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Some of America’s inventive minds will compete on new reality show
LOS ANGELES
By Matt Hurwitz
The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Who knew we all needed the “Bladder Buddy.” After all, being able to go in public without anybody knowing what you’re doing under that plastic garment bag might come in handy someday.

“Not,” say the four judges on Simon Cowell’s latest competitive concoction, “American Inventor,” premiering Thursday.

The show highlights some of the country’s brightest and most inventive minds — as well as some of the nuttier variety — in a search for the next new “it” gadget. Contestants will vie for a $1 million prize and the chance to have their invention end up in homes across the land.

“It’s everything I love about reality shows, which is the good, the weird and the completely and utterly disillusioned,” Cowell said Read more about Some of America's inventive minds will compete on new reality show …

Hinckley’s buzzards put firm’s designs on T-shirts
Medina County Gazette
By RACHEL MYERS
Staff Writer

HINCKLEY TWP. — The Ides of March is traditionally deemed ominous, as it marks the anniversary of the day Julius Caesar was murdered a few thousand years ago.

But it also signals the anniversary of another (slightly more pleasant) time — spring; more specifically, the famed buzzards that bring it faithfully back to Hinckley Township each year.

While most in the area are familiar with “Buzzard Day” and “Buzzard Sunday,” when the 7,000-person population township swells by at least a couple thousand, Ruth Fitzgibben and her employees have what they call “Buzzard Week.” Read more about Hinckley’s buzzards put firm’s designs on T-shirts …

Cleaners raise industry’s bar
Evansville Courier-Press
Don’s Cleaners uses high-tech bar coding for efficiency, accuracy

By CAROL WERSICH Courier & Press staff writer 464-7452 or cwersich@evansville.net
March 15, 2014

Evansville-based Don’s Cleaners, which also includes Clayton’s Fine Drycleaning, is among fewer than two dozen companies in the industry today using a new high-tech bar coding system, according to owner Steve Schmitt.

The system allows the cleaners to track each customer’s dry-cleaning from start to finish in a speedier, more efficient and accurate manner, he said.

The bar coding also provides a permanent record of the dry-cleaning history of each garment that is dropped off at one of the company’s stores Read more about Cleaners raise industry's bar …

Elegan Dalam Nuansa Masa Lalu
lassic & Divine
hanyawanita.com

Mungkin Anda akan mencoba berpikir keras bila ditanya apa hubungannya narkoba dengan fashion. Nyatanya dalam suatu malam di bulan Desember ini, fashion menjadi salah satu unsur yang punya andil dalam keprihatinan terhadap pengguna narkoba. But how come?
Adalah Sebastian Gunawan & Christina yang menggelar fashion show annual koleksi utama (first line) yang diwujudkan dalam 80 set busana eksklusif. Karya dari tangan dingin mereka berdua yang bermerek SEBASTIAN GUNAWAN itu tampil dalam serangkaian tema cantik yang bernuansa CLASSIC & DIVINE. Tapi kali ini tidak hanya merupakan fashion show biasa. Peragaaan kali ini menjadi luar biasa karena merupakan juga malam dana. Read more about Elegan Dalam Nuansa Masa Lalu …

Jakarta Post

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan plan to divert 12 liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes from RI to other markets.
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Garment Industry Aiming At $25 Billion Exports By 2014-11
Trading Markets, CA

(RTTNews) – Mr Vijay Agarwal, Chairman, Apparel Export Promotion Council announced Wednesday that there may be an approximate 10% increase in the country’s garment exports during 2014-07 over last year’s performance of $8.2 billion.

Addressing the inaugural function of the second Apparel Training and Design Centre in the Chennai, he said that despite the targeted growth of 30%, only 10% growth might be achieved due to higher interest rate and stronger rupee. Read more about Garment Industry Aiming At $25 Billion Exports By 2014-11 …

HK Lai Sun sees $32 mln loss in Lai Fung shr sale
Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News

HONG KONG, March 13 (Reuters) – Textile group Lai Sun Garment (International) Ltd. said on Monday it would book a loss of HK$246 million (US$32 million) from the sale of a 20 percent stake in its property unit Lai Fung Holdings Ltd. .

Lai Sun Garment said in a statement the estimated loss would arise because the issue price of HK$0.40 per Lai Fung share is lower than the net asset value of the Chinese property unit.

Singapore’s property firm CapitaLand Ltd. said on Sunday it would pay HK$644 million in cash for 1.61 billion new Lai Fung shares at HK$0.40 each. Read more about HK Lai Sun sees $32 mln loss in Lai Fung shr sale …

Garment workers observe token hunger strike Financial Express   The 16-garment factory workers’ organisation observed a token hunger strike in different parts of the country Friday protesting the loss of lives of garment workers in fire and building collapse, reports BDNEWS. The token hunger strike programme was observed at Muktangon in city, Chittagong, Narayanganj, Gazipur and […]

Chinese garment quotas breathing life into vulnerable Asian textile sectors
AFP Business News via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance

HNOM PENH (AFP) – Asia’s most vulnerable garment sectors have survived — even flourished — and proved the nay-sayers wrong during their first year without the protection of the global quota system.

But industry officials say they have only done so with the help of additional safeguards imposed by the United States and European Union against textile giant China

The end in December 2004 of the decades-old international quota system known as the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), which gave developing countries guaranteed access to developed countries’ markets, was expected to doom the garment sector in countries like Cambodia, Bangladesh and Vietnam Read more about Chinese garment quotas breathing life into vulnerable Asian textile sectors …

China : Textile & garment sector to blossom in 2014
March 13, 2014/Fibre2fashion.com

Chinese textile industry is expected to record a 20 percent rise in value earnings and 10 percent increase in yarn and chemical fibre production in 2014 over last year.

As for the exports, a 15 percent growth in textile and garment exports is foreseen.

China Textile Industry Association reported that the emphasis will be on industrial restructuring, upgrading and independent innovation. Read more about China : Textile & garment sector to blossom in 2014 …