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PERU: Hialpesa factory workers object to "sham" contracts
2013-11-06 13:16:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
One of Peru's largest and most profitable textile and clothing companies, Hilandería de Algodón Peruana (Hialpesa) is alleged to have turned away workers who refused to sign "sham" employment contracts.
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workers
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Kiribati: Massive marine protected area is an even bigger sham
2013-09-01 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Meet President Anote Tong of Kiribati, a Central Pacific country of three-dozen postcard-pretty coral atolls that may become uninhabitable someday because global warming is causing ocean levels to rise. Tong, 61, has been in power for a decade, during which time he has become a darling of the environmental community, a fixture at climate change conferences who is showered with prizes and praise. His signal achievement? Under his leadership, Kiribati (pronounced KEE-ree-bahss) created the 150,000-square-mile...
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Microsoft's Surface Pro Shortage Sham
2013-02-12 17:36:04| PC Magazine Notebooks Product Guide
The Surface Pro sold out on launch day, but its shortage was obviously contrived to create buzz.
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Microsoft's Surface Pro Shortage Sham
2013-02-12 16:52:14| PC Magazine: the Official John C. Dvorak RSS Feed
The Surface Pro sold out on launch day, but its shortage was obviously contrived to create buzz.
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Chicago-area RTA: United running 'sham' business
2013-01-14 08:30:30| Airlines - Topix.net
A transportation agency plans to file a lawsuit Monday alleging that United Airlines is falsely claiming to buy huge amounts of jet fuel out of a small, rural Illinois office that doesn't even have a computer to avoid paying tens of millions of dollars in taxes in Chicago, where the purchases are allegedly being made.
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