China's annual economic growth likely slowed to 7.2 percent in the fourth quarter, the weakest since the depths of the global crisis, a Reuters poll showed, which would keep pressure on policymakers to head off a sharper slowdown this year. ...
Tags: economic growth, GDP data
American canned and frozen vegetables producer McCall Farms is planning to close its yam processing plant in Wilson, a move that will slash 64 jobs. The operations from the Wilson plant will be transferred to the company's other plant in ...
Tags: butter peas, triple succotash, cut okra, Agriculture
The Chinese government has been authorized to ease investment rules in three new free trade zones (FTZs) after top legislature gave the go ahead during a bi-monthly meeting on Sunday. The new zones will be located in South China's ...
Tags: Investment Rules, Free Trade Zones
Canadian establishment Maple Leaf Foods has announced plans to close its plant in Winnipeg on 31 December. The Winnipeg plant, which is one of three previously identified for closure next year, will be the sixth closure under a ...
Tags: commercial requirements, financial targets, Agriculture
A frozen computer is frustrating, but a frozen touchscreen in an automobile is a much bigger deal. That’s why engineers push the touchscreen buttons on the Buick IntelliLink infotainment system more than 2 million times every week, ...
Tags: gas station, frozen touchscreen, Auto
Samsung has announced plans to shut down its ChatOn messenger app for good. The South Korean firm previously denied rumours that ChatOn was soon to be binned - speculation that we now know to be true. “Under changes in the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Samsung
Croatian food establishment Podravka is planning to shut down its Podravka Polska factory in Kostrzyn, Poland, in a move to reduce its operational capacity. Podravka has decided to locate its production operations for the European Union ...
Tags: meat, baby food, sweets, Agriculture
Hong Kong was suggested to enrich its IPO platform to attract capital from more good quality companies from overseas, a local financial advisory body said on Wednesday. Hong Kong is likely to end this year as the world's second-largest ...
Tags: IPO Market, IPO platform
Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on December 11, 2014 2014 has turned out to be a pretty decent year for the world’s 40 largest medical device companies: Only six of them have seen their stock prices decline, and ...
Tags: Medical Device, Health
Audi is planning to launch an upgraded version of the Q3 which will feature advanced powertrain and fuel-efficient cylinder deactivation technology. The vehicle is expected to be equipped with 1.4-liter engine and will feature ...
Tags: Audi, Revised Version
The Government of Pakistan will provide complete support to the textile industry and not allow it to shut down, as it is the backbone of the national economy, Punjab's chief minister Shahbaz Sharif said to a delegation of industrialists ...
Tags: gas, textile industry, Textile
Since the Rana Plaza building collapse and Tarzeen factory fire, noteworthy progress has been made in overhauling the Bangladesh garment sector, US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian Affairs, Nisha Desai Biswal said ...
Tags: building collapse, factory fire, Apparel
With a Labor Government elected in the State of Victoria over the weekend, the major supermarkets may be seeing opportunities to move into new business sectors, if Labor implements some of its election promises. Last week Victorian ...
Tags: supermarkets, medical advice, Agriculture
The government of Lebanon has decided to form a committee to address food safety issues in the country. The decision came after the health ministry received brickbats from the ministers for publicly 'naming and shaming' food ...
Last year China leapfrogged past Germany to become the world’s largest market for solar equipment, according to industry figures. True, a September report showed the former is also set to push global carbon emissions to a record high ...
Tags: Solar Energy, PV