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...month for the cheapest flavor of service, plus various taxes and fees, the iPhone will cost at least $2,000 over the course of a two-year contract. Those who don't want a data plan of the sort the iPhone comes automatically bundled with, may stick with other companies' free phones and cheaper plans. The iPhone's data plan actually adds less to the total price than similar offerings from Verizon, for instance, but because there is no way to opt out of the data plan, those who don't want to use the iPhone's Web capability...
Large global corporations have, for the most part, assumed that responsibility. Nike, the athletic-apparel company, sources 78 million shoes from contract manufacturers in China and requires them, in writing, to meet Nike's standards, says spokesman Alan Marks. When the company recently decided to reduce its environmental impact by using a water-based adhesive in its shoes, Nike added layers of checks to make sure its contractors followed the new specs. Nike's product specialists developed a list of banned substances; there is systematic monitoring in the factory and quality control of the finished products. In some industries, like...
...start at $60 a month, though, and climb to $100 for 1,350 monthly minutes of calling. That means that if you get the $600 model and choose the top minutes package, you're going to shell out more than $3000 over the course of the required two-year contract. Oh, and you'll still have to pay $36 for activation...
...said that Stand for Security—the coalition of student groups which advocated for higher wages for the guards—would likely continue to support the guards on any small disputes that may arise in the next year, though the group is happy with the new contract. Jacobs and Silvey said that all issues of concern were addressed by the agreement...
...Despite a signed contract saying a major research question is why people opt out, there was no survey done of private school, charter and parochial parents,” said School Committee member Patricia M. Nolan '80. “It excluded about 30 percent of our city's families with children...