columbia sportswear taking out a full page ad in "the washington post" urging the government to makemerica's parks open again. we're going to talk to the company's ceo tim boyle about why they made that move coming up. >> let's have a look in on what the markets are doing as the dow intraday chart, the high of the session with one hour left to trade. only down 32 points. albeit the nasdaq is down more like half of 1%. we started negatively with that poor china trade data. citigroup earnings helped propel us. >> the reaction to citigroup has been buying in the financials, best performing sector a long time since we've seen that potentially a good sign for absorbing earnings in what has been a beaten down market. questions remain about whether financials have gotten overly cheap and being down more than the rest. >> they're very cheap coming into the bank. the only positive sector, industrials and energy trying to get into positive territory. first let's talk about china's trade numbers which significantly disappointed exports fell 4.4% year over year in december marking the with weake

the japanese sportswear firm asics ; let us know — just use the wilma—m we start: inveneguela ,,, = whicheepening economic crisis — as the standoff continues between president nicolas maduro and opposition leaderjuan guaido. the us — together with many other nations — is recognising mr guaido as interim president — and vowing to cut off the existing government's source of revenue. that could take the form of further sanctions — according to president trump. venezuela already faces various restrictions on accessing us financial markets. but not — so far — on its vital oil industry. oil makes up 95% of venezuela's revenue — and the us is the biggest customer. more than half of that revenue, though, goes straight back out again to service debts. venezuelans already face spiralling prices for everyday goods. the international monetary fund predicts inflation will rise to 10 million percent this year. it's already at 1.3 million percent. the government introduced a new currency last year — the sovereign bolivar — knocking five zeros off the existing currency to mask the effects of inflation. b

she really took the idea of, like -- it was literally sportswear.gs that were reserved for something that was a lot more leisurely made into everyday clothes. and people were scandalized and shocked because it wasn't what they were seeing overseas. but the fact that women could put this on, look incredibly great and stylish and feel comfortable at the same time. >> and yet i think of american style in the '50s as more conservative or proper and preppy. but then comes the '60s and '70s, and it seems like everything changes. what were some of the cultural forces at play then? >> i think definitely you saw the world of "i love lucy" in the '50s, really morph into like the hipsters and the hippies and woodstock. but really '60s was about a really great economic time. and i think you've all heard this before. the hemline index. as the economy goes up, so do skirt lengths. and i think that's when you saw the emergence of mini skirts. because it was a very sort of fruitful, economic times at that time. so it was really about fun. and having that sort of fr

. >> and claire mccardell, who's attributed to having created american sportswear, by which i mean casualciting prints we have ever seen is designed by claire mccardell. she's shown here are tapered slack. >> claire mccardell making for the most part separates. it's ready to wear. it's not couture. >> she wanted to design for the everywoman, outdoors, athletic. function was very important. the dress had to work with a woman's lifestyle. >> she used common gingham. she used calico. and they were very affordable for women to buy. >> mccardell also was a champion of denim, a textile that is associated with all things america, and she brings them into the fashion arena. >> fashion was taking a shift from what are the europeans wearing to the fashion industry is now designing for me. >> it was a startling moment for america. it was a big deal. >> claire mccardell led the way for many american designers. ann cline, donna karan, michael kors, norma kamali. they all have this american style. >> claire mccardell stopped going to the european shows. she said i'm not going anymore, because my creati

sportswear company nike has unveiled the latest incarnation of its self—lacing smart shoe. with a range of lace tensions. and if you're worried about getting stuck in them, no fear — the company says the battery will last at least ten days. and finally, spare a thought for the robots of henn na hotel this week, some of whom are looking for work. in a twist to the classic tale, japan's iconic robot hotel has had to lay off half of its 243—strong robotic workforce. velociraptor receptionist is gone, as well as dozens of the in—room assistant churi. as well as maintenance issues, churi kept on waking people up at night, mistaking snores for questions, and velocira ptor receptionist couldn't handle foreign guests. and now, we're gonna go back in time to the consumer electronics show in las vegas from last week, where voice was a massive deal. and we asked lara lewington and richard taylor to check out the big talk at the show. it's only taken a few years for voice—activated smart assistants to become an integral part of every self—respecting techie‘s lifestyle. amazon's alexa s

