IDG News Service-The family of a worker who committed suicide at an alleged Apple supplier in China is blaming his death on the harsh management at the factory and has tried demonstrating against the company,only to be detained by local ...
Tags: Apple, Mistreatment, Victim's Family
Portugal's high quality 'terry' towelling specialist, Carvalho, takes delivery of its first Thies iMaster 'F' dyeing machine and immediately orders another five units to replace its existing dye house plant in a phased modernisation ...
Tags: towelling, terry towelling, dyeing machine, Thies dyeing machine, Carvalho
The websites of several Swedish government agencies were knocked offline on Friday. The website failures coincided with threats by hacktivists, claiming to be members of the Anonymous collective, to launch a cyber attack against Swedish ...
Tags: Swedish government, hacktivists, Anonymous collective, cyber attack
Calvin Klein Underwear(CKU),a division of The Warnaco Group Inc and Calvin Klein Inc,a wholly owned subsidiary of PVH Corp,announced that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the Calvin Klein Underwear brand. Since its introduction as ...
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Macy's Inc said it plans to hire approximately 80,000 seasonal associates for its Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores,call centers,distribution centers and online fulfillment centers nationwide for the 2012 holiday season.The company's 2012 ...
Leicester City Council has drawn up a contract with Balfour Beatty Living Places,which will see almost all of the city's lighting converted to more energy efficient alternatives. The contract begins on October 1st and is expected to last ...
The trade fair Heimtextil is regarded as an important trend indicator for the home textile sector. It was reported by the Heimtextil organizers that this year a total of 2'634 companies (+2.4% compared to 2011) from 61 different countries ...
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It's probably fair to ask why Japanese electronics maker Sharp--deep in debt and red ink,cutting workers and salaries,awash in excess inventory in the brutal LCD market--is actively promoting a line of talking vacuum cleaners. But the ...
Murata is still on the acquisition trail,Terry Churcher,President of Murata for Europe,Middle East and Africa,tells EW. Murata has made a string of acquisitions recently a VTI Technologies in 2011,Renesasa high-power amplifier business ...
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SEMICON Taiwan 2012 kicked off yesterday for a three-day run at the Taipei World Trade Center's Nangang Hall,with approximately 600 manufacturers from 20 nations displaying their latest technologies at over 1,250 booths. The is expected ...
WikiCell Designs,a US-based developer of edible forms of food and beverage packaging,has announced that it closed a$10mn Series-A financing co-led by Flagship Ventures and Polaris Venture Partners. The company also announced that ...
Tags: plastic, paper, eating experience, packaging
Taipei,Sept.4,2012--Terry Guo,chairman of Hon Hai Group,expressed yesterday(Sept.3)that Hon Hai intends to get involved in the management of Sharp,in the hope of helping Sharp cut production cost and turn profitable. Guo noted that Hon ...
Tags: Hon Hai Group, Sharp, cut production cost, management
AllianceBernstein, an investment management firm has appointed Andrew C Terry as senior client advisor to its insurance services team, who will assist in delivering tailored solutions to meet clients' unique investment needs. According to ...
TORONTO — Leon's Furniture reported its net earnings per share fell 18.8% in the second quarter, driven in part by rising marketing costs, sagging housing starts and waning consumer confidence. Leon's said system-wide sales were ...
Tags: furniture
Apple and Samsung's ongoing legal drama,which is currently unfolding in federal court in San Jose,California,has seen Apple produce an accountant who,the company says,has calculated that Samsung owes it$2.75bn(£1.75bn)in damages to ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, nfringements, crisis of design