Kimberly-Clark
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Kimberly-Clark (KC) (US), hygienic supplies manufacturer, wants to extend the production of Huggies diapers in Jaromer, Czech Republic, in 2000. The firm will invest 25 mil USD in the construction of a new hall to double production and to set up 150 new jobs. It wants to increase its turnover in the Czech Republic four times by 2005. It has invested about 600 mil Kc in the Czech Republic since its entrance to the market in 1995. Its local turnover increased by 400% to 1.5 bil Kc in 1999 compared to 1996. The exports from KC's Czech plants represent 60% of the firm's total sales. KC started to do business in Jaromer in 1996, when it bought Zisoft-Bobi (Czech Republic), the largest Czech diaper manufacturer. Besides Jaromer, the firm has a production plant in Litovel, the Czech Republic, which manufactures ladies' hygienic supplies. In the Czech Republic, the firm has about 600 employees. Its Jaromer plant has 265 employees.
Publication Name: Ekonom-Tydenik Hospodarskych Novin
Subject: Business, international
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Year: 2000
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Karadzic, Radovan
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Radovan Karadzic is a Bosnian Serb political leader who has led the war against the Bosnian Muslims. HIs role in the atrocities called ethnic cleansing resulted in his being cited for war crimes by an international tribunal. His life and career are profiled.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 1995
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"You are my samurai."
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Perpetrators of violence sometimes feel guilty over using physical force and power only after it was done. Saving a person from similar circumstances helps remove guilt and renews one's personal conviction.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1995
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