women's sportswear, fashion jewelry, fashion watches and cosmetics. it gave the impression of a broad based slowdown in consumer spending consumer confidence eroded after black friday for a host of reasons, everything from a slumping stock market to the government shutdown, but mostly if you took your cue from macy's you were led astray. consider that we've heard since then, how about yesterday, lululemon, spectacular numbers we know that women are still buying sportswear, they're just not buying it from macy's. lulu had same store sales growth in the mid-15s lulu's combination of strong online business and a terrific in store business is a winning formula. we know there were a problem weakness in sleep wear i do feel confident that the fashion watch category is being obliterated by the apple watch, which will supply -- for christmas. that's something that's been lost in the discussion about the iphone slowdown. i think that apple doing a lot many to make the watch more fashion forward. the collaboration is really worth following. it's selling incredi

. >>> virgin galactic teamed up with sportswear giant under armour. >> they will make special suits and footwear for those traveling to the edge of space. virgin galactic plans to -- it could come as early as this summer. >>> cvs unveiled the beauty mark campaign. >> a special watermark will highlight pictures that have not been altered. the goal is to change beauty standards and put an end to unrealistic body images. those are your techbytes. >> have a great friday. >>> have a few hundred million dollars lying around? a san francisco landmark up for sale. >>> joe montana >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. beautiful picture from mt. tam showing clear conditions. all the way down to the san mateo bridge, it will a touch of haze. temperatures are still climbing. today 9 to 12 degrees warmer than average. in the mid to upper 60s from 66 in livermore and napa, san jose and redwood city at 68 degrees. >>> former 49er quarterback joe montana is hoping to make big bucks off the cannabis industry. he's hoping to fund an investment. it will use the mon

team analytics decision for a number of years and started to become a little bit of a seachange in sportswear there is usually somewhat mom-and-pop run, smaller entities not using it in 500 best practices. but that's all been changing and national teams are at the forefront of hiring someone who is nontraditional in this role area. >> that's not just a salesperson but they can bring in these outside best practices to help us transform our businesses. >> so what did it take to bring in analytics and numbers into the organization ? >> it was as much a cultural shift as it was a matter of getting the right tools, the right talent . so traditionally in a sports organization, these different departments are sales professionals so we went about standing up an internal strategy and analytics department, staffed by popes who were from very different backgrounds and by and large they were younger . sort of those men and women who are the front piece and they come into the room and you know, they'd be offering opinions about the senior executives business areas that were based on data that were quite o

mid-december and didn't return to expected patterns until the week of ma chri sales were weak in women's sportswear, cosmetics, fashion jewelry and watches. there was a fire at a distribution center and a sales event didn't go as as a result, the retailer lowered its earnings sales ando marginast for the year. while macy's has reported four straight quarters of same-store sales growth, investors are starting to wonder if that trend is at risk. today the stock isun ng, marking its worst day ever. macy's shares had grown 80% from thanksgiving 2017 to thanksgiving 2018. >> macy's being on mall, macy's being an appelretailer, those are tough structural places to be. that is a little bit different from the kohl'sstory, whi has done a great job in active and target, which has done great with toys, home, baby. >> like macy's, kohl's holiday sales improved more than 1% with double-digit growth online. unlike macy's, kohl's the lower ending of its earnings forecast. targ so far reporting the strongest holid results, with comp sales up almost 6%, thanks to strong shopper traffic. toys, babyif and seasonal gt

the chief executive of sportswear giant adidas says that the impact of brexit on the european economympany's biggest concern. kasper rorsted told cnbc that it was often discussed as an isolated event, but it will actually have "very severe consequences in the long term". the company has seen falling sales in europe which makes up nearly a third of its total. staying with brexit fallout. sony is to move its european headquarters from the uk to the netherlands. the japanese company says it will help it avoids customs issues tied to britain's exit from the eu. sharanjit leyl is in singapore. this is pretty disappointing for britain, isn't it? sony not the first company to do this. what has it been saying? just the latest big name to say it's moving because of brexit. despite the move, sony is reassuring uk staff saying that it will not be shifting personnel from its existing uk operation and it is the latest japanese company to flag this move to the continent in response to brexit. its rival panasonic has already moved its headquarters to amsterdam mostly because of tax issues and japane

