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Standards clash in Bangladesh reforms

by Christina Passariello, Shelly Banjo and Gordon Fairclough

When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. publicly blacklisted about 250 Bangladesh factories this week, it said it was trying to alert other retailers of safety problems and prevent disasters like last month’s fatal building collapse that killed more than 1,100 people.

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