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...that with computers, engineers and architects can also produce accurate three-dimensional designs, then a 3-D model, which is easier for subcontractors to follow accurately than the old two-dimensional blueprints or specs. "We give that to the fabricators, the steel erector, the exterior wall façade supplier," says Thornton. "The 3D model makes for less error in the construction phase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kissing The Sky | 12/30/2004 | See Source »

...soar, Bangladesh alone could lose a million textile jobs, warns John McGhie of Britain-based Christian Aid. But there's also concern for producers closer to home. The E.U. took in around 20% of global textile and clothing imports in 2002. With China already the bloc's biggest supplier, the end of quotas "will have serious consequences for the European industry," says Bill Lakin, director-general of European trade body Euratex. Brussels could yet trigger safeguards should Chinese imports explode. You can be sure it won't need 10 years to do so. The Schroders' Pet Project With German unemployment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bizwatch | 12/19/2004 | See Source »

...Most CEOS say, 'Follow me,'" says Suh Doo Chil. "I say, 'Let's go.'" As boss of South Korean telecom- equipment supplier Eastel Systems, Suh is confronting his country's rigid corporate culture. When he took over as CEO three years ago, the company had posted a $57 million loss, debt was out of control, and engineers were heading for the exits. Suh started paring debt and halved the work force, a gutsy move in layoff-averse Korea. The hard-driving Suh, who counts Jack Welch and Margaret Thatcher among his heroes, dismantled Eastel Systems' hierarchy, which stopped anybody from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suh Doo Chil: EASTEL SYSTEMS | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

HUDS was able to obtain the tomatoes quickly, according to Breslin, because it had notified the produce supplier that it wanted the red fruit as soon as it became available...

Author: By Matthew S. Lebowitz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tomatoes Return To Menu | 12/14/2004 | See Source »

...including a 2003 immunity measure for top government officials that temporarily suspended the Milan case. That law was overturned, and the trial resumed in April. The latest verdicts may not change many minds in Italy, but perhaps they can start to change the subject. - By Jeff Israely Saddam's Supplier? THE NETHERLANDS Police arrested businessman Frans van Anraat on charges of war crimes and involvement in genocide for his alleged role in supplying thousands of tons of raw materials for mustard gas to Saddam Hussein's regime between 1984 and 1988. Prosecutors said the gas was used in an attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worldwatch | 12/12/2004 | See Source »

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