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To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (346723)	10/29/2007 10:02:17 AM
From: Giordano Bruno	Respond to of 436258

street grooves on child slave labor marketwatch.com One of Gap's (GPS) factories in India is employing children as young as 10 years-old. According to MarketWatch, "In a statement released later Sunday, Gap said it was only informed of the sweatshop earlier this week, and "immediately launched" an investigation." What is troubling, of course, is that Gap was not aware of the problem itself. The company made another statement to try to blunt the impact of the news: "We have called an urgent meeting with our suppliers in the region to reinforce our policies." The problem is not unlike the China lead-painted toy issue and the damage that it did to Mattel (MAT). US companies are willing to turn to companies like India and China for cheap labor, but they are not willing to spend the money and resources to protect the workers in these venues or, in some cases, their own customers. As more and more US firms come under the harsh spotlight that will be placed on their overseas manufacturing practices, the realization of these problems, and the backlash, is almost certain to grow. Douglas A. McIntyre

To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (346723)	10/29/2007 10:05:36 AM
From: Lucretius	Respond to of 436258

lol

To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (346723)	10/29/2007 12:01:17 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Respond to of 436258

Put a quarter in the juke, boogie 'till ya puke! Time to take da Night Train! Whoooo, whooooooo! bumwine.com Night Train Express 17.5% alc. by vol. Don't let the 0.5% less alcohol by volume fool you, the Night Train is all business when it pulls into the station. All aboard to nowhere - woo wooo! The night train runs only one route: sober to stupid with no roundtrip tickets available, and a strong liklihood of a train wreck along the way. This trainyard favorite is vinted and bottled by E&J Gallo Winery, in in Modesto, CA. Don't bother looking on their web page, because they dare not mention it there. As a clever disguise, the label says that it is made by "Night Train Limited." Some suspect that Night Train is really just Thunderbird with some Kool-Aid-like substance added to try to mask the Clorox flavor. Some of our researchers indicated that it gave them a NyQuil-like drowsiness, and perhaps this is why they put "night" in the name. The picture (above right) shows that the subject that drank Night Train is down for the count, while the Cisco guzzling subject is ready to rock. Guaranteed to tickle your innards.