Articles Tagged "Obama"

As the prices of raw materials, labor and transportation continue to rise seemingly exponentially, a group of U.S. and international apparel and textile trade associations, brands and retailers are coming together in response. In collaboration with the federal government, these businesses...

President Obama has scheduled a Facebook townhall. To take place April 20 at 1:45 p.m. PST / 4:45 p.m. EST, the event will allow the president to connect with Americans all over the nation.

As it is live streamed, anyone can log on and see the show. On the agenda are the difficult...

Here comes the bride. But does here come the first lady? Michelle Obama has announced she will not be going to the royal nuptials. Why? Well, apparently she hasn’t been invited. Yet, anyway.

“Marriage is a personal private thing, they should invite who they want to invite,” the first...

LUXies, trade relations between the U.S. and China have recently faced new challenges with Obama’s decision, last Friday, to impose an import tax on all car and light trust tires entering the U.S. by way of China. 

This decision was highly influenced by labor groups that claim the...

Highlight of the week, Obama has just assigned $50 million to a ‘new organics initiative’ geared towards financially supporting farmers to grow ‘green’ organic style!  Although, this is not enough to financially support a complete switch in farming methods and approaches it is a...

Obama headed out today on his Latin American tour, stopping first to meet with President Calderon of Mexico; on the agenda, immigration, trade and most importantly, drug-related violence.  A worthy note, is that this is the first time in 12 years our...

While Obama hasn’t been in office all that long with his first 100 day marker approaching, we’re excited to see what the future holds. Green progress has become a focus in this administration as President Obama is thoughtfully placing a spotlight on it and making some noise by outlining...

It’s no secret that President Obama’s victory was a welcomed change for the majority of Americans, if not for the world.  He has brought hope and optimism to what was a very frustrated and cynnical population.  These feelings were displayed in a recent poll taken by Gallup showing that...