In the face of an economy on a slow rebound and shifts in consumer behaviors, the winners among retailers since the Great Recession are those that are adapting their business models and keeping their brands relevant and their value ...
Tags: Retailers, Apparel, Accessories
Big Tobacco, almost unbelievably, is lending a hand in the creation of a potential breakthrough drug, a new class of drugs that could dull grave psychiatric disorders, improve attention of ADHD afflicted children, repel Alzheimer's onset, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Tobacco, Ecigarette
In recent years, the network has experienced loan growth spurt, transaction size from the industry point of view, in 2007 the industry deal size was only 0.2 billion in 2011 to 15.82 billion yuan, a further increase in 2012 to 22 billion ...
Tags: Network, China network, Network Service, Lending Industry, Lending
Bearish factors weighing on the Chinese market were offsetting any positive sentiment on Indian demand for Indonesian thermal coal, sources said Thursday. A Singapore-based source for a major producer said he did not share in the bullish ...
Tags: Chinese market, thermal coal
Monsoon rains limited Indian buying of Indonesian thermal coal, while lending restrictions muted demand from China, market sources said on Friday. An Indian end user said buyers had refrained from purchasing imported cargoes because of ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Limited Demand
India has improved its ranking as per the recent data released by ‘UN Comtrade’ in Global Textiles as well as Apparel Exports. In Global Textiles Exports, India now stands at second position beating its competitors like Italy, ...
Tags: Textile Exporter, Textile
Residents in Tangshan are very familiar with the concept of oversupply. A severe glut in the steel industry has put many jobs at risk in the northeastern Chinese city that counts the metal as one of its primary exports. But the oversupply ...
Tags: Housing Market, Crashing Down
Cott Corporation’s UK/Europe business unit has purchased all subsidiary companies of Aimia Foods in a $133m deal.The acquisition price includes the payment of nearly $80m at closing plus an adjustment for working capital, $33m in ...
Tags: UK Business Unit, Aimia Foods
The price spread in Asia between styrene monomer and its main feedstock benzene fell to a three-month low of $284/mt on Tuesday, as benzene supply has tightened while SM supply has increased, Platts data showed. The FOB Korea benzene ...
Viewing that distributed PV system installations (mainly rooftop) in China have so far lagged behind schedule due to high risks, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has arranged insurance companies to provide relevant ...
Samuel Adams announced it will host small business Speed Coaching in San Francisco on Monday, May 19th as part of Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, a micro-lending and coaching program for small business owners working in food, ...
Tags: Samuel Adams, micro-lending
Despite a recent recovery in London Metal Exchange copper prices, market analysts were still bearish this week on the metal's price for the rest of this year, based on factors such as a surge in supply and a weak Chinese construction ...
Tags: copper, copper prices
A growing economy, pent-up demand, competitive mortgage rates and affordable home prices will keep housing on an upward trajectory through 2015. However, several obstacles including tight consumer credit, shortages of lots and labor and ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Renewable specialists TGE Group has agreed a significant financing deal with Macquarie Lending to supply photovoltaic (PV) systems for commercial buildings across the UK. The programme, one of the largest in the UK, will allow TGE Group ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, PV
First Capital, a national commercial finance company, announced it has provided a $20,000,000 revolving line of credit to Gulf Packaging, a national distributor of packaging supplies and equipment. First Capital was referred to the ...
Tags: Gulf Packaging, First Capital