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At the center of New York, which some arguably class as the world’s fashion capital, there is the world famous Garment District. A neighborhood in midtown west, the garment district spans for one square mile and contains a multitude of fashion design houses and businesses specializing in manufacturing. It’s an important historical area of New York for many reasons.

As 2012 takes off, the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization has released figures that show the semiconductor global sales for 2011 have broken the record set in 2010 and global sales have gone over the $302 billion dollar mark, representing a 1.3% increase on 2010 sales. While sales records are getting broken, the hot topic at the moment, especially in the United States, is counterfeited components in the supply chain for the manufacturing and repairs of military equipment.