Companies should be using the high dollar as an opportunity to invest in businesses offshore, says Francesco de Ferrari, a senior private banker with Credit Suisse. "Big companies should go on a shopping spree. The entrepreneurs get it ...
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The US’s imports of stainless steel products totaled 74,713 tons in March, falling by 4.3% from a month ago, according to data released by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). Among them, the imports of coiled stainless ...
The video, a spoof of Coca-Cola adverts featuring youngsters drinking the beverage, while seabirds fall to the ground dying, has been released by Greenpeace. Greenpeace’s beef with Coca-Cola Amatil stems from Coke’s decision ...
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'Everything that can become digital will become digital – and print is no exception'; discuss. Well, actually, no need. An instinctive handle on digital technology comes hard-wired into the DNA these days; just check out the natural ...
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The inability to secure finance is a significant barrier to SME winning tenders in the resources industry, a new report commissioned by Australia’s export credit agency (EFIC) has found. The survey of 2,000 Australian SME showed ...
Tags: Finance, SME Growth
Reportedly, the Mexican tubes market remained sluggish due to weak demand at this moment. However, the tubes market would turn around for new energy projects in the country could boost demand at Tenaris Tamsa . Meanwhile, Tamsa, Tenaris' ...
Tags: Tubes Demand, Tubes
IACSC and IARW have published The Guide to Effective Warehouse Design, Maintenance, and Modernization, which provides engineers and operators of refrigerated warehouses with design, maintenance and repair guidelines for all major structures ...
Top industry speakers from big names, including Marks & Spencer and B&Q, will be descending on Birmingham's NEC next month to take part in the Total Processing and Packaging Exhibition's seminar programme. The show runs from 4-6 June and ...
The National Retail Federation – the world’s largest retail trade association –issued the following statement from NRF Chairman of the Board Stephen I. Sadove of Saks Incorporated and NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay on ...
Since the beginning of 2013, Mexico's economic environment has started to change from the end of the previous year, in February 2013, the Mexican global economic index (IGAE) fell 0.96% to 0.19%. In addition, compared with the same period ...
According to the survey published last Wedsday, global consumer confidence raised in Q1, especialy the U.S, Japan and northern Europe. Nielsen's survey showed that Indonesia has become the most optimistic consumers market in the world, ...
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The sharemarket has opened more than1 per cent higher after strong US jobs numbers pushed American stocks to a record high and helped miners outperform the market. At 10.30am AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 54.5 points, or 1.06 ...
Tags: US Jobs Data, Service
Local shares closed higher yesterday, even after paring a sharp rise early on in the session, as investors took profits ahead of an interest rate decision due from the Reserve Bank of Australia today. The stockmarket was buoyed by growing ...
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Refiners along the US Gulf Coast "left money on the table" by performing much-needed seasonal maintenance this winter, giving up profits from exports during a period of substantially higher diesel crack spreads, RBN Energy analyst Sandy ...
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GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) held its Spring Conference recently in San Francisco, bringing together professionals from companies, government agencies and other non-profits interested not only in packaging ...
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