hmx group is the parent company of both the hickey-freeman and hartmarx clothing brands. the union representing the company's garment workers told us late last week that they will do whatever it takes to keep hmx from liquidating jobs along with company assets. in what's being labeled one of the worst cases of child labor violations yet in a chinese factory, reports say foxconn employed children as young as 14 to manufacture nintendo's we- u. nintendo is investigating. a spokesman confirms to the wall street journal the plant makes parts used in the videogame console set to launch november 18th in time for the holidays. prescriptions without permission are being probed. the nation's second largest drug store chain, cvs, is under investigation for allegedly re- filling prescriptions and then billing insurance companies for those medications despite customers never ordering the drugs. cvs is also accused of enrolling customers in an automatic prescription renewal program without their consent. cvs maintains that they require customers to give permission before a prescriptio

it's deja vu for the more than one hundred thousand workers at hmx - better known as hartmarx and the maker of president obama's favorite suits. the company is facing its second bankruptcy in four years and a possible liquidation. union workers are vowing to not go down without a fight. "if necessary we'll occupy the plants. we said that we would do that 3 years ago if anybody attempted to buy the company and liquidate the manufacturing facilities." the ceo of hmx group, doug williams, tells first business the company is committed to remaining in america, saying, "it's the intent of the company and management to do everying possible to retain its u.s. workers and factories." williams went on to praise workers and says hmx has a great relationship with the union. according to reports, several buyers are interested in acquiring the company, but the union is quick to assert that any buyer who only purchases the iconic name and sends the actual manufacturing overseas will face a global boycott. strong economic data out of china could provide some opportunity for investors. china's gdp ros