
Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: YOUNG STARS SUAREZ, IRVINE GET HONORED FOR PROMISE: The Cannes ...
Chains grapple with how to improve safety
While several more global clothing chains on Tuesday were announcing that they agreed to a historic pact to improve factory conditions in Bangladesh, ...

Bangladesh honors the dead from building collapse
Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people ...

Big retailers back safety accord in Bangladesh
Some of the world's largest retailers have agreed to a first-of-its-kind pact to improve safety at some of Bangladesh's garment factories following ...

Search ends in Bangladesh; death toll put at 1,127
Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week ...

Stars put punk edge in their Met Gala outfits
Miley Cyrus, Anne Hathaway and Cameron Diaz were among the celebrities to embrace the punk theme at Monday night's Met gala, the fundraiser at the ...

Brands risk image in varying Bangladesh responses
Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed ...

Big brands rejected Bangladesh factory safety plan
As Bangladesh reels from the deaths of hundreds of garment workers in a building collapse, the refusal of global retailers to pay for strict ...
Argentina tells SEC it wants proof in bribery case
Argentina wants the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to name names and provide proof that Ralph Lauren Corp. bribed customs officials for years ...

NY Fashion Week: tough, tailored, lots of black
Influencers finish up New York Fashion Week on Thursday with a taste of what's to come next fall, their appetite whet by some tough, some tailored and ...

Live action: Twitter grabs Super Bowl spotlight
Beyonce's splashy show, a freak power outage, and —oh, yeah— a captivating game of football combined to generate a record 24.1 million posts on ...

Celebs, babies and beer: its Super Bowl ad time
Sex. Babies. Cute animals. While the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens battle on the field during Super Bowl XLVII, advertisers are ...

Wal-Mart warns suppliers on stricter measures
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has alerted its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to factories that haven't been ...

AP Photos: Post-baby Danes among Globes style wins
With all the pressure to strike the right style note at the Golden Globes — the kickoff to Hollywood's award season — Claire Danes had one more: a ...

Why efforts to stop factory fires have failed
About a year and a half before a fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh killed 112 people in November, executives from Wal-Mart, Gap and other big ...

Katy Perry gets a perfume deal
Katy Perry is adding some new scents to her perfume line. The singer and songwriter is to develop a line of signature scents with beauty company Coty ...