew G"]That will explain why the levers became so big and ugly with the last release.

[Jon H]

布鲁塞尔，比利时—中华人民共和国总理温家宝最近在中欧政府首脑会晤中表示，为了促进从欧盟进口相关产品，中国将专门派代表团前往欧盟洽谈相关事宜。以这样的姿态，中方对欧盟在减少欧中贸易逆差问题上采取的措施提出了意见。

在过去五年中，欧盟从中国进口量以平均每年%的速度增长，只有年增幅下降。去年欧盟进口中国产品的总额达到了亿欧元。中国目前已成为欧盟最大的商品进口国，而在年前，中欧双边贸易额还基本为零。

根据年月欧洲委员会公布的统计数据，年欧盟贸易逆差为亿欧元。贸易逆差主要集中在办公和电信设备、纺织品和钢铁制品。该贸易逆差反映了在亚洲经济体系变化中，中国生产已成为焦点。目前中国仅次于德国，位列全球第二大出口国，占世界贸易总额的左右。一半以上的中国出口产品被国外公司转销、获取相应利润，特别是亚洲邻国如日本和韩国的公司，欧洲公司仅占

That's cleared up that rumour then.

[Mike I]

Phew! I thought for a moment I might have to rig up a Simplex / Chater Lea outfit in protest.