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Corporate Social Responsibility in Textile Industry
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The concept of social responsibility is a fairly recent one in the business world. Awareness about the social responsibility of business organizations is rapidly on the rise and firms are also accepting this concept. The textile industry is no exception. Textile producing and trading firms are also realizing their responsibility towards the society and the environment. This art .....
Author: fibre2fashion
Date Posted: Oct 25, 2007
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Emergence of Technology - Shaping Up
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IntroductionSince ages, man has quest to search for new things. His thirst for knowledge opens up various doors for new innovations. These innovations get complex with time to time and sciences add new dimensions even in textile industry.If we peep into the historic scale, it started with simple hand-woven fabric passing through handlooms, going up with the automatic looms and .....
Author: fibre2fashion
Date Posted: May 16, 2007
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Future of Fabrics – Nonwoven
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Introduction
Usually people consider textile fabrics as the common categorization such as woven, knitted, braided or tufted constructions. They commonly abandon nonwoven fabrics form the textile group. In the conventional fabric, the fibre is first made into yarns; on the other hand, nonwovens are manufactured sheets or webs directionally or randomly orientated fibres, .....
Author: fibre2fashion
Date Posted: March 23, 2007
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Are You Rich Yet?
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The stock market has been going up for the last three years. Are you rich yet? What most investors fail to remember is not how much you made, but how much of what you made you keep.
There were thousands of paper millionaires in 2000 who are wishing they had known when to sell at that time. Of course, hind sight is always 20/20. Is there any method that could have been .....
Author: Al Thomas
Date Posted: June 28, 2006
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Is Gold Still a Buy?
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The price of gold has advanced more than 100% is less than a year. Is this a time to buy or sell?
As you know gold comes in many forms. Gold bars, gold coins, gold mining stocks, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and gold mutual funds. Lots of gold bars are at the U.S. Mint. These come in various sizes and the biggest drawback is resale because they have to be re-assayed for purity .....
Author: Al Thomas
Date Posted: June 28, 2006
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Lemmings Are Running - Again
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You know what they are. Little rat like animals that become so over populated that they decide to have a party on the other side of the valley. Everyone joins in and they start running. Unfortunately to get to the other side it is not wise to head directly there because there is a thousand foot precipice in their path. Oh well.
We have our own lemmings. We call them in .....
Author: Al Thomas
Date Posted: June 28, 2006
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Why Six Sigma Will Work in Healthcare
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If ever there were an industry where we want zero defects, it’s healthcare. Patients, medical professionals, and healthcare administrators all want mistakes eliminated and quality and efficiency improved. Although most industries have undergone some type of data-supported, systematic, quality-improvement process, healthcare still has not. Medical and technological advances cont .....
Author: Peter Peterka
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2005
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Why Should I Use Penny Shares to Build Wealth?
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A strategic question. Why indeed?
1. A penny share would usually refer to a share available for less than $1.00. This makes the aquisition of shares manageable by even the most modest investment budget.
2. The London Business School’s research indicates that generally the smaller companies outperform their big brothers every year (except in the depth of a depression). This .....
Author: Kevin Bauer
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2005
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Is Working From Home All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
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Is working from home all it’s cracked up to be?
I’ve worked from home for the last 27 years so I guess I am entitled to make some observations about how it works.
There are some critical issues that you would need to consider –
1. Discipline. Working from home means working – not staying. And the temptations for walking away from the work can be compelling. Kids come home .....
Author: Kevin Bauer
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2005
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Debt a Glossary of Terms
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Bankruptcy - Having been legally declared financially insolvent. There are two types of bankruptcy - liquidation, in which your debts are cleared (discharged) and reorganization, in which you provide the court with a plan for how you intend to repay your debts.
Collateral - Property acceptable as security for a loan or other obligation.
Collection Agency - A company hired b .....
Author: Darren Yates
Date Posted: Aug 22, 2005
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