Duckwall-Alco loss grows on rise in operating expenses (Discount bedding)
ABILENE, Kan. | Duckwall-Alco Stores Inc., which runs discount and variety stores in smaller markets, today said its third-quarter loss widened, despite higher sales, as operating expenses increased.
LONDON (AFP) - Garment workers in Bangladesh are working 80 hours a week for just five pence (seven euro cents, nine cents) an hour to produce cheap clothes for British consumers, a report claimed.
A new poll shows that the overwhelming majority of Americans favor allowing the government to negotiate prescription drug prices for the Medicare program, suggesting there will be considerable political pressure on the next Congress to do so.
RESEARCH suggests that the ongoing trend towards higher discount rates in electricity implies that thermal power, be it coal or gas-fired, will probably dominate future electric power investments in Zimbabwe.
Know the difference before you make your pick.
There is life after death - at least in retail. Five years after Montgomery Ward went out of business, its brand name has been revived on the Internet, and there is even a 21st-century version of the Wards holiday catalog that for decades had been standard fare in American households at this time of year.
LONDON (AFP) - Garment workers in Bangladesh are working 80 hours a week for just five pence (seven euro cents, nine cents) an hour to produce cheap clothes for British consumers, a report claimed.
A new poll shows that the overwhelming majority of Americans favor allowing the government to negotiate prescription drug prices for the Medicare program, suggesting there will be considerable political pressure on the next Congress to do so.
RESEARCH suggests that the ongoing trend towards higher discount rates in electricity implies that thermal power, be it coal or gas-fired, will probably dominate future electric power investments in Zimbabwe.
Know the difference before you make your pick.
There is life after death - at least in retail. Five years after Montgomery Ward went out of business, its brand name has been revived on the Internet, and there is even a 21st-century version of the Wards holiday catalog that for decades had been standard fare in American households at this time of year.