so that is sportswear that you don't necessarily wear for sport? inevitability that footfall on high street is waning in. by swimming against the tide in that respect and i think you need to be flexible in retail cost structure. i am not bothered by them as an individual retailer because they do not compete with us but i am bothered about the overall impact on the footfall.” use seeing the impact yet? you are doing well despite that. —— are you seeing the impact yet? you have got to say that generally there isa have got to say that generally there is a decline in footfall on a daily basis. we know that your total sales growth would have been 15%, excluding your acquisition of a finish line. how confident are you that that will flourish in the us because that is a hard market to crack it goes into department stores and that is 550 stand—alone stores. it is an opportunity, we need to ta ke it is an opportunity, we need to take some steps to rationalise and impose the jd take some steps to rationalise and impose thejd culture and for them. we have con

. >> sportswear was the defining style of the united states. >> the bikini was the biggest thing since the atom bomb. >> when you look at hippy culture, it's really oppositional to the vietnam war. >> disco was very important in terms of people being free to express themselves. >> in the 80s, it was a lot of excess in every way. >> we have our ralph laurens and. >> his underwear add stopped traffic in times square. >> by the 90s and 2000s, things had become less formal. >> supermodels brought fashion into every household. >> now what's embraced as being yourself. >> style gives you a voice. it's freedom. >> american style premieres sunday at 9:00 on cnn. it's true. forty bucks with the other guys, doesn't include a phone. so, start the new year right. join t-mobile and get unlimited with a phone included for just forty dollars per line. >>> an explosive report shows the fbi is looking into whether the u.s. president was working on behalf of russia. we'll have details on that. >>> the government shutdown breaks a record. it is now the longest in u.s. history, neither side budging and co

. >>> under armour is blasting off into the new market with the sportswear company designing astronautpparel. it is designing space where for the virgin galactic and the founder made the announcement yesterday on cbs this morning. the space like company would use rocket powered plans so that tourists can experience motionless nests -- motionless nests. under armour is not yet unveiled the design of the suits. >>> we are only 9 days from kickoff. i'm excited about the weekend but we are nine days away from kickoff of super bowl liii. it is exciting. sometimes people only tune in for the commercials. >> this is wire house and bb, b that will be airing during the game. the breeder got a call for the commercial shoot a few months back. he is riding on top of the budweiser wagon being pulled from the famous clydesdale horses. >> they had a machine to get that effect and i guess the best part was they like the way that her ears are blowing in the wind. she was cool and did her thing. >> she certainly did. the link just came out so you can watch firehouse and xanadu bb big debut. super bowl 5

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women's sportswear was tough at macy's, and keep in mind we had a long holiday period between christmas friday what happened was shoppers took a little pause in the middle but just taking you back to stocks and what you should do now, we like target. we like kohl's we think the target number plus 5.7 was very row bufrkts and we think broad line retailers such as target and walmart are actually great opportunities to own the strong consumer. we are more cautious on the high end. luxury goods could be negatively impact by the s&p performance, and tariffs as well as margins are something to watch out for underscoring holiday this season, digital sales were quite good they were up 29% at target up double digit at most retailers, burks again, macy's being on mall, macy's being an apparel retailer, those are tough structural places to be, and that's a little bit different from the kohl story which has done a great job in active and target which has done great with toys, home, baby. toys "r" us was a market share opportunity this season as well, so there's a lot of cross-currents here, but the

. >> sportswear became the defining style of the united states. >> the bikini was the biggest thing sincemb. >> our style and fashion represents freedom. >> you look at hippie culture, it's oppositional to the vietnam war. >> it was very important in terms of people being free to express themselves. >> in the '80s it was a lot of excess in every way. >> we had our calvin kleins and ralph laurens and donna karans. >> his underwear ads stopped traffic in times square. >> by the '90s and 2000s, things have become less formal. >> supermodels really brought fashion into every household. >> now what's embraced as being yourself? >> style gives you a voice. it's freedom. >> "american style" premieres tonight at 9:00 on cnn. >> your style may be home in your pjs. good for you. >>> "inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> the government shutdown breaks the record and brings a penniless payday. >> we have medical bills. we have mortgages. we have things that we need to take care of. >>> plus, the two key players proposals.g insults, not >> the democrats, they don't give a damn about c

