Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills 2, injures 7 May 16th, 2013 - 07:40h (CET +01.00) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident to spotlight lax safety conditions in the global garment indus... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cambodian, shoe, factory, collapse, kills, injures, Top Keywords

Stocks keep climbing even as manufacturing softens May 15th, 2013 - 19:10h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market continued its climb Wednesday, despite a handful of disappointing economic reports. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stocks, keep, climbing, even, manufacturing, softens, Top Keywords

Stock prices trade flat as manufacturing softens May 15th, 2013 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - A report of slowing manufacturing is getting the stock market off to weak start Wednesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stock, prices, trade, flat, manufacturing, softens, Top Keywords

Walmart checks Bangladesh factories; retailer accord elusive May 15th, 2013 - 05:20h (CET +01.00) By Jessica Wohl (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc stepped up Bangladesh factory inspections while U.S. and European retailers pursued separate accords to try to prevent another disaster in a garment industry where more than 1,200 workers have died in t... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : walmart, checks, bangladesh, factories, retailer, accord, elusive, Top Keywords

H&M, others back new Bangladesh factory safety accord May 14th, 2013 - 04:10h (CET +01.00) By Veronica Ek and Clare Kane STOCKHOLM/MADRID (Reuters) - The world's two biggest fashion retailers, Inditex and H&M, along with several other companies have backed an accord aimed at preventing another disaster like last month's Bangl... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : h&m, others, back, bangladesh, factory, safety, accord, Top Keywords

H&M backs safety accord in Bangladesh factories May 13th, 2013 - 17:40h (CET +01.00) STOCKHOLM (AP) - Swedish fashion retailer H&M said Monday that it will sign up to a legally binding fire and building safety plan drawn up by unions in Bangladesh, following the deaths of hundreds of garment workers in a building collapse there l... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : h&m, backs, safety, accord, bangladesh, factories, accord, Top Keywords

Bangladesh workers find survivor in factory rubble May 10th, 2013 - 14:20h (CET +01.00) DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A woman buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued Friday, a miraculous moment set against a scene of unimaginable horror where the death toll is more than 1,000 and still rising. (... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bangladesh, workers, find, survivor, factory, rubble, accord, Top Keywords

Bangladesh factory collapse death toll hits 1,034 May 10th, 2013 - 07:00h (CET +01.00) DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer showed ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bangladesh, factory, collapse, death, toll, hits, 1034, Top Keywords

Bangladesh factory collapse death toll hits 1,021 May 10th, 2013 - 05:30h (CET +01.00) DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer showed ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bangladesh, factory, collapse, death, toll, hits, 1021, Top Keywords

Bangladesh factory collapse toll hits 1,021 May 10th, 2013 - 05:20h (CET +01.00) DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed outside the Bangladesh capital has passed 1,000, as recovery workers continue pulling bodies from the wreckage more than two weeks after the disaster. (Source: Ass... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : bangladesh, factory, collapse, toll, hits, 1021, 1021, Top Keywords