ARLINGTON, Va. -- American Trucking Associations (ATA) president and CEO Bill Graves said US President Barack Obama was short on details concerning infrastructure during his State of the Union address. “While we appreciate President ...
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Bruce Harmon/Trans Pixs Congress went home at the end of 2013 without extending a tax deduction that is credited with helping boost truck sales during choppy economic times. Bonus depreciation, as the provision is known, allowed ...
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Bruce Harmon/Trans Pix Congress went home for the year without extending a tax deduction that is credited with helping boost truck sales during choppy economic times. Bonus depreciation, as the provision is known, allowed fleet owners ...
China's manufacturing grew at its strongest rate in 18 months in December but new exports fell from the previous month due to weak global demand, a survey showed Monday. HSBC Corp. said its monthly purchasing managers' index rose to 51.1 ...
International credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's has announced the lowering of its forecast for US GDP growth for 2014 to 2.6 percent from the previous estimate of 3.1 percent, "amid the increased risks of a government stalemate and ...
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After deteriorating for a number of years the fiscal policy situation in the USA stabilised recently ; but risks remain. More economic policy adjustments will be required in the future as a result. In the latest issue of the CESifo Forum ...
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Tweeting has become so popular that the Oxford English Dictionary broke one of its own rules to add 'tweet' to its lexicon this month. "Tweet" is listed as both a noun and a verb that's used in social networking. The addition of stands ...
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The percentage of IT employees interested in getting a new job is rising, even as they lose confidence in the economic outlook, new survey data shows. Randstad Technologies, a staffing and recruiting firm, found that 46% of technology ...
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The global producer of glass fiber reinforcements, Owens Corning (OC - Snapshot Report), has joined with Taishan Fiberglass, a subsidiary of China National Materials Group, Sinoma, to promote the use of Alkali Resistant (AR) specialty ...
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According to the report published in Beijing, global financial risk is abating and financial conditions have been improved. You can see the capitals' return to Asia and pickup of economic activities. The report showed that global ...
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On the heels of a pessimistic outlook during the fourth quarter of 2012, US business leaders show signs of increased optimism in the performance of the nation’s economy according to the latest data from the Grant Thornton ...
Coming off a better than expected month in February, retail sales were somewhat lackluster in March, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported ...
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According to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) for 2013 and 2014, worldsteel Economics Committee revised down its global apparent steel consumption growth forecast to 2.9 percent from its October 2012 ...
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Global spending on PCs, tablets, mobile phones and printers would reach $718bn Global IT spending is predicted to rise 4.1% in 2013 to $3.8 trillion compared to $3.6 trillion spent in 2012, according to a new report from Gartner. ...
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The US economy is unlikely to fall back into a recession, despite the March 1 sequester, because a revival in the private sector is likely to offset the fiscal drag of public spending cuts, according to EFIC's latest issue of World Risk ...