• What the Pakistan Accord means for fashion’s supply chain
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    What the Pakistan Accord means for fashion’s supply chain

    Current improvements to factories across Bangladesh have made it a more attractive place for brands to align themselves with, he says. “There are a lot of opportunities for countries to attract more business, and we believe we can help the industry in Pakistan to benefit from that by introducing the Accord and helping the industry become more safe and sustainable.” “It’s very clear that the industry’s attitude and approach to safety has changed,” says Boessiger of UNI Global Union. Factory owners in Bangladesh say the Accord identified flaws and has helped create better working environments to meet global standards. For example, Denim Expert’s Mostafiz Uddin says his factory was able…

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  • In acquisition, Atrius rejected the biggest names in Massachusetts health care. Here’s what it all means.
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    In acquisition, Atrius rejected the biggest names in Massachusetts health care. Here’s what it all means.

    A search for suitors in 2020 would ultimately pit some of the largest names in Massachusetts and national health care against one another, including the state’s largest insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, several large health systems — Mass General Brigham, Tufts Medicine, and Beth Israel Lahey Health — and the country’s largest physician organization, Optum Care. In the end, Optum won. Experts say that the behind-the-scenes details, spelled out in court documents, are a microcosm of the jockeying for power and market share happening on the local and national scale. The result, signed off on by Attorney General Maura Healey and the state’s Supreme Judicial Court in April,…

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