The results of the quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) Survey on the Business Outlook (EO-123) indicate improvement, albeit marginal, from the previous report, and imply that the manufacturing sector is ...
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Cement manufacturers in India are hopeful that the government will take the promised action to boost the country's industrial climate, according to a recent report. Cement demand was slightly subdued in the last financial year, forcing ...
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The injection molding machine sales have shown an upswing in the US during 2012 compared to 2011, according to the latest statistics by Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI). As per the data reported by SPI's Committee on Equipment ...
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Saudi Arabia has threatened action against Internet-based communications applications if they do not meet local rules, suggesting that the kingdom is ready for a showdown with some of these providers over local monitoring of their services. ...
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Haiti became the 31st country to join the TAAT alliance which is seeking strong and fair textile rules in the TPP agreement. Gregor Avril, the Executive Director of the Association of Industries of Haiti said, “We stand with our ...
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In the last few weeks, Chinese processing and commercial companies’ demand for beech lumber has failed to some extent to fulfil the expectations of German sawmills and exporters geared to Asia export. After Chinese companies’ ...
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Mobile-based browsing has tripled in the last two years, and is making significant inroads on traditional Internet access from personal computers, according to statistics from a Web metrics company. Mobile's gains are in part a side ...
Tags: Mobile, Browser Usage, app
February retail sales exceeded expectations, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that February retail sales at $421.4 billion were up 1.1 ...
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Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 2/25/2013 3:07:41 PM Demand for rigid bulk packaging is forecast to advance 3.9 percent per year to $7.0 billion in 2017, accelerating from the performance of the 2007-2012 ...
Data from the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) today showed that January retail sales were up compared to December as well as on an annual basis. Commerce reported that January retail sales at ...
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Haiti became the 31st country to join the TAAT alliance which is seeking strong and fair textile rules in the TPP agreement. Gregor Avril, the Executive Director of the Association of Industries of Haiti said, "We stand with our free ...
Tags: Haiti, TAAT Alliance, TPP
Mobidia Technology, Inc., a provider of mobile analytics, today released new insight into mobile usage of messaging and VOIP applications. Mobidia's data highlights the continued and growing importance of these applications to smartphone ...
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Revenue at Microsoft's Windows division was up 11% in the fourth quarter of 2012, bucking the long-running trend where the company's OS sales have mirrored PC sales. But the unexpected results, which made Windows the company's top ...
Pantone's choice of emerald as the color of the year might just be the perfect pick. As the 2013 market season gets under way here, industry leaders are expecting strong activity in the months ahead, and green hues could be a spot-on symbol ...
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The sharemarket rose yesterday after US housing data suggested economic growth in the world's biggest economy was likely to continue, and above-consensus GDP data from China showed that an economic recovery in Australia's biggest trading ...
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