An American court has heard statements against retail giant Walmart in a closely-watched case alleging sexual discrimination. Betty Dukes, who is representing millions of female employees of the American company which owns UK supermarket chain Asda, filed suit in 2001. She alleges that the company failed to promote its female ...
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A special royal wedding mobile phone has been released in time for the April 29 marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. As wedding fever gets underway, many companies are looking to cash in on memorabilia for the exciting occasion, with mobile phone Alcatel the latest to join the trend.
The ...
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The Foreign Office has warned British national to leave Tokyo and northern Japan as the nuclear crisis in the country deepens. Other nations have also told their citizens to evacuate, while big international companies like H&M and Ikea have relocated to the south. Airlines from Europe and Asia have also ...
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Two of the world’s biggest seafood producing companies have committed to more sustainable fishing methods. Asda supermarkets, which are owned by US group Walmart; and Princes, owned by Mitsubishi, have vowed to stop buying fish from companies which use fish aggregating devices (FADs).
The FADs, which attract large shoals of fish ...
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A woman who was cheated on by her boyfriend of five years has got the ultimate modern revenge by modelling and selling his clothes on eBay. The 26-year-old woman, from Boca Raton, Florida, has taken a series of nearly-naked snaps of herself wearing her ex’s attire.
Declining to give her real ...
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