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		<title><![CDATA[Levi Strauss walks away with the profits]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- Levi Strauss & Co. shook off a sales slowdown in the United States late last year to boost its profit for the ninth straight quarter and cap the jeans maker's best year in more than a decade.    The San Francisco-based company said Tuesday that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Levi Strauss names new chairman T. Gary Rogers hails from Dreyer&#39;s]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Levi Strauss & Co. has named T. Gary Rogers, top boss a Oakland- based Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, to be chairman of the board at Levi, the jeans maker announced Wednesday.    Rogers, 65, will retire at the end of December after 30 years as chairman and chief...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Asia Foundation and Levi Strauss Foundation Enter Ninth Year of Support for Chinese Migrant Women Workers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: LABOR EDITORSTo: LABOR EDITORS]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Levi Strauss announces profit spike]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- Levi Strauss & Co. extended a two-year streak of higher profits during the third quarter despite decelerating sales growth that reflected eroding demand for the jeans maker's discount and Dockers brands in the United States.    The San Francisco-based company said Wednesday that it earned...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Levi'sŪ Brand Opens Two New Stores in Michigan]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Stores at Twelve Oaks Mall and The Mall at Partridge Creek Provides Widest Range of Levi's[R] Jeans in the Region  SAN FRANCISCO -- The Levi's[R] brand, the originator and preeminent purveyor of jeanswear, is opening new stores in Novi, Mich. and Clinton, Mich. that offers the best range...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Upgrades Levi Strauss's IDR to 'BB-'; Outlook Stable]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_August_23/ai_n27353515]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Fitch has upgraded the following ratings on Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&CO):]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Levi Strauss' 2nd-quarter profit climbs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO AP -- Levi Strauss & Co.'s second-quarter profit rose 14 percent, accelerating a comeback that has spurred talk that the storied jeans maker might go public again after more than two decades as a privately held company.   The San Francisco-based company said Tuesday it earned $45.7...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Urine-Off by Bio-Pro Taps Former Levi Strauss Top Executive]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Kaplan Tapped to Take Urine-Off into the World Market]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Useless, yet curiously compelling]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blue jeans are 134 years old today. On May 20th 1874, a Bavarian dry-goods wholesaler from San Franciso called Levi Strauss, and Jacob Davis, a Latvian tailor from Reno, Nevada, received patent no. 139,121 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It was for work pants, reinforced using a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Research and Markets: Addressing All the Key Issues That Confront the Company, the Levi Strauss 2006 Company Profile Analyses New Product Development and R&D]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c55928) has announced the addition of Levi Strauss 2006 Company Profile Edition 1 to their offering.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[This paper: Soon to be printed on denim.(FAMILY TIMES)(LIFE AND TIMES)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Jennifer Harper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES    The planet is not going to be overwhelmed by global warming, giant  asteroids, neutron bombs or even something the Democrats might do. The  world is going to be overwhelmed by bluejeans. Yes. Bluejeans.  We're infested. We're denim-deranged. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Upgrades Ratings on Levi Strauss; Positive Outlook]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings has upgraded its ratings on Levi Strauss & Co. Levi as follows:]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ethical Trading Action Group/Revealing Clothing Report: Companies Opening up on Labour Standards; But tackling labour rights abuses requires more worker involvement.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Dec 7, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- The  Ethical Trading Action Group ETAG today released its second annual  Transparency Report Card, comparing public reporting on labour standards  compliance by 30 top apparel retailers and brands including Levi  Strauss, Nike, adidas, H&M, Mountain Equipment Co-op,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BRIEFINGS: TRIPLE FIVE SOUL...RENZO ROSSO...LEVI STRAUSS & CO.,.(Pier SpA)(Robert Hanson)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Triple Five Soul opened its first store in Japan this month, in  Tokyo's trendy Harajuku district. The two-level, 900-square-foot  store is the brand's fourth retail unit, including two locations in  the U.S. and one in China.    Diesel owner Renzo Rosso has acquired high-end Italian...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[LEVI STRAUSS PROFITS RISE 29% IN Q3.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: ADAM TSCHORN     LOS ANGELES - Lower expenses and gains in the Dockers brand offset  a drop in third-quarter sales and helped push net income at San  Francisco-based Levi Strauss & Co. up 29 percent to $49.3 million  against $38.2 million in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Levi Strauss chief executive to step down by end of year]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO AP -- Levi Strauss & Co. President Phil Marineau will step down as chief executive in November or December, concluding a rocky reign marred by thousands of layoffs and accounting trouble before he finally ended a prolonged sales slide that ravaged the storied jeans maker.   Marineau's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reno to honor creator of Levi's]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RENO, Nev. -- In 1871, an obscure Reno tailor named Jacob Davis was given $3 to make a pair of trousers sturdy enough for a large woodcutter who quickly wore out his pants.   The Latvian immigrant's ingenious idea of using metal rivets to strengthen the pants would not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PROFITS RISE ON SLOWER SALES AT LEVI'S.(Levi Strauss & Co.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: ADAM TSCHORN    LOS ANGELES - Citing weaker demand in the European market, as well  as consolidation and reduced sales of its Levi Strauss Signature brand  to Wal-Mart, Levi Strauss & Co. reported higher profits on lower  sales in the first quarter.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PETER HAAS SR. OF LEVI STRAUSS, 86.(Obituary)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: DAVID LIPKE    NEW YORK  --  Peter E. Haas Sr., a former chairman and CEO of Levi  Strauss & Co., who led the company during a period of considerable  growth, died in San Francisco on Dec. 4 of natural causes. He was 86....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Levi Strauss bringing new body measurement system to Baltimore]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Levi Strauss & Co., of San Francisco, is bringing a new electronic body measurement system to 12 cities, including Baltimore. It consists of a cylindrical glass booth which takes the body measurements of a fully clothed person in approximately 10 seconds, and prints out recommended sizes and styles of Levi's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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