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More than 570,000 Uighurs forced to pick cotton in China's Xinjiang region: Report
• 4 years agoChina has strongly denied allegations of forced labour involving Uighurs in Xinjiang, and accused the US of wanting to "suppress Xinjiang companies"
Garment exporter Bangladesh, second-largest after China, faces $6 bn hit as world retailers cancel orders
• 5 years agoLow wages have helped Bangladesh build its garment industry, with some 4,000 factories employing 4 million workers.
World Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Week: India has a grave need for antibiotic awareness
Binita Priyambada • 5 years agoAMR occurs when bacteria develop the ability to defeat drugs which have been designed to kill them.
Gap's cool smack down to racist graffiti directed at ad with Sikh model
Choudhury • 11 years agoStroll around New York City and you're bound to come across defaced ads, with graffiti that can be racist, stupid or just plain vulgar. The pervasiveness of such vandalism makes Gap's response to one of its defaced ads all the more remarkable.
After Gap, US' Children's Place keen on tie-up with Arvind Brands
Fp Staff • 11 years agoArvind Brands, a subsidiary of the Mumbai-listed Arvind Ltd, is turning out to be a hot property for international fashion names to be associated with. Barely a week after news reports said Gap Inc of the US is keen on entering India via a tie-up with Arvind, Children'S Place, the US' largest children's apparel retailer, has now evinced interest in teaming up the company.<br /><br />
Filling the fashion retail Gap: Arvind to bring in US brand to India
Fp Staff • 11 years agoUS-based clothing giant Gap is all set to take on fashion retailer Zara as it looks to enter India next year through a joint venture with Arvind Brands.
Govt wants you off gold: Say 'no thanks'
Jagannathan • 12 years agoThe government wants to wean you away from physical gold purchases by introducing a gold accumulation plan (GAP). Actually, if you want paper gold, ETFs would be better.
After Nadella's 'karma' gaffe, Microsoft board to look at gender pay gap
Fp Archives • 10 years agoAbout a third of Microsoft's 110,000 or so employees are women. But the company's pay practices and attitude toward women are still open to question and will likely be taken up at the board level
Top 3 percent in US hold nation's wealth, income, says survey
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe gap between the richest Americans and the rest of the nation widened after the Great Recession, a survey by the Federal Reserve showed on Thursday, suggesting deepening US income inequality.
Gap's coming to India with 40 stores, but here's why it may not succeed
Fp Staff • 11 years agoUntil about 10 years ago, GAP was one of the world's most successful garment retailers that wooed young adults in the 1990s with "classic khakis and swing-dancing ads".