Samsung accused of using child labor in its own factories
Chinese labor watchdog charges massive overtime and exploited workers Samsung is facing fresh allegations of employing illegal child workers – this time in its own Chinese factories – a day after the...
View ArticleApple urged to defy China’s one child policy
There's no app for that Chinese activist and exiled dissident Chen Guangchen has waded into the controversy surrounding working conditions at the Chinese suppliers of big name tech brands by calling on...
View ArticleThe World Food Crisis Special Report
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View ArticleChannel biggun 2e2 dragged to county court over £14,000 debt
Second CCJ this year 'doesn't comfort' suppliers Reseller-cum-integrator 2e2 has been handed a County Court Judgment (CCJ) over the late settlement of a £14,000 debt.… … Read More
View ArticleInside Story Americas – Is self-regulation working?
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View ArticleVested interests: Chanel ordered to pay in copycat case
French luxury label Chanel has been ordered to pay one of its former knitwear suppliers $258,400 by the Paris Court of Appeal. One of the world's most revered blue-chip brands has been accused of...
View ArticleMicrosoft rumored to be designing its own WP8 smartphone
According to the Wall Street Journal and its anonymous sources, Microsoft appears to be designing its own phone. Asian component suppliers have been asked to test the design, although it is unknown...
View ArticleSamsung audit finds no child labor violations among suppliers
Samsung has published data from a month-long audit of a number of Chinese suppliers used to build their products. A team of 121 employees checked into the business practices of 105 suppliers to verify...
View ArticleWalmart Adopts ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ On Subcontracting After Bangladesh...
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has alerted its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to factories that haven't been authorized by the...
View ArticleHP implements new guidelines for student, temporary labor in China
HP is following in the footsteps of Apple and other major manufacturers in their stance against overseas labor abuse. The company recently gave their Chinese suppliers a new set of guidelines with...
View ArticleCisco Profits Rise 44%, Exceeding Expectations
Cisco Systems is trying to pull off one of the toughest tricks in high technology, adapting a big legacy business to a vastly different future. It still dominates the market for computer networking...
View ArticleBook industry getting greener, study says
NEW YORK (AP) — Thanks to conservation efforts and the rise of e-books, the publishing industry is creating a leaner and cleaner paper trail.According to a new report by two environmental groups — the...
View Article“American Dream”: Food loaded into Dumpsters while Hundreds of Hungry...
Hundreds of poor people waiting outside of a closed grocery store for the possibility of getting the remaining food is not the picture of the “American Dream.” Yet on March 23, outside the Laney Walker...
View ArticleBusting World’s Biggest Movie Pirates Made Piracy Worse
At the turn of the decade, one piracy release group was making its mark on the Internet like no other in recent times. After releasing countless movies and even opening their own BitTorrent tracker,...
View ArticleGazprom squeezes Greece for better terms as sole major bidder for DEPA
According to local media reports, Gazprom head, Aleksey Miller himself is taking part in the negotiations.Gazprom is trying to negotiate favorable terms for the deal, stressing its sole major bidder...
View ArticleThe cognac is here! Russia receives first delivery of Georgian brandy
The cases passed through Kazbegi Verkhny Lars, the only official land checkpoint between Russia and Georgia, that has remained closed since 2006. Tibisi-based Kakheti Traditional Winemaking sent the...
View ArticleNabucco loses key Azerbaijan gas supplier
Azerbaijan said it would deliver its gas to Europe through the The Nabucco-West pipeline (the Turkey–Austria gas pipeline) Territory: From the turkish - bolgarian border to Austria. Through Bulgaria,...
View ArticleOil and gas magnates want to keep pricing status quo
Moscow plays host to The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), and speaking at the summit, Putin said that growing pressure on gas exporting countries was a serious challenge. “The pressure on...
View ArticleTexas is running out of execution drug
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice on Thursday announced that its supply of pentobarbital expires in September, and the department has no alternative to the lethal, single-dose drug with which...
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