Big-time boxes: our readers offer a proud look at their awesome tool storage systems.
Owner: Jay Grose Oyster River Boat Yard Chatham, Mass. Box: This black stainless steel setup by Cornwell Tools consists of two 103" boxes, and, with the side cabinet and locker, features an overall length of 22'. Jay Grose's storage...

China firm eyes RP as motorcycle manufacturing hub.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT China's major motorcycle manufacturer Zongshen Group is seriosly eyeing the Philippines as one of two manufacturing hubs it is planning of putting up in the Asean region. Trade and Industry Undersecretary Elmer C. Hernandez, who is also Board of Investments managing head,...

MIT DEVELOPING HALF-SIZED GASOLINE ENGINE.
MIT researchers are developing a half-sized gasoline engine that performs like its full-sized cousin but offers fuel efficiency approaching that of today's hybrid engine system-- at a far lower cost. The key? Carefully controlled injection of ethanol, an increasingly common biofuel, directly into the engine's cylinders when there's a...

Driving jobs offshore: the crushing burden of government regulation plays a key role in the ongoing exodus of American jobs.
Why thousands of American jobs disappearing, only to reappear overseas? Since early 2001, the economy has shed nearly three million jobs, many of them well-paid positions in manufacturing and the hi-tech sector. Initial estimates from the Labor Department suggest that 15 percent of those jobs have materialized in low-wage...

Yamaha RX-V3000 Audio/Video Receiver.
Manufacturer: Yamaha Electronics Corporation, 6660 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, CA 90620; 800/4-YAMAHA Price: $2000 Source: Manufacturer Loan Reviewer: Howard Ferstler This is the fourth Yamaha product I have reviewed since I began writing for this magazine. The first was the DSP-A3090 integrated processor/ amp (the first item...

Gozun vows aid to owners of 2-stroke-engine tricycles.
Secretary Elisea Gozun of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources assured tricycle owners yesterday that her department is surveying the emission levels of tricycles to determine appropriate emission standards for them. We are looking at the feasibility of establishing emission standards for invisible hydrocarbons and the...

California heeds Bluewater.
Almost two years ago, Bluewater Network began lobbying the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to regulate and reduce gas and oil pollution from two-stroke outboards and jet skis. The Air Resources Board -- a division of California's Environmental Protection Agency -- was established in 1971 to address California's tremendous...

Parasound AVC-2500 Audio-Video Controller.
Manufacturer: Parasound Products, Inc., 950 Battery St., San Francisco, CA 94111; 415/ 397-7100; www.parasound.com Price: $3,495 Source: Manufacturer loan Reviewer: Howard Ferstler The AVC-2500 is Parasound's entry into the "super" surround-processor sweepstakes that currently includes units produced by Lexicon, Meridian, Adcom,...

Defamation SLAPP suits threaten to muzzle media critics.
Lawsuits can be abused. The all-American privilege of making a tort claim - filing a civil lawsuit seeking compensation for damage caused by others - can also be a license to threaten and intimidate adversaries. Libel suits are particularly susceptible to abuse. Ask any number of libel defendants -...

Color as a trademark: recent court rulings offer new insights.
Registering colors as trademarks has generated controversy in the food, agricultural and other industries. As recently as 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that color alone can meet the basic legal requirements for use as a trademark. In the Qualitex Co. v. Jacobsen Products Co. decision,...