Keokuk's small businesses (Bernina sewing machines) featured during Small Business Appreciation

Keokuk's small businesses featured during Small Business Appreciation - Daily Gate City Nearly 50 small businesses were represented by owners, managers and bernina sewing machines employees at the 15th annual Small Business Appreciation Luncheon, hosted by Main Street Keokuk, Inc., Keokuk Area Chamber of Commerce and bernina sewing machines Keokuk Area Convention and bernina sewing machines Tourism Bureau Source: www.dailygate.com Govt warns domestic cos of azo dyes in sewing threads - Fibre2Fashion An inspection was made on the sewing threads of Jiangying City, Jiangsu Province which were to be exported to Europe. The reports revealed that most of these sewing threads for clothes contained a high level of azo group dye which has been prohibited Source: www.fibre2fashion.com Okemos man's school for Ugandan AIDS orphans finds success - Lansing State Journal Twesigye Jackson Kaguri's introduction to the AIDS orphan crisis in Uganda was harsh. And personal. His brother died of AIDS in 1996, leaving three children. The virus killed his sister in 1997. She left behind a son. Kaguri, who now lives in Okemos Source: www.lansingstatejournal.com UPDATE 1-Mexico microlender Compartamos sees growth in 2008 - Reuters MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) - Mexico's Compartamos, a lender that specializes in small loans for family businesses, plans to increase lending by up to 40 percent this year and bernina sewing machines boost net profit by 25 percent, co-chief executive Carlos Danel said on Source: www.reuters.com