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 ...
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Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, too passed the Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2014, a week after the Bill was passed by the lower house—the Lok Sabha. The ...
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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 ...
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The Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Zimbabwe, is set to launch Zimbabwe’s Cotton-to-Clothing (C2C) export strategy at the 5th Clothing Indaba in Bulawayo, with support from the International Trade Centre (ITC) and funding from the ...
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After failing to get South Korean LG Chemicals on board as a technology partner for its Kochi-based petrochemical project, Indian public sector refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) said it will buy outright, the critical ...
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GREENWICH, CT— Freight transportation services provider XPO Logistics is looking to expand its business and a good portion of the $700 million invested is coming from some Canadians’ pension plans. The Public Sector Pension ...
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The contract packing business is often seen as sizeable automated production lines packing products for brands. Blackburn-based Granby Marketing Services claims to be more diversified in the nature and method of its business than many of ...
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Kronos Incorporated, which recently surpassed $1 billion in annual revenue, announced financial results, company advancements, and customer successes for the third quarter of Fiscal 2014. Product bookings continued to accelerate, with ...
Semiconductor manufacturer Scaleo chip has introduced new family of powertrain microcontrollers, the OLEA to control the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. OLEA, the new family of powertrain microcontrollers embedding two unique ...
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The UK Government has set a requirement that all public sector projects over £5 million must use BIM from 2016. This is part of its 2025 industrial strategy for construction that was designed to provide a vision for "long-term ...
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Financial Times reported that in 2014 the United States may be losing its status as the world's largest economy, giving way to China earlier than expected. Most economists had predicted China's economy will become the first in 2019. Since ...
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Solar photovoltaic is an important part of the UK’s energy mix: there is currently 2.7 GW of PV capacity in the UK – enough to power 620,000 homes – placing us firmly in the global top 10 economies for solar power. We ...
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Birmingham-based Pinstripe Print Group has announced that it has successfully won part of a significant three-year print services contract Framework agreement contract with Dudley Council. The Framework agreement Tender contract win comes ...
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US Representative Pete Olson, R-Texas, on Tuesday called for less federal regulation for oil and gas drilling, including allowing some drilling in national parks. Olson, who spoke at the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners ...
The increase in infrastructure and maintenance spending by the private and public sector in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya is lending momentum to the industrial paints and coatings market in these countries. Nigeria presents the most ...
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