Timber worth almost $40m has been seized in Latin America in "Operation Lead" headed by Interpol and in national investigations based on it. According to an Interpol press report, a large proportion of this wood, 292,000 m3, was confiscated ...
Tags: Wood, Construction, Timber
OEMs are now putting Chinese brands on their trucks, further breaking down barriers and quality concerns, says Walt Weller, vice president of CMA A wide range of topics were discussed by industry executives during the featured conference ...
The countries that have signed CAFTA-DR free trade agreement may lose about 100,000 jobs in the textile industry if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is signed in its current form, which allows Vietnam to import raw materials ...
Tags: CAFTA-DR Textile Sector, Textile
Colombia-based Nutresa has agreed to acquire Chile-based food and beverage producer Tresmontes Lucchetti for $758m, as part of its efforts to expand its international footprint. Tresmontes Lucchetti is involved in the manufacture of ...
ForceField Energy Inc., an international manufacturer and distributor of energy products and solutions, yesterday announced that it signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Empresa de Servicios Públicos de Heredia (ESPH), a utility ...
Tags: LED Streetlight, ForceField
American casual dining restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse has introduced new Great Barrier Eats, a special menu featuring seafood such as crab, tuna, shrimp and salmon. The new Great Barrier Eats include Great Barrier Trio appetizer, ...
New York is like no other city and FIT is like no other college. FIT and NYC set the pace in the fields of design, fashion, advertising, communications, and international commerce. FIT hosts an array of luminaries, from NYC and all over the ...
Tags: Textile Trends, Sustainable Color
Continuing to deliver on its global growth plans, Gap Inc. announced that it will introduce Gap brand to Paraguay and Hungary through new agreements with existing franchise partners Neutral for Paraguay and Gottex Brands for Hungary. ...
Foreign media said that China and Costa Rica have inked agreement, according to which China will offer loans worth USD 400 million to Costa Rica. Most of the loans come from The Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank). The lender ...
Tags: Loans, Costa Rica
Peruvian small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including the clothing sector, would benefit due to the implementation of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Peru and Costa Rica, which came into effect from June 1, 2013, according to ...
Tags: Apparel
Global design consultancy P&W has designed a range of finest coffee bags for Tesco Colourful iconic illustrations express the character, flavour and geographical location of each coffee. P&W said that premium matte black bags give a ...
Tags: P&W, Tesco, Coffee Range
Mt. Gox is requiring all users to verify their accounts in order to make non-bitcoin currency deposits and withdrawals, less than a week after U.S. authorities said they shut down online payment processor Liberty Reserve for alleged money ...
Tags: Bitcoin Exchange, Mt.Gox, Liberty Reserve
The founder of Liberty Reserve, an online digital currency and payments system based in Costa Rica, has been arrested and charged with money laundering. Further reading Retailers looking to cut Visa and other 'middlemen' out of the ...
Tags: Payments System, Computer Products, software
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted online payment processor Liberty Reserve for laundering $6 billion in a series of global transactions, which the agency charges may be the largest international money laundering prosecution in ...
Tags: DOJ, Liberty Reserve
Computerworld - In the middle of its annual developers conference, the Google unveiled updates to its popular Gmail service. Quick Action feature in updated Google Gmail Google Thursday announced that it's adding what it calls Quick ...