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Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen Friday
ReutersDHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh will reopen more than 300 garment factories on Friday, ending a three-day forced closure due to worker protests over pay and working conditions after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 people. A series of deadly...Tags: Exports, Health and Safety at Work, Labor Legislation, Bangladesh, Science and Technology
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L.A. artists, architects' effect on each other at MAK Center exhibit
"Everything Loose Will Land" has landed. And its timing could hardly be better. The exhibition at the MAK Center in West Hollywood, curated by UCLA architectural historian and critic Sylvia Lavin, is a wry study of the ways Los Angeles artists and...
Tags: Thom Mayne, Robert Venturi, SCI-Arc, Arts and Culture, Artists
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Global accountants stick to plan for leases on balance sheets
ReutersLONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Company balance sheets could swell by trillions of dollars under an international plan issued on Thursday by two accounting bodies to show more clearly the cost of leasing everything from photocopiers to property. If the...Tags: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Marketing, Credit Ratings
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Roof collapse at Cambodian shoe plant kills three - minister
ReutersPHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Three people were killed when the ceiling of a warehouse fell in at a shoe factory in Cambodia, a government minister said on Thursday, adding to concern about safety standards at Asian factories producing clothes cheaply for...Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Collective Contract, Bangladesh, Government Ministers, Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
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Residents in southern China shout 'Protest! Protest!' against plans for refinery in Kunming
Associated PressKUNMING, China (AP) — More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a petroleum refinery, in a large environmental rally that local authorities allowed to go forward in...Tags: Chemical Industry, China Earthquake (2010), PetroChina Company Limited, Petroleum Industry, Conservation
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New England States Get $2.85M Reduction In Region's Electric Grid Budget
The Hartford CourantNew England utility regulators have accepted a settlement with the operator of the region's electric grid that cuts $2.85 million from its budget and strengthens their review of future budgets. In November, Connecticut officials joined regulatory...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Science and Technology, Interior Policy, Budgets and Budgeting, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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U.S. banks push back on change in loan loss accounting
Reuters* U.S. banks pan accounting change to speed up loan reserves * Banks urge alignment of U.S. and international rules By Dena Aubin NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - More than a dozen of the biggest U.S. banks have questioned a proposed accounting change...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Crisis
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No More Golf Tourneys For Electric Grid Overseer
We guess that most people in New England haven't the faintest idea what ISO New England is, or does. That may be part of the problem. ISO (for Independent System Operator) New England performs the vital task of managing the electricity grid in the six-...Tags: Science and Technology, Budgets and Budgeting, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Sports, Politics
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Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival
Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...Tags: Music Theater, Music, Under Armour Inc., Mathematics, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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AES to shut or convert coal power plants in Indiana and Ohio
ReutersMay 13 (Reuters) - U.S. power company AES Corp said its units expect to retire or repower several coal-fired units in Indiana and Ohio, and possibly build a natural gas plant over the next several years. AES is not alone in shutting coal plants in the...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Coal, Economy, Business and Finance, Petroleum Industry, Dayton Power & Light Company
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Georgia Power returns 2 Plant Bowen coal-fired units to service
ReutersHOUSTON, May 3 (Reuters) - Southern Co's largest utility unit, Georgia Power, has returned two coal-fired units to service at its 3,166-megawatt Plant Bowen station, the company said on Friday. All four units at the plant had been shut since an...Tags: Georgia Power Company, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, Science and Technology
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Lease accounting fight tests resolve of global standard setters
Reuters* Overhaul meant to shine light on lease-related liabilities * Complexity of proposed accounting change undermines support * Effort to align U.S., international accounting at stake By Dena Aubin and Huw Jones NEW YORK/LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) -...Tags: U.S. Congress, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Business, Real Estate, Economy, Business and Finance
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