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BizTech Business Briefs for April 3
Ephraim McDowell President/CEO speaks at national conference Vicki A. Darnell, president and CEO of Ephraim McDowell Health, was a featured speaker at the 2012 American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) national conference in Boston. Darnell...
Tags: Cartoon Network (tv network), Health, Ford Motor Co., Car Safety Tips and Advice, Medical Specialization
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Cost vs. economy
Years ago, many towns in Somerset County had clothing factories. Local people made clothes for private label brands as well as governmental uniforms. Then the manufacturing jobs were sent overseas, primarily to China, because it was cheaper to make...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Bangladesh and its workers
Another tragedy at a Bangladesh clothing factory, another announcement by Wal-Mart about additional steps it will take to beef up worker safety, this time by inspecting all of its suppliers' facilities itself. Not that the retailing giant hasn't made real...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Bangladesh, Career and Workplace, Walmart, Consumer Goods Industries
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Morton 'Jerry' Baum, education fund director
Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his...
Tags: Teachers, Schools, Yale University, Frederick Law Olmsted, Roland Park
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Bangladesh to end search for building collapse victims
Bangladesh's military is ending its search for bodies in the wreckage of an eight-story garment factory building that collapsed last month because no more victims are expected to be found, officials said Monday. Also Monday, the government agreed to...Tags: Islam, Bangladesh, Career and Workplace, Manufacturing and Engineering, Labor Legislation
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In Bangladesh, search for bodies from factory collapse ends
NEW DELHI, India — The Bangladesh army announced Monday it would end its search for bodies in the rubble of a garment factory complex that collapsed nearly three weeks ago in a suburb of the capital, Dhaka. Saying they believe they have found...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Bangladesh, Career and Workplace, Dhaka (Bangladesh), New Delhi (India)
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Female tech entrepreneurs flourish in L.A.
It seemed like a typical dinner party for the well-heeled set: eight women, some dressed in stilettos and skinny jeans, gabbing over glasses of wine and endive spears with goat cheese at a lavish Hollywood Hills home. But amid the Kate Middleton...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Marissa Mayer, Pet Services, Family, Science and Technology
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Deadly factory fire renews outcry in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI -- As Bangladesh struggles to improve its dismal industrial safety record after a massive building collapse last month, another garment industry disaster has raised new cries for reform. Shortly before midnight Wednesday, a fire swept...
Tags: Bangladesh, The Walt Disney Co., Pakistan, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Economy, Business and Finance
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Bangladesh survivor of building collapse rescued
NEW DELHI — In a development described as miraculous, a woman trapped in rubble for 17 days emerged alive Friday from the remains of a building that pancaked just outside Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Speaking from her hospital bed, the...Tags: Bangladesh, Abusive Behavior, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Plant Openings, Human Interest
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American Apparel's Dov Charney on the Bangladesh factory collapse
Say there’s a concert scheduled at a major Los Angeles venue, but that managers smell gas in the air before the show goes on. Chances are that they will cancel the event and take a loss out of an abundance of caution, said Dov Charney, chief...
Tags: American Apparel, Bangladesh, Walmart, JC Penney Company Inc.
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Woman found alive in collapsed Bangladesh factory
From the Associated PressDHAKA, Bangladesh -- A seamstress 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 shot past 1,000. Reshma survived, in...Tags: Sheikh Hasina, Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Bangladesh, Engineering
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Bangladesh factory fire kills 8
NEW DELHI — A deadly fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh raised new cries for improvements in the country's industrial safety conditions Thursday, two weeks after a massive building collapse killed at least 950 people. The blaze that swept...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Bangladesh, Dhaka (Bangladesh), European Union, Companies and Corporations
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