The export value of United States hardwood to China jumped 34 percent year-on-year in 2014 as the country increased its demand for more sustainably sourced materials for its urbanization program and for environmental projects. The value ...
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Despite an Australian economy growing at a moderate 2.3 per cent according to March quarter figures released by the ABS this month, the latest data on trade payments reveals that businesses are paying their invoices at the fastest rate on ...
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It is often assumed that emerging-economy living standards are bound to converge with those in developed countries. But, leaving aside some oil exporters and the city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore, only three countries and regions ...
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Brilliant Bicycles, a Los Angeles-based company that sells entry-level bicycles direct to consumers via the Internet, has raised $1.5 million in seed capital from six investors including Aspiration Growth. Brilliant Bicycle is scheduled ...
The Taiwan Cabinet plans to roll out the Taiwanese version of “Industry 4.0 Plan” this June just shortly after such plan had been publicized on TV to be part of China's official program, with the aim to help the island's ...
Photo courtesy of the ABC. The seasonally adjusted Wage Price Index (WPI) rose 0.5 per cent in the March quarter 2015 and 2.3 per cent over the last year, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ...
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Amazon.com has announced plans to open a 1 million-square-foot distribution centre in Carteret, New Jersey, which is expected to create hundreds of full-time jobs at the site when the distribution centre opens (fulfilment centre in Amazon ...
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In a major setback to efforts to ban plastic bags, Arizona lawmakers have made it illegal for cities to impose bag bans through a recent legislation. Arizona Retailers Association and the Arizona Food Marketing Alliance, which ...
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Two years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, Bangladesh’s Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) believes that all initiatives undertaken after the industrial disaster should soon meet the expected outcome. The consequences and lessons ...
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The International Labour Organisation has called for greater social dialogue among representatives of government, employers and workers in the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector, highlighting the gains this would bring. “There are ...
The US Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) and the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) have reiterated the importance of concluding Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations as the ninth round of talks got underway in ...
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After a slowdown in demand in the second half of last year in many parts of Europe, coatings companies in the region have become less confident about the short-term future. However, despite economic forecasts of relatively slow growth in ...
China’s cotton policies will evolve based on continued movement toward a market-driven economy, balancing the interests of Chinese cotton farmers against those of textile manufacturers, disposal of the country’s large cotton ...
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After nine regional and three central rounds of negotiation, BAVC and IG BCE have reached an accord in the wage dispute: remuneration for the 550,000 employees at the 1,900 plants of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries will rise 2.8 ...
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The latest data from the Australian Industry Group (AIG) Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) indicates that Australia's manufacturing sector has contracted for the third month in a row, and that subdued domestic demand is ...