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5 hrs ago | Freshnews

Sapient Closes Nitro Group Acquisition

Sapient today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Nitro Group Ltd.

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Related Topix: Startups, Sapient, Computers, IT Services, Foot Locker, Retail, Marketing

13 hrs ago | Legal Times

Judge Denies Disbarred Lawyer's Bid to Testify by Video to Avoid Arrest

A disbarred lawyer who has left New York and avoided serving a 30-day contempt of court sentence may not testify by video teleconference in a bankruptcy proceeding in Manhattan to avoid possible arrest should he testify in person, a Southern District Bankruptcy Court judge has ruled.

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Related Topix: New York, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Kenneth Cole Productions, Footwear

17 hrs ago | Hampshire Chronicle

Posh and Becks' sexy photo shoot

Victoria and David Beckham have posed together for Emporio Armani's new underwear campaign.

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22 hrs ago | KGO

Gap founder gives up on Presidio museum

Donald Fisher, the founder of Gap Inc., decided to give up on efforts to create a contemporary art museum at a building in San Francisco's Presidio, a spokesman for the Fisher family said today.

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Related Topix: GAP, Retail, San Francisco, CA

Yesterday | New York Times

U.S. Shifts Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants

Immigration authorities had bad news this week for American Apparel, the T-shirt maker based in downtown Los Angeles: About 1,800 of its employees appeared to be illegal immigrants not authorized to work in the United States.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Prison, US News, Illegal Immigration, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu Jul 02, 2009

KATU-TV Portland

Pendleton Wollen Mills to let 43 workers go

Pendleton Woolen Mills, a historic Oregon company going back over 100 years, has announced it will lay off 43 workers due to poor economic conditions.

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Related Topix: Textiles, Oregon

The Oregonian

Threadbare times for Pendleton Woolen Mills

The Davis and Furber carding machines at the Pendleton mill were built in 1942 but still work well.

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Related Topix: Pendleton, OR, Textiles

Telegraph.co.uk

John Peace to become chairman of Standard Chartered

Mr Peace, on the bank's board as deputy chairman since August 2007, has been acting chairman since Lord Davies stood down in January to join the Government as trade minister.

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Globe and Mail

Change might be good for Gildan

Blogs Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:00 PM Change might be good for Gildan David Berman I nvestors recoiled from Gildan Activewear Inc.

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Related Topix: Gildan Activewear

CIO

Senate Confirms Genachowski As FCC Chairman

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Julius Genachowski, a former technology adviser to President Barack Obama's campaign and transition team, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Telecom, Retail, InterActiveCorp, George Bush

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Customer Interaction Solutions

CA Cited as a Leader by Independent Research Firm in Records...

ISLANDIA, N.Y., -- CA, Inc. today announced it was named a 'Leader' in the records management market, according to an independent report: 'The Forrester Wave: Records Management, Q2 2009,' Forrester Research, Inc., June 2009.

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Related Topix: Retail, CA, Forrester Research, Advertising, Strategy, Electronic, Department of Defense, US News, Los Angeles Metro

Wireless Developer Network

Urban Outfitters Goes Mobile

Founded in 1970, Urban Outfitters operates 144 stores in the United States, Canada and Europe offering an eclectic mix of merchandise.

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Related Topix: Urban Outfitters, Retail, Marketing

TV Guide

Who's heating up 90210 this fall? Get the scoop

Remember that guy we exclusively revealed would be Ethan's replacement on 90210 ? Well, here's what he looks like! His name is Trevor Donovan, and you might recognize him from a stint on Days of Our Lives as bad boy Jeremy Horton or from his days as an Abercrombie and Fitch model .

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Related Topix: Abercrombie and Fitch, Retail

Reuters

Probe fingers 1,800 American Apparel workers

A U.S. federal probe has found that about a third of American Apparel's factory workers in the Los Angeles area had supplied suspect or invalid records and were not authorized to work in the United States.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News

News-Sun

Bogus bills lead to arrest of Chicagoans

Police arrested two Chicago men after they were caught with a handful of counterfeit $100 bills.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Vernon Hills, IL, Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse, Retail, Mundelein, IL

WBZ TV

L.L. Bean Deal Adds Jobs At Maine Wreath Maker

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Related Topix: Retail, Machias, ME

Tue Jun 30, 2009

The Victoria Star

Hot pink captures attention

Your attention, please: Dump that basic black. 1 of 3 AP RIGHT: An Oscar de la Renta gown is modeled during Fashion Week in New York.

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Related Topix: Oscar de la Renta

Globe and Mail

Gildan stock sinks on worries about Honduran coup

Politics Gildan stock sinks on worries about Honduran coup Supporters of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya protest against the coup d'etat in the surroundings of the presidential house in Tegucigalpa on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Gildan Activewear, Manuel Zelaya, Hugo Chavez

Chicago Tribune

AIG shareholders' meeting is relatively calm affair as CEO Liddy outlines repayment plans

American International Group Inc. 's annual shareholder meeting ended without drama Tuesday after a handful of shareholders voiced disappointment over the embattled insurer's near-collapse last fall.

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Related Topix: Insurance, American International Group, Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, Citigroup, Kenneth Cole Productions, Great Neck, NY, Footwear, Business News

Charleston Gazette

Shoplifters loot Vienna mall of $25K worth of items

VIENNA, W.Va. -- Vienna police are searching for organized teams of shoplifters who looted about $25,000 worth of merchandise from two stores at the Grand Central Mall in a single day.

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Related Topix: Vienna, WV, Aeropostale, Retail

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