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Bangladesh blast survivor: 'I never dreamed I'd see the daylight again'
Associated PressFor 17 days, the seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-90s F. She rationed food and water. She banged a pipe to attract attention. She was fast losing hope of...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Engineering, Disasters and Accidents, Technology, Rentals
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d'Vinci Interactive thrives on collaborative spirit
megp@herald-mail.comVince Hellane was a businessman who cherished independence, so it seems fitting that his company has managed to thrive, even without its free-thinking founder at the helm. Hellane created d’Vinci Interactive in 1993 in his Falling Waters, W.Va.,...Tags: Business Enterprises, Real Estate Sellers, Online Media Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, National Institutes of Health
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Wal-Mart, Disney clothes found in Bangladesh fire
The garment factory in Bangladesh where 112 people were killed in a fire had been turning out clothes for Wal-Mart, Disney, Sears and other major retailers — some of whom say they thought they had stopped doing business with the place. The...
Tags: The Walt Disney Co., Career and Workplace, Consumer Goods Industries, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Sure Fit closing Lower Macungie facility, laying off 75
Sure Fit Inc., the Lehigh Valley slipcover maker that at one time was a rare success story in the struggling U.S. textile industry, will close its Lower Macungie Township distribution center this year, resulting in 75 layoffs. In a notice filed with...Tags: New York City, Career and Workplace, Consumer Goods Industries, Economy, Business and Finance, Unemployment
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In apparel industry, advantages of Made in U.S.A. label wear thin
Patriotism isn't easy. Just ask L.A.'s garment makers. Three years after combining their names to create Venley, a company that produces T-shirts and other basics in a downtown Los Angeles factory, onetime fraternity brothers Nick Ventura and Kevin...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Career and Workplace, Politics, China, Work Rules Contract Issues
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Cost vs. economy
Years ago, many towns in Somerset County had clothing factories. Local people made clothes for private label brands as well as governmental uniforms. Then the manufacturing jobs were sent overseas, primarily to China, because it was cheaper to make...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Bangladesh and its workers
Another tragedy at a Bangladesh clothing factory, another announcement by Wal-Mart about additional steps it will take to beef up worker safety, this time by inspecting all of its suppliers' facilities itself. Not that the retailing giant hasn't made real...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Career and Workplace, Bangladesh, Health and Safety at Work, Walmart
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Morton 'Jerry' Baum, education fund director
Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his...
Tags: Parkinson's Disease, T. Rowe Price, Economy, Business and Finance, Frederick Law Olmsted, PTA
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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: Consumer Goods Industries, Career and Workplace, Islam, Disasters and Accidents, Labor Legislation
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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: Pet Services, Marketing, Economy, Business and Finance, Marissa Mayer, E-Commerce Industry
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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: Heavy Engineering, Career and Workplace, Consumer Goods Industries, Bangladesh, 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: The Walt Disney Co., Pakistan, Consumer Goods Industries, Bangladesh, Economy, Business and Finance
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