The sunny picture of the Bangladesh readymade garments sector has changed and the industry is now at crossroads—the time to act is now and cost of inaction could be high, the World Bank has said in its ‘Bangladesh Development ...
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Apollo Tyres Ltd. did not take Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s lawsuit and allegations lightly. Cooper says Apollo is not meeting the terms of the merger agreement. Apollo claims it's Cooper that is in violation of the agreement. As a result, ...
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Ashley Furniture Inds. and Ethan Allen haven't given up on their fight to obtain a portion of antidumping duties they believe are legally theirs. On Oct. 3, the two case goods and upholstery manufacturers filed an appeal with the U.S. ...
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For every business to operate legally, health and safety laws should be prioritized. We all know that safety and health should always come first. In the 1st of January 2012 the new Work Health and Safety Act (QLD) 2011 was implemented. This ...
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US personal lines insurer Allstate Insurance Company has won a court case that puts an end to fraudulent business and billing schemes carried out by unlicensed medical and chiropractic personnel. In a lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles ...
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New York financial regulators will soon order major life insurers in the state to set aside a total of $4bn to add to their reserves, following violation of new insurance claims rules. The regulators said that life insurers were not ...
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Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea has filed an out-of-court settlement in a Proposition 65 complaint with law firm The Chanler Group. The Chanler Group is a professional Prop 65 litigant. Its complaint with Ikea covers changing pads. ...
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Carolina Mattress Guild, a Thomasville, N.C.-based mattress manufacturer, subjected black employees to a racially hostile work environment and unlawfully fired the employee who complained about racial comments, the U.S. Equal Employment ...
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Three HTC executives have been arrested in Taipei on suspicion of leaking trade secrets, as well as filing false commission fee claims totalling T$10 - around £214,524. Vice president of product design Thomas Chien, research and ...
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that Ashley Furniture and Ethan Allen are not eligible to receive millions of dollars in duties in the wooden bedroom furniture antidumping case. In an Aug. 19 decision, the U.S. ...
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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) in Hong Kong has canceled the licenses of two food locations in Tsuen Wan on 25 August 2013, over repeated violation of Food Business Regulation by expanding the business area. FEHD ...
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A U.S. judge has put a stamp of approval on a US$20 million fund for Facebook to settle a class-action advertising suit, despite objections from groups representing minors on the site. The ruling was issued Monday in the U.S. District ...
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A new Vietnamese Internet law that will put curbs on the types of information that can be exchanged on blogs and social media was criticized on Monday by a 21-nation inter-governmental group. The Freedom Online Coalition said Vietnam's ...
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The National Security Agency was acquiring thousands of digital communications from Americans as of 2011, according to a declassified document from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The glimpse of the NSA's surveillance on ...
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Law firm Ryan & Maniskas has filed a class action lawsuit against officers and directors of Meadowbrook Insurance Group (MIG) for violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the ...