The countries that have signed CAFTA-DR free trade agreement may lose about 100,000 jobs in the textile industry if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is signed in its current form, which allows Vietnam to import raw materials ...
Tags: CAFTA-DR Textile Sector, Textile
Colombia-based Nutresa has agreed to acquire Chile-based food and beverage producer Tresmontes Lucchetti for $758m, as part of its efforts to expand its international footprint. Tresmontes Lucchetti is involved in the manufacture of ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the imports of salmon produced in Chile by Norwegian multinational firm Marine Harvest after a carcinogenic chemical known as crystal violet was detected in a shipment. Crystal violet ...
Tags: Salmon, carcinogenic chemical
US-based firm Roba Dolce and agricultural cooperative Ocean Spray have launched a new range of Ocean Spray brand gelato and sorbet. The new range features five sorbets and four gelatos, with additional flavors already in development, the ...
Tags: sorbet, gelato, Roba Dolce
Old El Paso, the brand owned by US-based food company General Mills, has launched Old El Paso Stand 'N Stuff Soft Flour Tortillas, a new kind of boat-shaped soft taco that stands up. Old El Paso Stand 'N Stuff Soft Flour Tortillas are ...
The Circular Economy Task Force is a government supported business-led group, including firms such as Boots, Unilever and Wrap, convened by independent think tank Green Alliance. It says that it is a forum for policy innovation which aims ...
As digital commerce extends into mobile technologies, growing numbers of consumers are integrating smartphones into their purchasing processes. This worldwide trend is moving fastest in certain emerging markets, where switched-on consumers ...
Tags: E-Commerce, Mobile Shopping, Americans
The new pv magazine Latinoamérica is the first publication to impart comprehensive information on the entire Latin American photovoltaics market. Solarpraxis AG's new media platform shares news and important background information on ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The JAC N series high end light duty truck was launched in Singapore in late April. Grand ceremony was held, with the province head of Anhui present, together with Chinese ambassador to Singapore as well as many other high officials of ...
Tags: Transportation, Light Duty Truck, Truck
According to data released by Chile's construction chamber (CChC), the country’s domestic rebar shipments totaled 49,056 tons in May, decreasing by 10.6% from 54,842 tons in April and falling by 13.1% year on year. Meanwhile, the ...
Tags: Domestic Rebar Shipments
Howden Broking Group has purchased a 25% shareholding in Chilean insurance broker, Patagonia Corredores de Seguros (PCS), for an undisclosed sum. Based in Santiago, PCS provides an array of property, energy, liability, construction, ...
Tags: Howden, Chilean Broker
Nokia is expected to launch a follow-up to its 41-megapixel 808 PureView running Windows Phone a week from now, a move that will give the struggling phone vendor a much needed boost, according to one analyst. The smartphone, now rumored ...
Tags: 41-Megapixel Lumia, Nokia
The Chinese market represents a high potential market for premium clothing made in Mexico, because the Chinese consumers with high purchasing power now prefer American and European brands. The growing middle and upper classes in China ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Spanish operator Telefonica is worried about the Android-iOS smartphone duopoly, and has joined with Microsoft in a marketing blitz that it hopes will convince consumers to pick up smartphones based on Windows Phone. For one year, ...
Tags: Telefonica, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, Smartphone
In the first four months of this year, the production of finished steel reached 18.1 million tons while apparent finished steel use was 21.7 million tons. Meanwhile, finished steel production in May 2013 came to 4.9 million tons, in line ...
Tags: Steel, Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy