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  • Chinas manufacturing activity at nine-month low HSBC

    China's manufacturing activities fell to a nine-month low this month, according to a preliminary survey from HSBC. The HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for June fell to 48.3, the lowest level since October and down from 49.2 in May, according to figures released by HSBC Thursday. An index reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 means ...

  • Dr. Kavuru Sambasiva Rao takes over as Textiles Minister

    Dr. Kavuru Sambasiva Rao took over here today as the new Union Minister for Textiles. After assuming office, Sambasiv Rao said the Ministry will do everything possible to provide employment to poor sections of society, increase exports and do justice to cotton growers and handloom weavers. He also hoped to raise textile exports to 50 billion dollars by the year-end from the present 34 ...

  • Serena Williams shows off glamorous side for Burberry fashion show

    Serena Williams was spotted looking absolutely stunning at the Burberry fashion show on June 19. The tennis star flaunted her toned athletic physique in a figure-hugging dress as she arrived at Kensington Gardens in London to attend the menswear show, the Daily Express reported. The five-time Wimbledon champ donned a hot pink outfit, which she teamed up with a trench coat, a signature Burberry ...

  • Helen Mirren new face of Marksamp Spencer

    Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren is said to be the new face of lifestyle and fashion brand, Marks amp; Spencer. The 67-year-old was spotted shooting for brand's new ad campaign at London's St Katharine's Docks, here, Sunday, alongside TV personality Katie Piper, who is also believed to be starring in the advertisement, reports femalefirst.co.uk. It would be the first fashion campaign ...

  • China manufacturing hits nine-month low in June

    BEIJING (AFP) - China's manufacturing activity shrank again in June, HSBC said on Thursday, hitting a nine-month low and adding to concerns about the strength of the world's second biggest economy.The British banking giant said its preliminary purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 48.3, worse than May's final reading of 49.2 and its lowest since September.A reading ...


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  • AP PHOTOS For amputees wounds from Bangladesh garment factory collapse will never fade

    SAVAR, Bangladesh -- It was the worst disaster in the history of the garment industry. When the Rana Plaza factory building crashed down in April, 1,129 people were killed. But many others had to sacrifice their limbs to survive. Arms and legs were trapped under the building rubble, forcing rescuers with no medical training to perform amputations on the spot to free the victims. No anesthesia ...

  • China Manufacturing Contraction Deepens In June

    China's manufacturing activity contracted at a faster pace in June, reducing the prospects of a promising economic recovery, preliminary results of a survey by Markit Economics and HSBC revealed Thursday. The flash manufacturing purchasing managers' index fell to 48.3 in June from 49.2 in May. The index is now at its lowest level in nine months. Readings below 50 suggest contraction of ...

  • China Manufacturing Contracts to Lowest Level in 9 Months

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  • SC Lands Gun Manufacturer

    On the surface the decision by Connecticut gun manufacturer PTR Industries to relocate to South Carolina is a good thing – an apparent triumph of the marketplace. But that’s not entirely the case … We know the company – which ...

  • Kentucky program seeks more students in manufacturing

    HEBRON, Ky. — Their friends probably think manufacturing means working on an assembly line in a dark, dirty factory. But six rising juniors in Kenton County Schools now know differently — and this fall they will spread the ...

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