BEARISH bets for the dollar are turning savage, with Credit Suisse slashing its forecast to US75c after conceding the currency is "normalising" quicker than it expected. In one of the biggest dollar calls in the market by a major bank, ...
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BEARISH bets for the Australian dollar are turning savage, with Credit Suisse slashing its 12-month forecast to US75 cents after conceding the currency is "normalising" quicker than it expected. In what may be the biggest dollar call by a ...
Tags: Australian dollar, economy, bank
THE Australian dollar is higher after a comment from Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens that caused the local currency to fall to a three-year low was dismissed as a lighthearted remark. At 5pm today, the local unit was trading at 91.06 ...
Global growth in IT spending is slowing, according to analyst group Gartner, which forecasts that total spending in 2013 will amount to $3.7 trillion, an increase of just two per cent on the $3.6 trillion that it believes was spent ...
Tags: IT, Computer Products, software
Following the first reversal into negative territory in ten months in April, the Architecture Billings Index has bounced back in May. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve ...
Pending home sales rose in May to the highest level since late 2006, implying a possible spark as mortgage interest rates began to rise, according to the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Beck's Beer, the most popular German beer brand in the world and longtime friend of the arts, has unveiled the six original pieces of artwork that will comprise the 2013 Beck's Art Labels project. Each year, Beck's selects six artists, ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Beer Labels, Label
Anthem, a global creative agency that actively connects brands with consumers by amplifying desirability from package design to brand campaign to drive brand performance, has introduced The Five Transactions that rule brands today in their ...
Israel Corp is considering splitting into two companies, the holding company which holds a majority stake in Bazan Group and Israel Chemicals, said on Wednesday. The statement to the Tel Aviv Stock exchange said that its board of ...
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Supermarkets in the UK could start using a new machine that marks fruit with laser “tattoos”, meaning sticky labels may soon become a thing of the past, according laser labelling technology specialist Laser Food The Spanish ...
Chesapeake has created a new dispensing pack for Boost Buddy range of multivitamins – a pack that acts as both a primary pack and transit case The pharmaceutical and healthcare division of Chesapeake, based in Leicester, ...
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PMMI: The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies will take a select group of packaging students and professors on a six-day tour of packaging industry end users and manufacturers in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas in the "How ...
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From the moment that classroom doors swing open in June, floods of school children instantly flee to the nearest park, pool or video game. But it's not just tots and teens scrambling to adjust to summer schedules—parents feel the heat ...
The latest on-pack promotional campaign for Mexico's "king of chocolate" has turned to gold using Supastrip VDP tear ctape from packaging solutions provider Payne. The variable data printed tear tape was used to promote the unique codes ...
Tags: Chocolate Bar, Nestle, Unwraps
Global 2013/14 cotton imports are forecast at 38.4 million bales, down 18 percent from the previous year, as moderate import increases in Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey, and Vietnam are more than offset by a large decline in China. Mexico ...
Tags: Textile, Cotton, Cotton Trade