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BUSINESS NOTES OUTFITS FOR KIDS.


SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  - Levi Strauss
This article is about the clothing manufacturer. For the anthropologist, see Claude Lévi-Strauss and for the company of the same name, see: Levi Strauss & Co..


Levi Strauss, born Löb Strauß
 & Co. has recalled 13 styles of infant and toddler garments because of potentially faulty metal inseam in·seam  
n.
1. The inside seam of a pant leg.

2. The length or measurement of such a seam.

inseam n (US);
inseam measurement → hauteur f
 snaps on the clothing that could pose a possible choking risk for young children.

The recalled garments include 12-to-24-month Infant Metal Inseam Snap Jeans and 12-to-24-month and 2T-to-4T Koveralls and Shortalls with metal inseam snaps, the company said Wednesday.

Consumers should take the garments away from children and contact San Francisco-based Levi Strauss and Co. at (800) 872-5384 for information.

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Associated Press (AP)

Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world.
 

Take virtual tours via Homestore

WESTLAKE VILLAGE - Homestore.com, which operates the Web site of the National Association of Realtors The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is made up of residential and commercial realtors who are brokers, salespeople, property managers, appraisers, and counselors, and others working in the real estate industry. , announced on Wednesday a three-year deal with Eastman Kodak Co. for increased use of digital imaging.

Realtors will be able to post, preview and edit digital images of property listings nationwide, allowing consumers to view and take virtual tours of the properties.

- Daily News

THQ THQ Toy Headquarters
THQ Territorial Headquarters
THQ Tehsil Headquarters (Pakistan)
THQ The Holy Quran
THQ Theater Headquarters
 gains rights to Fox kids' show

CALABASAS - THQ Inc. announced a publishing agreement with Hearst Entertainment on Wednesday, granting THQ the interactive rights to the upcoming Fox Kids' program ``The Ripping Friends.''

Scheduled to begin airing Saturday mornings on the Fox Kids network this fall, ``The Ripping Friends'' is about four superheroes Superheroes are fictional heroes who possess abilities beyond those of normal human beings.

Superheroes may also refer to:
  • Superheroes (band), a Danish pop/rock band
  • Superheroes (album), by American heavy metal band Racer X
  • Superheroes
. The first related video game is scheduled for release this holiday season.

- Daily News

Flexxtech stock will split 3-for-2

Flexxtech Corp. said Wednesday that it will make a 3-for-2 common stock split, and will buy back shares of its common stock from time to time over the rest of the year.

The forward stock split will be effective for shareholders of record March 26. The common stock will begin trading pursuant to the split the same date, the Los Angeles-based company announced.

- City News Service

CKE CKE Clock Enable (memory signal)
CKE Carl Karcher Enterprises, Inc. (restaurant chain)
CKE Certified Kitchen Design Educator
CKE Catia Knowledge Engineering
CKE Content and Knowledge Engineering
 plans to sell Taco Bueno sites

Anaheim-based CKE Restaurants Inc. said Wednesday that it will sell its Taco Bueno subsidiary for $72.5 million to a subsidiary of Jacobson Partners, a private equity buyout firm.

The transaction is expected to close at the end of May.

CKE Restaurants operates more than 3,700 quick-service restaurants under the names Carl's Jr., Hardee's and Taco Bueno.

- City News Service

Mad-cow disease hurts McDonald's

OAK BROOK, Ill. - Europeans' leeriness of beef during a mad-cow disease scare is hurting McDonald's sales more than expected, the fast-food chain said Wednesday as it warned that profits are still falling.

The company scaled back its profit outlook for the first quarter of the year, sending its stock spinning to a three-year low of $26.29 a share before it recovered somewhat. McDonald's shares were down 25 cents to $27.55 late in the trading session on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City.
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The European beef crisis that sent McDonald's earnings lower in the fourth quarter for the first time since 1998 has continued into 2001. Company officials said sales were off significantly in January and February in Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece.

- Associated Press

Mad Varney quits 'Moneyline' show

NEW YORK New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 - After a four-day absence, partly out of anger about a comment by Ted Turner, Stuart Varney quit Wednesday as co-host of the network's struggling ``Moneyline.''

No immediate replacement was named for CNN's nightly business show, which Willow Bay co-anchors.

- Associated Press
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Date:Mar 15, 2001
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