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  • Bangladesh garment factories reopen within days of shutdown Bangladesh garment factories reopen within days of shutdown

    DHAKA - Bangladesh has re-opened hundreds of garment factories after just three days of closure following protests over pay and poor work conditions. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association had called for the re-opening on Friday. The shutdown of factories this week was prompted by worker protests over low pay and poor working conditions sparked by the country's ...

  • Anand Sharma invites Japanese Inc to invest in India

    Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma, addressing the "India Investment Roundtable" jointly organized by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of Ministry of Commerce and Confederation of Indian Industry in Tokyo today, invited leading Japanese companies to invest in India and become partner in the growth story of India for mutual benefit. India and Japan ...

  • Anand Sharma meets Japanese PM Shinzo Abe

    Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister Anand Sharma, who is on a two-day visit to Tokyo for a comprehensive review of bilateral economic engagement with Japan, today called upon Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. During the meeting, Sharma apprised the Japanese prime minister of the progress made in the implementation of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project, which was ...

  • Victoria Beckham inspires Macpherson

    Supermodel Elle Macpherson thinks fashion designer Victoria Beckham is an inspiration to women as she balances her professional and personal life well. "I have come across many women who commit their heart to raising their family, and to helping others who are less fortunate. They continue to be a huge inspiration to me - also women, like Victoria Beckham, who seem to have maintained the ...

  • Senior with passion for fashion headed to NYC

    It's graduation season when a lot of high school seniors are planning their next move. One West High School student is headed to New York City to pursue her passion for fashion. "I hate it when people follow the trend. I say create the trend," Caroline Trotter said. The Tennessee teen creates art. Caroline Trotter prefers shooting photographs outdoors. She said it's all ...


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Nurse Betty

"And this is all because of a soap opera," the professional killer laments to the young woman. By this point in Neil LaBute's black comedy "Nurse Betty," several people are already dead, and the professional killer, a paradoxical man who is both sympathetic and vicious, is at risk of being captured by the police who are surrounding the apartment. The woman to whom he is talking has been his prey ... ...

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  • Governor Signs Manufacturing Tax Break Law

    Scott on Friday signed a bill that creates a tax break for the state's manufacturers. The governor made it official during a stop at a Tampa manufacturing firm. The measure (HB 7007) exempts manufacturers from having to pay sales taxes on equipment purchases for three years. The tax break starts in April 2014 and runs until April 2017. The new law also creates a new nonprofit corporation to ...

  • Bangladesh garment hub reopens

    Hundreds of garment factories in a Bangladesh manufacturing hub have reopened after being closed for days because of unrest sparked by the country's worst industrial tragedy, employers say.Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association shut down the factories at the Ashulia industrial area on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka earlier this week after tens of thousands of workers ...

  • Cancer cover girl rallies to launch fashion line

    Talia CastellanoTalia Castellano, a 13-year-old internet sensation who is battling brain cancer, films an interview with a local film crew at Arnold Palmer hospital in Orlando, Fla. on Wednesday, May 08, ...

  • Bangladesh Garment Industry Surviving the Rana Plaza Building Collapse

    Hundreds of garment factories are up and running again Friday in Bangladesh. They’d been closed down by three days of protests over dangerous working conditions. Those protests were sparked by April’s collapse of a building near the capital Dhaka which housed five garment factories. The collapse killed more than 1,100 workers. Bangladesh is the world’s second-biggest ...

  • Cannes-Fashion Photos A Victoria’s Secret Angel and a Bespoke Biscuit-Tin Gown Overtake the Riviera

    investigating a nearby jewel heist , gunshots reportedly rang out over the Promenade on Friday--spurring a French television crew and festival-jury member Christoph Waltz, who was being interviewed, to duck for cover mid-broadcast . The interruption was brief, though. Once police apprehended a suspect, the Riviera revelry resumed and a wave of eye-catching looks--including a sprawling gown ...

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