The readymade garment industry of Bangladesh is suffering from a severe image crisis in the international markets because of concerns about labor safety arising from recent fire incidents in two garment factories, which resulted in a ...
Tags: Garment Sector, Garment
THE Australian market has opened higher, with gains in all sectors but retail. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the market was off to a promising start considering it had only received modest overseas leads. "Here, we ...
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The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) of India has unveiled the first phase of the National Dairy Plan (NDP) in eight states of the country, including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and ...
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The Government of Bangladesh has taken initiative for conducting a comprehensive study on the country’s readymade garment sector, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Jatiya Sangsad, the country’s Parliament. In a written reply ...
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The National Transport Commission (NTC) has advised of the passing of its chief executive Nick Dimopoulos. Mr Dimopoulos passed away on 8 February 2013 after an illness, surrounded by his family. Mr Dimopoulos’s professional career ...
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The Open Data Institute (ODI) opened for business in December, underlining the UK’s position as a world leader in the field. The Technology Strategy Board is a key funder of the new institute providing £2 m per year over the ...
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With large number of participants registering from more than 105 countries,the Vibrant Gujarat will set a new benchmark with a landmark achievement of having diplomats,industrialists,academia and thinkers from so many countries converge ...
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PTI cited Mr Kaushik Basu CEO of World Bank as saying that India's economy could expand by around 6% in 2013, attributing the current slowdown to global factors. Mr Basu at CD Deshmukh Memorial Lecture said that "It is very-very difficult ...
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“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” (Gordon Gecko in “Wall Street” by Oliver Stone) Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the ...
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It’s always nice to start the year with some good news, and you’ll find plenty of it in this week’s newsletter. For example, in recent days the French company Schneider Electric has won a $74-million order to build ...
Tags: Iraq, marketing services, Iraqi economy, Elsewedy Electric
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $70m loan to help renovate a cement factory in Iraq, part of an effort to support the local building sector and aid in the country s reconstruction. The financing will allow Kerbala ...
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IDG News Service-Nokia is testing a new solar charging accessory in Nigeria and Kenya,as the company hopes to make it easier for people without regular access to electricity to use their phones,it said in a blog post on Friday. The ...
According to Maplecroft's principal Latin America analyst James Lockhart-Smith,Venezuela has its eye on becoming a major minerals producer,though its capacity to do so is in question. Mr Lockhart-Smith told BNamericas that"Specifically ...
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Maplecroft principal Latin America analyst James Lockhart-Smith told BNamericas that Anglo American is unlikely to seek compensation from the Venezuelan government following the expiration of the concessions and permits for its Loma de ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, Mining Gold, Bank of America, Nickel
THE Australian dollar's recent rally may be pausing at the moment,but that doesn't mean it has stopped. Reading between the lines of an interview with Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens this week,there might well be reason ...
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