Pakistan's waning feudalism: Gone with the wind
The son of an illiterate wrestler had just inflicted a humiliating political defeat on the patriarch of a hitherto unassailable clan of landed gentry.Ghulam Rabbani Khar is head of a family that owns 600 hectares (1,500 acres) in cotton ...

Derma Sciences Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial Results
The increase in gross margin reflected increased sales of higher-margin AWC products, which accounted for 40% of net sales in the quarter compared with 29% of net sales in the same period last year, and favorable TWC product mix and costs (principally cotton ...

Congress Divided Over Federal Food- Stamp Program
The Senate bill would eliminate direct payments immediately, while the House bill would phase out payments to cotton farmers, who rely on the program, over the next two years....

True Religion Is Going, Going, Gone!
Denim has come through a tough few years, with cotton prices spiking and a promotional environment gone wild. If we've learned nothing, we've learned that consumers have an...

BRAVADA International to Launch VivaVuva. com, A New Online Women's Fashion Ecommerce...
OnlyLeggings.com specializes in women's leg fashion with one of the largest selections of sexy leggings, cotton leggings, plus size leggings and virtually any other leggings...

Forest Oil Announces First Quarter 2013 Results
Forest remains active in East Texas targeting higher-margin oil and liquids-rich development opportunities within the Cotton ... Since the last earnings release, one horizontal Cotton ... The Company plans to continue a one-rig program targeting the liquids-rich Cotton ...

A Panic Stands Between the Old Economy and the New
Consumption and production trends fell across a broad range of materials ( cotton ... Farm and forest continued to provide raw materials for such established enterprises as cotton ...

25 Surprising Facts About Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire's roots go back more than 174 years to the founding of textile manufacturer Valley Falls Company, which itself merged with Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company in...

3 Huge Changes in the American Business Landscape
Waffle-style ice cream cones, hamburgers, hot dogs, peanut butter, iced tea, and cotton candy -- all of which were not yet widespread in the U.S. Dr Pepper, making its first...

Iranian port to become biggest regional cotton terminal
Shahid Rajaie Port in Hormuzgan province will become the biggest cotton transit terminal in Central Asia, once the loading and offloading unit is established by the private...