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Thick paint covers cracks at Bangladesh factory Walmart cited
ReutersBy Nazimuddin Shyamol CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, May 14 (Reuters) - Garment workers stitched clothing on Tuesday at a Bangladesh factory that Wal-Mart Stores Inc had asked the government to shut down because of safety concerns, three weeks after the...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Industrial Production, Chittagong (Bangladesh), Walmart, Plant Openings
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WRAPUP 1-Europe, U.S. retailers divided on Bangladesh reform plan
Reuters* H&M, Inditex sign Bangladesh reform accord * Gap wants changes in how disputes are resolved in court * Wal-Mart asks Bangladesh government to shut unsafe factory By Veronica Ek and Jessica Wohl STOCKHOLM/CHICAGO, May 14 (Reuters) - Major U.S....Tags: Lobbying, Hennes & Mauritz AB, Consumer Goods Industries, Walmart, Groceries
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WRAPUP 3-European, US retailers split on Bangladesh reform plan
Reuters* H&M, Inditex sign Bangladesh reform accord * Gap wants changes in how disputes are resolved in court * Wal-Mart asks Bangladesh government to shut unsafe factory (Adds garment association, factory comments; changes dateline to DHAKA) By Ruma Paul...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Hennes & Mauritz AB, Walmart, Exports, Economy, Business and Finance
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WRAPUP 2-European, US retailers split on Bangladesh reform plan
Reuters* H&M, Inditex sign Bangladesh reform accord * Gap wants changes in how disputes are resolved in court * Wal-Mart asks Bangladesh government to shut unsafe factory (Adds Li & Fung comment) By Veronica Ek and Jessica Wohl STOCKHOLM/CHICAGO, May 14...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Hennes & Mauritz AB, Lobbying, Walmart, Exports
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Acting IRS commissioner repeatedly failed to tell Congress that tea party groups were targeted WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress was not told tea party groups were being inappropriately targeted by the Internal Revenue Service, even after acting agency...Tags: Kidnapping, Explosions, Honduras, New York City, Joyce Brothers
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In Bangladesh rubble, the prices of profit
Reuters* Orders found in rubble reveal price of retail profits * Clothes sold in West for up to 10 times factory cost * Industry under pressure to tighten safety controls By Sarah Morris MADRID, May 14 (Reuters) - Order dockets found in the rubble of a Dhaka...Tags: Consumers, Consumer Goods Industries, Hennes & Mauritz AB, Thomson Corporation, Media Industry
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Big retailers including H&M, Zara parent agree to new factory safety accord in Bangladesh
AP Retail WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Some of the world's largest retailers have agreed to a first-of-its-kind pact to improve safety at some of Bangladesh's garment factories following a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 workers in the country last month....Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Collective Contract, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, JC Penney Company Inc., Politics
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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, Consumer Goods Industries, Sheikh Hasina, Unions, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: E-Commerce Industry, Corporate Officers, Science and Technology, Media Industry, Randi Zuckerberg
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In Bangladesh, search for bodies from factory collapse ends
NEW DELHI, India — The Bangladesh army announced Monday it would end its search for bodies in the rubble of a garment factory complex that collapsed nearly three weeks ago in a suburb of the capital, Dhaka. Saying they believe they have found...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Labor Legislation, Heavy Engineering, Consumer Goods Industries, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
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Deadly factory fire renews outcry in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI -- As Bangladesh struggles to improve its dismal industrial safety record after a massive building collapse last month, another garment industry disaster has raised new cries for reform. Shortly before midnight Wednesday, a fire swept...
Tags: Pakistan, Consumer Goods Industries, Dhaka (Bangladesh), The Walt Disney Co., European Union
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Bangladesh plans to raise wages for garment workers after factory collapse raises scrutiny
Associated PressDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's government plans to raise the minimum wage for garment workers after the deaths of more than 1,100 people in the collapse of a factory building focused attention on the textile industry's dismal pay and...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Health and Safety at Work, Consumer Goods Industries, Work Rules Contract Issues, Collective Contract
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