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Obama nears decision on Bangladesh trade following tragedies
ReutersBy Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama could soon decide to cut off trade benefits for Bangladesh, in a largely symbolic response to tragedies in the country's garment sector that have cost more than 1,200 lives in the past...Tags: National Government, White House, Lobbying, Bangladesh, Consumer Goods Industries
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In apparel industry, advantages of Made in U.S.A. label wear thin
Patriotism isn't easy. Just ask L.A.'s garment makers. Three years after combining their names to create Venley, a company that produces T-shirts and other basics in a downtown Los Angeles factory, onetime fraternity brothers Nick Ventura and Kevin...
Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bangladesh, Trade Agreements, Consumer Goods Industries, Labor Legislation
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Not just Bangladesh, garment makers pressured in Cambodia as well
ReutersBy Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH, June 6 (Reuters) - As investment in Cambodia's textile industry surges, so is labour unrest, putting pressure on suppliers to the world's big garment brands to raise wages and improve sometimes grim conditions in one of...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Gap Inc., Sweden, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Furnishings and Furniture Industry
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No new cash for garment industry safety in Bangladesh budget
Reuters* Minister pledges halt to deadly factory incidents * Official had suggested new money would be provided to relocate buildings * Western brands split over how to improve conditions in garment factories By Ruma Paul and Frank Jack Daniel DHAKA, June...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bangladesh, Strikes
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Elizabeth Ann Wright Elswick
Private memorial tributes are planned in Oklahoma and Kentucky for Elizabeth Ann Elswick. Born Nov. 11, 1927, in Winchester to Albert G. and Florence Abner Wright, she died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Mercy Health Love County Hospital in Marietta, Okla....Tags: Entertainment, Science and Technology, Music, Crime, Law and Justice, University of Tulsa
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Primark to provide short-term financial aid to Rana Plaza victims
Reuters(Reuters) - British fashion retailer Primark said on Tuesday it would provide short-term financial assistance to all victims and families affected by the collapse of Rana Plaza last month in Bangladesh while the clothing industry continues to formulate...Tags: Bangladesh, Consumer Goods Industries, Interior Policy, Politics, Pension and Welfare
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Cost vs. economy
Years ago, many towns in Somerset County had clothing factories. Local people made clothes for private label brands as well as governmental uniforms. Then the manufacturing jobs were sent overseas, primarily to China, because it was cheaper to make...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Bangladesh and its workers
Another tragedy at a Bangladesh clothing factory, another announcement by Wal-Mart about additional steps it will take to beef up worker safety, this time by inspecting all of its suppliers' facilities itself. Not that the retailing giant hasn't made real...Tags: Walmart, Health and Safety at Work, Bangladesh, Consumer Goods Industries, Labor Legislation
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Morton 'Jerry' Baum, education fund director
Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Frederick Law Olmsted, Yale University, Teachers, Roland Park
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Bangladesh to end search for building collapse victims
Bangladesh's military is ending its search for bodies in the wreckage of an eight-story garment factory building that collapsed last month because no more victims are expected to be found, officials said Monday. Also Monday, the government agreed to...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Disasters and Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Bangladesh, Consumer Goods Industries
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Female tech entrepreneurs flourish in L.A.
It seemed like a typical dinner party for the well-heeled set: eight women, some dressed in stilettos and skinny jeans, gabbing over glasses of wine and endive spears with goat cheese at a lavish Hollywood Hills home. But amid the Kate Middleton...
Tags: Sales, Economy, Business and Finance, Luxury Goods Industry, Social Media, Computer Networking and Internet
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