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...distinguishes itself as a “non-sweatshop” producer, pays its employees an average wage of $12 an hour, and is actively campaigning for immigration reform. In 2007, it posted sales of around $387 million, and it has opened 33 new retail locations in the third quarter of this year alone.Charney’s successful—albeit possibly sleazy—altruism has not come without its prices, though. For example, basic t-shirts, which come in any number of colors, materials, and neck shapes, are sold for an average of $20. Plain socks...
...Less obvious is the support the dollar is getting from an unlikely quarter: global hedge funds and other nonbank financial entities. This shadow banking system has borrowed trillions of dollars to leverage its investments. But the crisis has triggered massive early loan repayments, and because these loans must be repaid in the U.S. currency, demand for the dollar has increased, driving up its value. It's not just hedge funds that are affected. Foreign banks, which hold $12 trillion in dollar assets and liabilities, are also in the process of deleveraging...
...says it's got the message that it needs to change, but it doesn't agree the Mac model is dead. It is sacking a quarter of its 1,600 staff and selling off assets like Spanish wind farms and a Tasmanian power station. New CEO Michael Larkin says deals will be curtailed and executive pay based solidly on "investment outcomes." It remains to be seen if those remedies have come in time to save the patient...
...does anyone want to invest now? For many people opening their third-quarter brokerage statements, the news is grim. "Our call volumes are up 100%. We are just on fire here," says Gary Bhojwani, CEO of Allianz Life Insurance in Minneapolis, which sells annuities--insurance products that trade off risk and the potentially higher returns that stocks or bonds offer in exchange for a guaranteed payback. (Most annuities are guaranteed by state insurance regulators.) Investors who wouldn't know an annuity from a pineapple are asking one question: Is my money safe...
...demands for more money suggest that, as Bair told TIME, "more banks will fail." The FDIC's list of troubled banks jumped from 90 to 117 in the second quarter and will surely grow again. Bair is worried about all the new responsibilities her agency is taking on. The new rescue plan requires the FDIC to guarantee not just the new lending by banks but also unlimited deposits in special accounts used primarily by small businesses for things like payroll. Little wonder Bair is cautious: the new program is expected to cover $1.9 trillion, a stunning 42% increase in total...