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. >> sportswear became the defining style of the united states. >> the bikini was the biggest thing since and '70s our style and fashion represents freedom. >> hippie culture is really oppositional to vietnam war. >> this was very important in terms of people being free to express themselves. >> in the '80s, it was a lot of excess in every way. >> calvin klein's advertising was scandalous. >> the underwear ad stopped traffic in times square. >> by the '90s and 2000s, things became less formal. >> supermodels really brought fashion into every household. >> now what's embraced is being yourself. >> style gives you a voice. it's freedom. >> "american style" premieres tomorrow at 9:00 on cnn. >>> hello, thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i'm fredricka whitfield. a stunning new report from "the new york times" reveals that after president trump fired former fbi director james comey back in may of 2017, the fbi started investigating if president trump was secretly working on behalf of russia against american interests. a source tells "the times" there were two specific instances th

columbia sportswear taking out a full page ad in "the washington post" urging the government to makempany's ceo tim boyle about why they made that move coming up. >> let's have a look in on what the markets are doing as the dow intraday chart, th

just as manny tirico promised on the show they're folding the north american men's ck jeans and sportswear into the single team and merging the separate divisions. the company is relaunching the high end calvin klein 205 west nyc label under a new name please, thank heavens and new leadership you know murray hill -- what is that all about all told the restructuring will cost $120 million over the next 12 months. all right. but the idea here is that it will turn around the klein business i think the moves makes a ton of sense. especially since they're doubling down on the omni channel and how much we love omni channel on "mad money." put it together, a lot to like here pvh is doing better than expected whether you go by brand or geography even their chinese business is unchanged. north america is strong. hey, if they can breathe new life into calvin klein that's positive the earnings are much, much more resilient than most people believe. even in the recent rally they trade at nine times next year's estimates. this is one of them. it does tell you that most investors really don't believe th

. >> sportswear became the defining style of the united states. >> the bikini was the biggest thing since70s, our style and fashion represents freedom. >> when you look at hippie culture, it's really oppositional to the vietnam war. >> disco was very important in terms of people being free to express themselves. >> in the '80s, it was a lot of excess in every way. >> we had our calvin kleins and ralph laurens and donna karens. >> calvin klein's advertising was rather scandalous. >> bit '90s and 2000s, things have become less formal. >> supermodels really brought fashion into every household. >> now what's embraced as being yourself. >> style gives you a voice. it's freedom. >> all right. joining me right now is "vogue" contributing editor and fashion icon andre leon talley. happy new year. >> thank you, fredricka. >> what is it about fashion, accessories that really speak to how we collectively and even individually are thinking and feeling and living? >> well, you have to put on clothes every day. fashion reflects who you are and where you live and what you wish to express through your f

. >> sportswear became the defining style of the united states. >> the bikini was the biggest thing sincehe '60s and '70s, our style and fashion represents freedom. >> when you look at hippie culture, it's really oppositional to the vietnam war. >> disco was very important in terms of people being free to express themselves. >> in the '80s, it was a lot of excess in every way. >> we had our calvin kleins and our ralph laurens. >> calvin klein's advertising was rather scandalous. >> by the '90s and 2000s, things have become less formal. >> supermodels really brought fashion into every household. >> now what's embraced is being yourself. >> style gives you a voice. it's freedom. >> "american style" premieres tonight at 9:00 on cnn. i realize i love you, but as long as you're with jessica, there can never be anything between us. listen cassie, there's no need to cry. besides, i've got really great news. you're leaving jessica? no. i just saved a load of money on car insurance by switching to geico. i saved. i thought that meant something to you. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more o

. >> sportswear became the defining style of the united states. >> the bikini was the biggest thing sincemb. >> our style and fashion represents freedom. >> you look at hippie culture, it's oppositional to the vietnam war. >> disco was important in terms of people being free to express themselves. in the '80s it was a lot of excess in every way. >> the advertising was scandalous. >> underwear ads stopped traffic in times square. >> since the '90s and 2000s, things have become less formal. >> supermodels brought fashion into every household. >> style gives you a voice, it's freedom. american style premieres tomorrow at 9:00 on cnn. (clapping) every day, visionaries are creating the future. ( ♪ ) so, every day, we put our latest technology and vast expertise to work. ( ♪ ) the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, affordably and on-time. (ringing) ( ♪ ) the future only happens with people who really know how to deliver it. the future only happens touch shows how we really feel. but does psoriasis ever get in the way? embrace

. >> sportswear became the style of the united states. >> the bikini was the biggest thing since the. >> you look at hippy culture. it's oppositional to the vietnam war. >> this was important in terms of people being free to express themselves. >> in the '80s it was a lot of excess in every way. >> we had calvin klein, roll of lauren, donna karan. >> calvin klein's ads were scandalous. >> his underwear ads stopped traffic. >> by the '90s and 2000s things are less formal. >> supermodel brought fashion to every household. >> style gives you a voice. it's freedom. >> joining us now is stylist carson kressley. great to have you here. >> i'm thrilled to be here. >> this is a fun special. >> yeah. i love fashion obviously. this is a great series to explain to people the amazing fashion we have in the united states. there's been such an arc of how fashion developed through the '40s, '50s, '70s, disco. i loved watching that. i wasn't alive then. >> he's calling us old. >> you weren't either. >> so true. >> we were in oshkosh. it's fun to see the history. >> is there american style? >> there

. >> the sportswear line includes a variety of neutral-toned outfits with $280 joggers and $450 bombernd this $130 money belt. fanny pack. >>> making news in america this morning, scare in the skies. >> we missed the drone by about 30 feet. >> a drone spotted above one of the nation's busiest airports shutting down arrivals forcing dozens of flights to fly in circles. one plane nearly running out of fuel. the investigation this morning. >>> battle on the hill. the senate taking up two bills to end the government shutdown. the number of callouts growing. some agencies now demanding a doctor's note for workers calling in sick. fbi investigations, your tax returns and housing subsidies now threatened. >>> found alive. a missing young woman back home three days after police

but more recently you have seen a huge surge in sportswear and luxury sportswear, designer sportswearght? not essentially. even though retail on the high street has been tough in the last months, menswear continues to grow, coming from a smaller base. as you said earlier it now approaches 50% of the uk fashion market in total. so we're very optimistic about what the possibilities are, regardless of what with brexit. thank you, dylan jones. interesting. interesting. interesting industry, especially the way it has come on from being a correlation to the womenswear, thinking of the fashion industry, you think of women‘s clothes but men‘s clothes now dominating... looking at the pictures of menswear fashion, it is quite dynamic stuff. you will not see me in any of it immediately. anyway, is, how are the markets? 0ne one of the reasons it is up so sharply, employment figures from the us. you get than the first friday of every month and they are extremely strong, 300,000 jobs created and 10,000 jobs created last month. that isa 10,000 jobs created last month. that is a lot by anyone‘s stand

. >> sportswear became the defining style of the united states. >> the bikini was the biggest thing since>> through the '60s, '70s, our style and fashion represents freedom. >> when you look at hippy culture, it's really oppositional to vietnam war. >> disco was very important in terms of people being free to express themselves. >> in the '80s, it was a lot of excess in every way. >> we had our calvin kleins and our ralph laurens. >> it was scandal lous. >> this underwear ad stopped traffic in time square. >> by. p 90s and 2000s, things had become less formal. >> super models brought fashion into every household. >> now what's embraced as being yourself. >> style gives you a voice. it's freedom. >> american style, premieres sunday at 9:00 on cnn. and unlimited is better with a phone included. it's true. forty bucks with the other guys, doesn't include a phone. so, start the new year right. join t-mobile and get unlimited with a phone included for just forty dollars per line. it's a revolution in sleep. the sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999 senses your movement and automatically adjust

. >> sportswear became the defining style of the united states. >> the bikini was the biggest thing sincemb. >> the '60s, '70s, our style and fashion represents freedom. >> when you look at hippie culture, it's really oppositional to the vietnam war. >> disco was very important in terms of people being free to express themselves. >> in the '80s, it was a lot of excess, in every way. >> we had our calvin kleins and our ralph laurens and our donna karan's. >> calvin klein's advertising was rather scandalous. >> this underwear ad stopped traffic in times square. >> by the '90s and 2000s, things have become less formal. >> supermodels really brought fashion into every household. >> now what's embraced as being yourself. >> style gives you a voice. it's freedom. >> joining us now, cnn presidential historian, douglas brinkley. he's featured in "american style." doug, this politically charged time when washington's dysfunction is on full display, how do politicians use fashion to try to relate to americans at home? >> well, you'll see, i just saw ted cruz today and beto o'rourke, both in texas,

