Who makes the Apple iPod? Here’s a hint: It is not Apple. The company outsources the entire manufacture of the device to a number of Asian enterprises, among them Asustek, Inventec Appliances and Foxconn.

But this list of companies isn’t a satisfactory answer either: They only do final assembly. What about the 451 parts that go into the iPod? Where are they made and by whom?

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Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, has had to postpone the publication of an online report on its environmental and social sustainability efforts seen by its critics as a test of its commitment to greater corporate transparency on non-financial issues.

When Wal-Mart ann­ounced a push to improve its sustainability record in October 2005, it said it would issue its first report on its progress by spring 2007.

By Tim Newman

As people around the world commemorate World Day Against Child Labor on June 12, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company recognized the day by continuing its 81-year tradition of exploiting workers in Liberia.

By Russell Hubbard

The Drummond Co. wrongful death trial will proceed as planned on July 9, the judge ruled, quashing an attempt to delay the matter for an extra six months.

U.S. District Judge Karon Bowdre ruled against the slain Colombian labor leaders' lawyers on their request for an extension to interview more witnesses. She granted their request to admit the last-minute testimony of a man described in court papers as the bodyguard of a Drummond executive in Colombia.