After a bleak start to the year, the U.S. economy grew at a brisk annual rate of 4.2 percent in the April-June quarter, the government said Thursday, slightly faster than it had first estimated. The upward revision supported expectations ...
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Australian vegetable and potato growers’ representative body AusVeg has called for Australia to follow the UK’s lead and put in place a plan to source government-procured food from local suppliers and producers. UK Prime ...
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An industry-specific course about consumer law and home improvement complaints, covering the installation of kitchens, bathroom and fitted bedrooms, will help students understand when they can say no to a refund, when to offer a repair and ...
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The Japanese economy shrank an annualized real 6.8 percent in the April to June quarter, falling at its fastest pace since the March 2011 disaster, apparently due to the consumption tax hike on April 1, the government said Wednesday. The ...
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GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. has been chosen by PPG Industries as a winner of the PPG Excellent Supplier Award 2013. Each year PPG, which purchases more than $7.5 billion of goods and services annually from more than 35,000 companies, ...
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U.S. Xpress is raising its base mileage pay for over-the-road, solo, non-dedicated truck drivers by an average of 13 percent, effective Aug. 25, 2014. "With more goods and services being shipped by trucks, we need to expand the workforce ...
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BitPay, the world leader in business solutions for the bitcoin digital currency, announces a new pricing plan which offers basic payment processing free-of-charge, forever. With the new pricing plan, BitPay is lowering the barrier to entry ...
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The development of electronic commerce, makes people buy things without leaving home .And many stationery enterprises gradually develop online sales, e-commerce can not only develop a business sales channels, but also a effective method to ...
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The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total April exports of $193.3 billion and imports of $240.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $47.2 ...
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The U.S. economy took a beating from an especially harsh winter during the January-March quarter, skidding into reverse for the first time in three years. But spring has arrived and along with it, signs that the chill was just a temporary ...
US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker presented the Port of Everett with the President’s “E” Award for Export Service at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The “E” Awards are the highest recognition ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released EnviroAtlas, a web-based interactive tool that integrates over 300 separate data layers, helps decision makers understand the implications of planning and policy decisions on our ...
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The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced Tuesday that total March exports of $193.9 billion and imports of $234.3 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $40.4 ...
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The U.S. economy slowed drastically in the first three months of the year as a harsh winter exacted a toll on business activity. The slowdown, while worse than expected, is likely to be temporary as growth rebounds with warmer weather. ...
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About Inmetro National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro) was created by law in December, 1973, to support t Brazilian enterprises, to increase their productivity and the quality of goods and services. ...