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Alibaba hits $2bn 'Singles' Day' sales
2014-11-11 02:19:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
China's online retail giant Alibaba has sold $2bn (1.2bn) in goods in the first hour of China's annual "Singles' Day" shopping event.
Strike hits Peru's top copper producer
2014-11-10 19:22:51| Grocery - Topix.net
Unionized workers have gone on strike at Peru's top copper mine to protest a decline in income. It is the first strike since operations began 13 years ago at the Antamina mine owned by an international consortium including BHP Billiton Ltd., Glencore Plc., Teck Resources Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corp. Union leader Jorge Juarez says the 1,730 unionized workers who went on strike Monday account for more than half the mine's employees.
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THE FLANARANT: Toxic discharge issue hits a tipping point
2014-11-10 18:38:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
In the past six years apparel buyers have moved from avoiding commitment on toxic discharge to likely toxic-free production by the end of the decade. And China has moved from opposing legislation on hazardous chemicals to introducing a legally-enforced programme for eliminating them. Has the industry finally hit a tipping point? asks Mike Flanagan.
Realtor Convention hits New Orleans
2014-11-09 16:29:43| Real Estate - Topix.net
THERE SPOTTED A STOLEN CAR AND CHASED THE DRIVER INTO ORLEANS PARISH... THE DRIVER WRECKED THE CAR NEAR JEANETTE STREET AND CARROLLTON AVENUE... HE TRIED TO FLEE THE SCENE BY CLIMBING THE ROOF OF A NEARBY RESTAURANT BUT ONCE HE JUMPED TO GROUND POLICE TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY... THOUSANDS OF REALTORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE CONVERGED ON THE CRESCENT CITY FOR THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE. AND THE CHIEF ECONOMIST FOR THE GROUPS IS EXPECTING A HUGE UPTICK IN SALES WHEN IT COMES TO NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NEXT YEAR.
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5.1-magnitude quake hits western Greece
2014-11-09 03:20:42| Apparel - Topix.net
A strong 5.1-magnitude tremor has hit just west of the Greek island of Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea. The quake, which hit at 1:15 a.m. local time , had its epicenter 5 kilometers underwater, the Athens Geodynamic Institute reports.
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