Nike reported on Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter net income fell 12 percent as stronger sales of its clothing and footwear brands were offset by increased costs and advertising spending. The company’s results, reported after the markets closed, exceeded Wall Street’s expectations, but its shares fell more than 3 percent in after-hours trading as investors appeared worried about a slowing of future orders. Nike, like other consumer product makers, is facing high costs for materials

Crude was down in Asian trade today as worries over Spain and a slowing Chinese economy highlighted a weak global economic outlook, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November, shed 20 cents to $87.94 a barrel and Brent North Sea crude slipped three cents to $108.14. "Crude oil prices dipped slightly on weak outlook for economic growth," said Sanjeev Gupta, who heads the Asia-Pacific oil and gas practice at Ernst and Young. "This past week, European

To look for a proper cloth for the baby is overwhelming. And there are lots of outfit to choose from to make your baby more comfortable, attractive and clean to look at. Although, babies clothing comes in wide variety of color, style and design, there are only three types of cloth that are available for babies to wear every day. 1.Daywear – this type of baby dress should be comfortable in order that the baby can move around in. This is the clothes that the babies are going to wear around

Giorgio Armani unveils new Spring/Summer 2013 collection, Kaleidoscope. Variations, nuances, juxtapositions. The world of armani is multifaceted, as if observed through a kaleidoscope that separates, refracts and illuminates. It is ingenious in its use of shapes, fabrics, and its quality of workmanship. Subtle yet profound alterations create soft, naturally deconstructed fits, rendered fluid through the use of gossamer silk and organza. Light overcoats and short, beautifully tailored ja

Bedroom Decoration According to The Personality is about your personality as your bedroom decoration. The bedroom is a place to relax and relieve stress. Therefore, this room must be decorate as comfortable and attractive as possible. Choose bedroom decoration that comes closest to your personality and tastes to create a fun and relaxed atmosphere before settles down and sleep on it. Here the bedroom decoration according to the personality: 1. Classic personality bedroom decorationI

Plains Cotton Growers (PCG) informed that cotton in the United States is considered some of the least contaminated in the world market. To maintain that reputation, growers and ginners are encouraged to employ techniques that avoid foreign material from getting into modules or being introduced during the ginning process. Mark Lange, President and CEO of the National Cotton Council, said that U.S. spinners are reporting more contamination in recent crops than in the past. Some of the reported

Increasingly, metals in cars and airplanes are being replaced by fiber-reinforced plastics. Producing these materials using tape laying offers several advantages. Scientists are now working on readying this technology for use in series production. They will show a few demonstration parts in Hall 8a, Booth A11 at the Composites Europe trade fair, which will be taking place from October 9 - 11 in Düsseldorf, Germany. New approaches are needed for vehicle construction. While vehicles to date hav

US cotton traders have turned to their politicians to put pressure on the textile millers of Bangladesh to buy the commodity from them at prices far higher than the market rates. They have urged the US politicians to raise the issue with the Bangladesh government so that it takes a move in this connection, concerned sources said. Recently some of the textile mills in Bangladesh cancelled some forward contracts with the US cotton exporters due to price volatility. But the US cotton traders

Plexus Cotton Limited reported that New York (NY) futures found some support this week, as December edged up 56 points close at 72.09 cents. Just when we thought that the market was once again in the grip of the bears, adverse weather conditions across the cotton belt managed to halt the decline by casting some doubt on the potential size and quality of the US crop. Nearly all cotton fields from Texas to the Carolinas got wet this week, with the heaviest amounts falling in the Mid-South la

The Royals have not been getting along with their clothing lately, to say the least. First, Prince Harry lost a game of strip pool in Vegas (what happens in Vegas definitely doesn’t stay in Vegas), then Kate had some very exposed photos published in a French tabloid and rumour has it that a Danish gossip magazine published completely nude photos of the Duchess. Talk about a stroke of bad luck. As with all extremely publicized scandals, a strategic plan must be made about how to deal with the