the brand exports throughout southeast asia, and its 900 staff here in shenzhen also assemble massage devices for others, including brookstone in the united states. breo is one company on the pearl river delta that didn't lose sleep when the financial crisis hit. sales have grown consistently in recent years by 35%, with turnover now some u.s. $30 million. the u.s. order book is still pretty thin, but breo says that 2011 is the year when it'll focus on destressing americans. apollo ma is the company's founder and sole shareholder. he began selling massage devices, door-to-door, 15 years ago. breo's first decade was all about survival. now it's in the money, mr. ma believes the time is right to develop solutions for arguably the world's most demanding consumers. >> because i think the american people also have so many pressures and sleep not well, so we think that maybe in some time we can prepare good things for them. >> reporter: breo is especially interested in developing music for relaxation-- not just through what you hear, but more by employing the vibration caused by different w

the shenzhen sse composite is declining 1.2% at 1,242. >>> french automaker renault says it has filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors over alleged industrial espionage. it did not identify the subjects. the company suspended three executives divinitily for leaking company secrets on electric car technology ps developing with its japanese partner, nissan. all three have denied the charges. renault said on thursday it filed the complaint in france against unspecified persons for industrial espionage, breach of trust, theft, among other acts. the company says in its filing it has discovered serious misconduct detrimental to its strategic, technological, and intellectual assets. it gave no further details. french media have reported the possible involvement of a chinese firm, but the chinese government strongly denies the allegation. >>> the world's biggest earthquake simulator made its debut on thursday in japan. construction company kajima built the state-of-the-art simulator in a western suburb of tokyo to examine how long-period ground motion affects high-rise buildings. long-pe

the shenzhen sse composite declining by .3%. >>> prime minister naoto kan and former democratic party leader ichiro ozawa are increasingly at odds over an alleged political funds scandal. tensions are mounting ahead of the party convention and diet session later this month. ozawa's expected to be indicted as early as this month over the scandal. >> translator: ozawa should make clear his future plans as a politician if indicted. and he should concentrate on his trial. >> kan made the remark on tuesday. he indicated that ozawa should consider leaving the ruling party and resign as a lawmaker. later in the day ozawa said his scandal should not be the prime minister's concern. he added that kan should focus on what to do with the country and how to protect people's lives. a lawmaker close to ozawa also criticized the prime minister's statement. he said it makes no sense to suddenly talk about the former party leader's future. another democratic party lawmaker said the prime minister should not have said anything that could stir up conflict among party members. >>> prime minister kan may