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Kitty keeping new moms in the pink

JAPAN'S iconic Hello Kitty brand, not content with confining its logo to handbags, lunch boxes and jet planes, has staked out a new piece of commercial real estate: a maternity hospital in central Taiwan. Hau... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Wed, Jan 21 2009

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29 Dec 07 visit The Midwich Kitties - none of us are safe!  »  Shanghaiist Not content with sinking its rabid fangs into our children, our metro system and our optometrists, it seems the sinister cabal behind the Hello Kitty brand now wants to ensnare 50 percent of YOU, dear readers. According to a strangely supine BBC report...
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