than 50 designers, from glamorous gowns and couture fashion worn by qatari royalty, to leisure and sportswearinnike's pro hijab line worn by u.s. olympic fencer ibtihaj muhammad. most of the clothing is from the addle east and southeast asia, with a sprinkling rican and european designers and an emphasis on youth. >> half the designers in the exhibition are women between the ages of 20 and 30, between their mid-20s and mid-30s,o there's these women who want to create wardrobe that fits their lifestyles, and that's really excitg. >> brown: this is what's called "modest fashion," concerned with coveringuch of the body, often but not exclusively based on religious teachings and customs. the term hijab, often used to refer to headscarves worn by muslim women, descibes the act of covering up generally. ant it quickly becomes clear here that modesty different things in different places and to different people. >> a lot of us are kind of like, "oh, i wish we could change up l the nametle bit." i like to use the word, discrete or just a little bit more mysterious.: >> broat's wrong with 'modest'? >>

. >> sportswear. what do you buy at a department store. so i think it was really across the board. and i still think this is more of a secular issue for macy's. i don't think these guys are dead i actually think the stock looks very interesting to be clear >> you mentioned jewelry tiffany was down 50% from its highs in july. when you think about it, you can go all different sides of the spectrum here or both sides of the spectrum and you're seeing consumer weakness. so i mean the way i see it is the push into retail sales into the holiday period, that was about as good as it gets for quarters. >> what is macy's worth? at $8 billion market cap, it's got to be worth more than $8 billion. >> why >> because real estate alone, you have the herold square -- >> how much more real estate are they going to sell how many more assets are they going to get rid of in order to bring value to the stock that was one of the bullet points that i think bank of america had in their downgrade of macy's today. there are only so many more things macy's can do any point, especially with a consumer that lo

the company cited underperformance in women's sportswear, fashion jewelry, and cosmetics. could delay to of the most anticipated ipos of the year. neither cooper nor -- neither have received confirmations of their proposed offerings. proposingjudge is some extraordinary measures aimed at preventing devastating wildfires in california. the judge wants pg&e to trim trees that could fall of hundreds of miles of power lines and start fires. the utility under intense scrutiny over whether its equipment sparked the fire that dominated -- that devastated the count of paradise and killed 86 people. alix: thanks so much, viviana. the california public utilities commission meets today to develop a stress test for utility companies. pg&e is potentially on the hook for $30 billion. shares of the company are at the alertness level since 2003 -- at the lowest level since 2003. california governor gavin newsom, just two days into the job, says he is working on the solvency issue. governor newsom: my role and responsibility is protect -- is to perfect your interests, not pg&e's. but somet

by the way, macy's called out women's sportswear as one of the weaker categories.mer is charge and you have to be really authentic about what you're selling and not just jump on athleisure as a trend to sort of boost sales but more of a lululemon stakeholder your brand. don't expand too much and end up winning the hearts of consumer >> hard defining a growth company in retail these days but there it is. >> just look at the comps. >> yeah. >> a lot is happening on the brand side versus the department store side which is another trend we're going to watch into earnings giving investors plenty to cheer about, and those comps are some of the best in the industry. >> yeah. >> after macy's and adding the gains throughout the session today, lulu is when we come back, let's make a deal newmont mining build goldcorp, the world's largest gold producer we'll get details on the dale. more about consolidation in that space and take a look at the top performing names on the s&p down alstmo 12 points led by citi at the moment back in a moment at&t provides edge-to-edge intelligen

sportswear brand asics will recycle used clothing to make the official uniforms forjapan's olympic andhat access to its bing search engine in china has been restored after an outage. the firm did not offer any explanation for why the search engine had been inaccessible. the outage caused concern that the service might have been blocked by the chinese authorities. british clothing manufacturers have been forced to pay almost £90,000 to employees for nonpayment of the minimum wage. an hm revenue & customs investigation found that over a six—year period 126 garment workers were paid wage arrears. hmrc has 14 ongoing investigations, and it found underpayment in one in every four inspections. a brief look at the markets. shares in london, frankfurt and paris climbed today — to their highest level in nearly two months. investors feeling positive about tech stocks after some strong numbers from the sector last night vodafone group's share price is down after its trading update. another share price was up over 20% but now up share price was up over 20% but now up over 16% on the markets for fu