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CANADA: Gildan Q3 profit jumps on lower cotton costs
2013-08-01 18:14:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Lower cotton costs, higher unit sales volumes, a more favourable branded product-mix, and increased supply chain and manufacturing efficiencies helped T-shirt and sock maker Gildan Activewear to report a 47.3% jump in third-quarter profit.
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Royal Dutch Shell profits slip lower
2013-08-01 08:24:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Royal Dutch Shell sees its second-quarter earnings fall to $4.6bn, compared with $5.7bn in the same period a year ago.
Associations File Amici Brief; SC Urged to Uphold Lower Court Ruling Permitting CBA
2013-08-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Four meat and poultry associations last week filed an Amici curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court. The associations urged the court to uphold a lower court decision permitting collective bargaining agreements (CBA) to address compensation for clothes-changing time.
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Jatropha Carbon Farming Could Lower Atmospheric CO2 Levels
2013-07-31 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The large-scale planting of jatropha trees in the worlds arid regions could help reduce atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, a new study says. Using computer models and data from plantations in Egypt, India, and Madagascar, a team of German scientists calculated that plantations of the durable, scrubby jatropha which can also be used as a biofuel could capture 17 to 25 tons of carbon dioxide per hectare annually. Jatropha is particularly suited for so-called carbon farming because it can...
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US: Hanesbrands Q2 profit soars on lower cotton costs
2013-07-31 12:59:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Basic apparel manufacturer Hanesbrands has seen its second-quarter net profit soar thanks to substantially lower cotton costs and its innovate-to-elevate initiatives.
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