There were ten out of twelve months of increasing demand for design services in 2014, and the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) points to a healthy outlook for the nonresidential construction industry. As a leading economic indicator of ...
Tags: nonresidential construction industry, architecture billings, Lights
Goodway Machine Corp. and Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. are expected to join the NT$10 billion (US$322.58 million at US$1:NT$31) revenue club of Taiwan's machine-tool sector in Taiwan with consolidated revenue in 2015. Only a handful ...
Tags: machine-tool sector, Manufacturing
The economy grew at its fast rates in 11 years in the third quarter, according to a third estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) that showed consumer spending increased more than thought. The BEA now estimates real ...
Tags: Consumer Spending, Q3 GDP Growth
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its air cargo report and outlook. Air freight volumes continue to show solid gains on a year ago, supported by improving growth in trade in some regions, but weakness in load ...
Tags: load factors, yields, Service
Federal Corp. wrapped up its Diamond Jubilee year with a celebration dinner in Las Vegas for its partners and customers. The Taiwanese company thanked guests for a record year and says it anticipates a continued upturn in global sales. ...
Tags: Federal, Diamond Jubilee, Auto
Rémy Cointreau Group achieved consolidated sales of €471.8m for the first six months to 30 September 2014. The trend for the period (an organic(**)decline of 5.6%) thus showed some improvement compared with the 2013/14 fiscal ...
Tags: Liqueurs, Spirits, Agriculture
Sales of BASF Group grew by 3% compared with the previous third quarter, reaching €18.3 billion. A sharp rise in volumes in the Natural Gas Trading business sector was mainly responsible for this growth. Income from operations (EBIT) ...
Tags: BASF, Construction Coating
New house building figures released by warranty and insurance provider NHBC show that new home registrations have hit their highest level since 2007. The figures for Q3 2014 reveal that overall new home registrations have increased 8% on ...
Tags: House Building, new homes
According to a report Tuesday from the Lake Carriers' Association, for the second month in a row, shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes reached their highest level in six years.? The 7,242,492 tons loaded in August are the most since ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral
The week's starting out a dry one -- and likely will end on that note, too -- though while some areas may see mounting concerns on this account, lower-than-normal temperatures will likely prevent the extended rain-free streak from ...
Tags: Corn Belt, Weather Starter, Food
Australian exporters are feeling positive, with 95 per cent of SME exporters expecting their overseas sales to remain the same or grow in the next 12 months, according to new research released by EFIC (Export Finance and Insurance ...
Overall recovery continues with like for like sales up 1.7 per cent in July. BDO's monthly High Street Sales Tracker has shown that like for like sales on the UK High Street for July grew by 1. 7 per cent on the previous year. Fashion ...
The U.S. corn and soybean crops are developing at a pace ahead of normal despite the fact the last week's seen a slight dip in the condition of both as new forecasts hint at a continued shortage of rainfall in much of the Corn Belt through ...
Tags: Slip, Agriculture, Food
The U.S. corn and soybean crops are developing at a pace ahead of normal despite the fact the last week's seen a slight dip in the condition of both as new forecasts hint at a continued shortage of rainfall in much of the Corn Belt through ...
Tags: Slip, Agriculture, Food
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics has raised the official national growth forecast in the light of robust global demand for mobile devices and computer components, stronger consumer ...
Tags: Taiwan, Growth, Electrical, Electronics