Bangladeshi Accord on Fire and Building Safety to be adopted also in Pakistan

The accord came into being after the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza complex in April 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where safety failures claimed the lives of 1,138 workers at a textile factory housed in an unsuitable building. The accord was then the European equivalent of the Alliance for Bangladeshi Worker Safety, a U.S.-sponsored body that was dissolved in 2018, handing its responsibilities …

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Costco misses holiday-quarter revenue expectations despite online growth

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Costco on Thursday missed Wall Street's revenue expectations for its holiday quarter, despite reporting year-over-year sales growth and strong e-commerce gains.

Shares of the retailer fell about 4% in afte…

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