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ITC Is to Continue an Anti-Dumping Investigation Into Hardwood Plywood Imports

Nov 29, 2012

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) is to continue an anti-dumping investigation into hardwood plywood imports from China despite a variety of appeals by converters and associations. After completing the preliminary investigation, ...

Tags: anti-dumping investigation, hardwood plywood, hardwood plywood imports

Japan Lower House Has Endorsed a Bill to Insure Iranian Crude Oil Importing Shipments

Nov 29, 2012

Japan's lower house of parliament has endorsed a bill to allow Japanese government to insure Iranian crude oil importing shipments, in an effort to counter new US-European Union sanctions against Iran. Yet to be voted by the upper house, ...

Tags: Japan, Iranian crude oil, oil import, insurance policy

The White House Is All for The Idea of a STEM Visa

Nov 29, 2012

Computerworld - WASHINGTON -- The White House is all for the idea of a STEM visa, just not the one in a bill by House Republicans. In a "statement of administration policy" issued late Wednesday, the White House said that while it ...

Tags: White House, immigration, undocumented workers

RMI Publishes "Considerations for The Planning and Use of Industrial Steel Storage Racks '

Nov 29, 2012

The Rack Manufacturers Institute (RMI) of Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) recently published "Considerations for the Planning and Use of Industrial Steel Storage Racks – 2012 Edition." This publication is designed to ...

Tags: RMI, The Rack Manufacturers Institute, MHIA

In The New EU Industrial Policy Strategy, EU Announces to Focus on Creative Industries

Nov 29, 2012

In the new EU Industrial Policy strategy, the European Union announces its intention to focus on creative industries, such as the European fashion and high-end industry. As part of the strategy, the EU notes that "Given their economic ...

Tags: European Union, industrial policy strategy, creative industries

Government Will Be Urged to Intervene and Help 117 Workers Affected by The Closure of TATA

Nov 29, 2012

The Government will be urged to intervene and help 117 workers affected by the closure of TATA steel sites in the Black Country and Staffordshire. The Park Road site in Cradley will be closing down. Gavin Williamson, MP for South ...

Tags: TATA steel sites, Government, Park Road site

Vehicles Equipped with a TPMS Reduced The Number of Severely Under-Inflated Tires on Road

Nov 29, 2012

A new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) finds that vehicles equipped with a tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) reduced the number of severely under-inflated tires on the road. The report compared ...

Tags: report, NHTSA, TPMS, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NEATH Port Talbot Council Has Confirmed It Will Help Those Affected by TATA Job Losses

Nov 29, 2012

NEATH Port Talbot Council has confirmed it will play its part in helping those affected by the TATA job losses. Welsh Liberal Democrat AM for South Wales West Peter Black said that "While I welcome the fact that Tata Steel and the ...

Tags: Downsizing deals, Tata Steel, Welsh Government

THE Political Production Line Went Into Overtime Following Yesterday's Announcement

Nov 29, 2012

THE political production line went into overtime following yesterday’s announcement. MPs and AMs of all political hues reacted to the news almost as soon as it became public. Aberavon MP Hywel Francis rued it as grim news ...

Tags: TATA Steel, local economy

The Executive Yuan Resolved Yesterday to Remove The Requirement for Foreigners

Nov 29, 2012

Taipei, Nov. 9, 2012 (CENS)--To attract high-level foreign white-collar workers working in Taiwan, the Executive Yuan (the Cabinet) resolved yesterday (Nov. 8) to remove the requirement for foreigners with permanent resident certificate in ...

Tags: high-level foreign white-collar workers, permanent resident certificate

President Obama Will Immediately Push The Action Program

Nov 28, 2012

Taipei, Nov. 8, 2012 (CENS)--In the wake of the reelection of the U.S. President Obama, the Executive Yuan (the Cabinet) will immediately push the "action program for strengthening Taiwan-U.S. economic and trade relationship." The ...

Tags: liberalizing domestic economy, trade and investment framework agreement

The Elephant in The Room Problem

Nov 28, 2012

Just last week I talked about the Elephant In The Room Problem and how much I hoped folks would be willing to talk about it when I got to the Bicycle Leadership Conference later that week. So imagine my surprise when I got to Monterey and ...

Tags: bicycle business, bike brands

Not Create an "Idea That Lives in PR" Related to Your Business

Nov 28, 2012

Big advertising budgets aren't easy to come by let alone the time and energy to flawlessly execute them. So instead, why not create an "Idea That Lives In PR" related to your business, your values or what it is you're good at? You might get ...

Tags: bike, Ideas

The Bicycle Leadership Conference Right Before Sea Otter Welcomed a New Companion

Nov 28, 2012

The Bicycle Leadership Conference right before Sea Otter welcomed a new companion event this year, the IBD Summit. The brainchild of Interbike's Pat Hus and Sea Otter's Frank Yohannan, the gathering of about 50 top retail businesses more ...

Tags: Bicycle Leadership Conference, Bicycle

Rick Vosper's Quarter Century in The Cycling Business

Nov 28, 2012

Traditionally one of the reasons bike companies give for not advertising to non-enthusiast markets is that they're just not cost-effective to reach. And while that may be true when advertising is limited to magazine pages and website ...

Tags: New Markets, bike companies, Bicycle

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