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  • Dolce and Gabbana founders sentenced to jail

    Fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have been sentenced to 20 months jail after they were convicted of tax evasion. Dolce and Gabbana, whose clients include Beyonce Knowles and Madonna, were found guilty of failing to declare $1.3 billion in income to tax authorities, reports contactmusic.com. The fashion gurus were previously hit with a $440 million fine by Italy's Tax ...

  • 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 ...


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  • From fashion blogger to poster girl

    Fronting campaigns, sitting front row at runway shows and getting sent free goods may seem like the life of an A-list celebrity but for Monique Ceccato it's all part and parcel of being one of Perth's most-loved fashion bloggers.Since launching her site Little Miss Mon Bon in 2010, Ceccato has gained a steady stream of followers around the world who flock to her blog daily to see ...

  • China stocks tumble as manufacturing activity falls

    BEIJING - Chinese shares slumped on Thursday after HSBC data showed the nation's manufacturing activities fell to a nine-month low this month. The tumble also tracked wide ...

  • Watch the progressive desperation of HSBC’s chief China economist as the manufacturing sector tanks

    China's manufacturing sector, its engine of growth, contracted for the second month running and weakened to its worst level for nine months, according to ...

  • New Process for Rendering Paper and Textile Fibers Conductive with Aluminum

    Jackets with built-in mobile phones, sports clothes that warn you when your heart rate gets too high, wallpaper with glowing patterns-these are not concepts from a science fiction movie, some of them are actually already available, and they may soon become commonplace. These applications require electrically conductive fibrous materials. Korean researchers have now developed a new process for ...

  • 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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