The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a grant to help glass recycling in the Tri-State. In partnership with the Hamilton County Recycling and Solid Waste District, the Ohio EPA provided $250,000 on Monday to help purchase ...
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The textile industry of Pakistan has urged the country’s central bank to reduce the interest rate to 8 percent from the current 9.5 percent. The request has been made ahead of the key policy rate announcement likely to be made ...
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The UK economy is set to avoid a triple dip recession as business confidence grows, according to the latest Quarterly Economic Survey from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). The weakness of the pound helped to boost exports in the ...
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Most brick-and-mortar retailers would benefit from federal legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from online retailers, industry leaders say. But opponents of the legislation say it would burden small online businesses ...
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Google is expanding its Google Fiber project, reaching out to offer the service in Olathe, Kansas, the fifth largest city in the state. "Olathe has become one of the fastest-growing cities in Kansas and has attracted an influx of new ...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal, South Louisiana Methanol CEO Barry Williamson and Todd Corp. Group CEO Jon Young announced that South Louisiana Methanol LP will invest $1.3 billion in a new methanol production facility on the banks of the Mississippi ...
Today’s global value chains used by U.S. apparel companies offer job creation opportunities in the United States, according to Analyzing the Value Chain for Apparel Designed in the United States and Manufactured Overseas, a new report ...
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Today's global value chains used by U.S. apparel companies offer job creation opportunities in the United States, according to Analyzing the Value Chain for Apparel Designed in the United States and Manufactured Overseas, a new report ...
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Northern Ireland crisp maker Tayto is investing GBP6m (US$1.7m) in expanding its operations in the country through the creation of news jobs. The snacks firm is committing the money to additional salaries over the next five years as part ...
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In response to the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) announcement that it plans to develop a line of “smart” clothing, CAGW excoriate postal management for its misguided attempt to step into non-postal, commercial ...
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Automate 2013, North America’s leading automation event, was attended by a record 10,975 attendees from across the United States and 55 countries. The event took place January 21-24 at McCormick Place in Chicago. “Automate ...
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The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from President and CEO Matthew Shay on President Obama’s State of the Union address: “We have repeatedly called on Congress and President Obama to make the economy ...
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Cape Breton is now “well-positioned to be a leader” in biomass energy with the announcement today that the Harbourside biomass plant in Sydney is proceeding to the next phase in the Community Feed-in Tariff program (COMFIT). ...
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The National Retail Federation urged the House to approve legislation that would put the federal debt ceiling on hold until mid-May. “This move will give Congress the time it needs to deal with the debt ceiling in a thoughtful and ...
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A Cornish pasty firm has secured a government investment of pound 1.5M, which it will use to expand its business and create 50 jobs. The government has invested pound 1.5M in Proper Cornish The investment came from the Business ...
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