06-23-2008, 02:59 PM
not sure where to post.
first they made this documentary
Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts
where six young fashion addicts experience life as factory workers in India, making clothes for the British high street. In this four-part series, the six work in the mills of Indiaâs cotton belt and stitch clothes in cramped back rooms, sleeping next to their sewing machine. See how it changes their attitudes to cut-price clothing.
details
and now this
Embroidered T-shirt. Price: £4. Cost: Misery
there is a panorama programme to accompany the above article
panorama
and there is this news story
Vodafone fights $2bn tax claim
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Indian authorities say the British firm is liable for capital gains tax on the $11.1bn deal as Hutchison Essar's assets are based in India.
But Vodafone maintains the deal was done between two non-Indian companies.
It is seeking an injunction against a request from the Indian tax authority for information about the deal.
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first they made this documentary
Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts
where six young fashion addicts experience life as factory workers in India, making clothes for the British high street. In this four-part series, the six work in the mills of Indiaâs cotton belt and stitch clothes in cramped back rooms, sleeping next to their sewing machine. See how it changes their attitudes to cut-price clothing.
details
and now this
Embroidered T-shirt. Price: £4. Cost: Misery
there is a panorama programme to accompany the above article
panorama
and there is this news story
Vodafone fights $2bn tax claim
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Indian authorities say the British firm is liable for capital gains tax on the $11.1bn deal as Hutchison Essar's assets are based in India.
But Vodafone maintains the deal was done between two non-Indian companies.
It is seeking an injunction against a request from the Indian tax authority for information about the deal.
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