Word: retailing
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...Chinese government might have reservations about the deal, observers note. Among the sticking points, China's National Development and Reform Commission has said publicly the purchase of Hummer is inconsistent with China's effort to become greener. In addition Sichuan Tengzhong has no experience building vehicles for the retail market...
...fine line to tread. China's army of retail investors - its citizens are said to have opened more than 100 million stock brokerage accounts - is driven by sentiment rather than fundamentals. They expect to make hefty gains from IPOs as a matter of course, and so capping price rises even temporarily may turn off many of them...
...Soaring prices for posh abodes does not mean Hong Kong's economy has escaped the recession. The unemployment rate remains high - for Hong Kong at least - at 5.4%; retail sales dropped 5.5% year-on-year in July, the most recent data available. Though average prices for non-luxury housing has rebounded 25% this year, they are still a third lower than the market's all-time high, in 1997. (See pictures of Hong Kong...
Elauf, who had experience working in retail, interviewed for a position at a Tulsa Abercrombie Kids store in June 2008. During the interview, she wore a black hijab, or headscarf, in line with Muslim religious tradition. According to the EEOC, Elauf got word through a friend, who worked in the store, that the headscarf cost her the job. The EEOC alleges that during its investigation, Abercrombie & Fitch flatly told the agency, in a position statement, that "under the Look Policy, associates must wear clothing that is consistent with the Abercrombie brand, cannot wear hats or other coverings, and cannot wear...
...worked chiefly for Africa in the PEPFAR program, her interests abroad have not been confined to that continent.While working for the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation in the mid-1990s, Gorodentsev—who has a Russian husband and studied Russian—helped privatize small retail stores in Russia and eventually collective and state farms.“We were these 20-something kids running around Russia, hired only because we were relatively bright and fearless and had the Russian skills,” Gorodentsev said.Gorodentsev said she hopes to eventually return to a managerial post...