Following government assurance of security, production at readymade garment factories at the Ashulia industrial belt in Ashulia resumed after three days (17 May 2013). On Tuesday, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters ...
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A day after breaking an almost year-long silence on a medical condition that had affected the way he speaks, Google co-founder Larry Page said Wednesday that people should be more open about their medical histories. "I just disclosed ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 5/16/2013 6:31:56 PM DuPont celebrated the silver anniversary of its global packaging awards program Thurs. night, May 16, granting top honors to U.K.-based design firm ...
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Global packaging design company Leo Luxe has expanded its folding rigid box portfolio. New flat pack designs have been added by the company for retail and cosmetic markets in response to the need for a packaging solution that reduces ...
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DuPont celebrated the silver anniversary of its global packaging awards program last night, granting top honors to U.K.-based design firm pi 3 for AidPod, which delivers life-saving medicine to remote sub-Saharan villages. This unique ...
The U.S. government's effort to close 1,253 of its data centers is falling short of its goal, and agencies haven't been able to track projected cost savings for the initiative, a government auditor told lawmakers. The White House Office ...
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The NACD Awards Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Annual NACD Package Awards Competition. The judging for the 50th Annual competition was held on Mar. 7, 2013 in Chicago. Judges examined and evaluated packages in ...
Crown Alliance Capital (CACL), a senior life settlement company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with American Medical Capital for non-exclusive sourcing of life insurance portfolios. Besides setting forth a series of ...
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More than 200 readymade garment (RMG) manufacturing units have shutdown for an indefinite period in Bangladesh’s Ashulia industrial belt, following labour unrest in the aftermath of the Savar building collapse, whose toll has now ...
In the past 2012/2013 business year the North American office furniture group, Steelcase spent a total of US$34.7m on restructuring measures. Of this amount US$13m was spent on the closures of three North American production locations, ...
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The Government of Bangladesh has temporarily shutdown 18 garment manufacturing factories on the grounds of inacceptable labour standards and working conditions, Textiles and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui informed reporters. While two ...
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Workers at the Port of Hong Kong have voted to call off their industrial action after accepting an improved wage offer and promises of further negotiations on working conditions – as well as an assurance that there will be no ...
Duisburg, Germany-based steel and metal distribution company, Klockner & Co., has reported a net loss of €16 million for the first quarter of the current year, compared to the net loss of €12 million in the corresponding quarter ...
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Nobia AB is meanwhile considering making further acquisitions with a view to penetrating new markets. CEO Morten Falkenberg explained the background to these considerations at an analysists' conference held on 30 April 2013 to discuss ...
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By the end of summer, Erik’s Bike Shop should have opened its 20th location in a onetime autoworkers’ union hall across from the defunct Ford Twin Cities Assembly Plan right on the Mississippi River in St. Paul. It will be ...
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