children, some as young as five years old, are working in dangerous conditions throughout the night and pickers are earning as little as $1 a day, while huge profits are made by giants in the business. this investigation reveals who the real masters of the perfume industry are. ..and how they are falling short of the human rights commitments that they re promoting publicly. ..as we expose for the first time the use of child labour in the supply chains of some of the world s most luxurious fragrances. egyptian jasmine blooms just after sunset. in order to catch the fragrance, the flower needs to be picked before it withers in the sun s heat. heba s family is one of thousands of pickers that have to start work in the middle of the night. the pickers have to strain their eyes to find the flowers and fight through mosquitoes and pesticides, as they gather as much jasmine as possible. basmalla s eyes have started to cause her pain, and today her mother, heba, is taking herto egypt
in the perfume industry. children, some as young as five years old, are working in dangerous conditions throughout the night and pickers are earning as little as $1 a day, while huge profits are made by giants in the business. this investigation reveals who the real masters of the perfume industry are. ..and how they are falling short of the human rights commitments that they re promoting publicly. ..as we expose for the first time the use of child labour in the supply chains of some of the world s most luxurious fragrances. egyptian jasmine blooms just after sunset. in order to catch the fragrance, the flower needs to be picked before it withers in the sun s heat. heba s family is one of thousands of pickers that have to start work in the middle of the night. the pickers have to strain their eyes to find the flowers and fight through mosquitoes and pesticides, as they gather as much jasmine as possible. basmalla s eyes have started to cause her pain, and today her mother, he
Stifle from the strength of swiss franc. And the reverse takeover in the British Assets in a 1. 3 billion pound deal. Good morning, everyone. Another episode of Worldwide Exchange. Good morning to you, seema . Yeah very good how about you . A lot happening in the gold market overnight. Absolutely. Lets get to the stop story. The price of gold has slump tide fiveyear low. The precious metal was trading as much as 4 lower after the asian markets posted. That mood with randall resources hit the hardest. Spot gold currently off at 1. 6 . And s p down 10 . Northern star down by 0. 2 . And the chinese selling and triggering stop loss orders. 1 million being traded on that very exchange. Thats after the government said on friday that the gold reserves were up 57 from six years ago, abdomen that was a lot less than people had had anticipated. A lot of factors seem to be weighing on the price of gold right now. You also have the fed indicating that they will raise rates sometime this year in th
Youre watching Market Makers. I am alix steel. Golf fan, buthuge i enjoyed playing the game. You got to sit down with tiger himself. That is pretty cool. And rory mcilroy. He could have a career grand slam. He is only 25 years old. Things inputting perspective. We will have that whole interview in the show. These are the top business stories. Home depot rose today. The biggest retailer in the u. S. Beat estimates. They also raised the fullyear forecast. Consumers are spending more on a renovations. Bhp will spin off into another company. They weresays expecting a buyback for shareholders. There was some disappointment. James shirov has died. At Price Waterhouse coopers. He was also a lead director at goldman sachs. A why is there such disconnect between Housing Starts and homebuilders. Homebuilders of not been this optimistic in years. Brokehows that they ground on 1. 1 million homes in july. That is two thirds of the average between 2003 and 2007. Michael mckee is here to explain why.
Senator howard baker jr. Senator baker passed away today. Howard baker served this country well, and he served it in a fashion that was worthy of admiration, from both parties, all people because he was an american first, a tennessean second and a republican third. He served three terms in the United States senate, served as majority leader and minority leader. He served as United States ambassador to japan. Served as chief of staff to president Ronald Reagan. He was a private practicing attorney as well at the firm of bakerdonaldson, which was a firm his grandfather started and practiced law at one time with his father who served as a United States representative from tennessee. Howard bakers been recognized since his retirent from the senate many occasions and received the president ial medal of freedom and has received other awards. His was a life well lived and a life to be demonstrated to others as a role for legislators to work with both sides of the aisle and work for america fi