A survey of cloud computing users in 50 countries has revealed the failure of government regulations to keep up with developments eroding confidence in the cloud. In its top ten issues eroding confidence in cloud computing the Cloud ...
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Department of Service Statistics of NBS China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) In October, non-manufacturing purchasing manager index was 55.5 percent, 1.8 percentage points higher over the previous month, still staying ...
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1. Seasonal Adjustment Note: The purchasing managers’ survey is a monthly survey, the data of the survey fluctuates very much for the influences of seasonal factors. At present, time series of China's non-manufacturing PMI have met ...
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THE bad news out of Washington as talks to resolve the US fiscal cliff broke down pushed the dollar lower as investors ran to the safe haven of the greenback. At 5pm AEDT,the dollar was trading at$US1.0453,down US0.38c. Risk appetite ...
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WSO2 began offering this week an open source API manager, providing managed API access and governance. Available at the WSO2 website, WSO2 API Manager is intended to help developers find, evaluate, and subscribe to APIs. "The management ...
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Polaris Financial Technology Ltd, a leading global Financial Technology Company, today announced the launch of its FATCA and Global KYC Ready IntellectTM Customer Onboarding Hub (ICOH) solution at SIBOS 2012 in Osaka, Japan. ICOH is a ...
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According to manufacturers, business activity on the German markets for DINplus and ENplus pellets has been developing with a little more élan again in the last four weeks. The reason for this is considered to be a comparatively ...
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Manufacturer of prefabricated houses Weber Haus is expecting to generate turnover of €180m this year with the construction of 725 houses, and to increase its export rate slightly from 15% to 18%. Weber Haus currently employs 930 staff ...
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The Framing Lumber Composite Price published by the US news service Random Lengths rose at the beginning of December to a figure of $362/1,000 bdft, falling only $5 short of the last record level reached on 30 April 2010. Positive sales ...
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The Spanish market for Scandinavian softwood lumber is currently characterised by very subdued business activity. A revival in demand due to replacement purchases at the end of the holiday period proofed to be short-lived after all. Demand ...
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In 23 Sep. 2011, the German Bundestag established a reformulated version on the Equipment and Product Safety Act (GPSG) and that is the new Product Safety Law (ProdSG). The new ProdSG came into force on 1 Dec 2011 and replaced the previous ...
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Steel market in China got a jerk with slight improvement.More than the quantum it was the temperament which was encouraging.In the backdrop of healthy growth in manufacturing activity for the first time in 13 months in November,according to ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reaffirmed its mid-term guidance, depsite booking a drop in full-year profit. In the 12 months to the end of August, the company reported a net profit of CHF142.6m (US$151.7m), down from CHF178.6m ...
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CGI International Group, one of Europe’s leading independent manufacturers of fire resistant glazing marketed under the Pyroguard brand, has reinforced its European reach with the creation of CGI France – a new trading entity. ...
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While its companion index on the manufacturing side fell for the fourth time in the last six months in November, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported today that things were better on the non-manufacturing side. In its ...
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