According to Kyodo News, the trade statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance on the 27th (in clearance date) data showed, in early February (Feb.1-Feb.10), Japan’s trade balance deficit was 395.1 billion yen (about 27 ...
Tags: Japan, car exports, car industry
Workers at Dead Sea Works Ltd have stepped up their campaign against the proposed sale of Israel Chemicals to Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, union officials said on Friday. Dead Sea Works committee chairman Armond Lankry said on state ...
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In a move that is likely to mark the start of a new era for the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX), National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has begun offering custody services for ISX-listed shares through its 80%-held subsidiary Credit Bank of Iraq. This is ...
Tags: NBK, Custody Breakthrough, ISX
Supply Chain School, a division of the Logistics Bureau Group, kicks off on 12 and 13 March. The school, based in Parramatta, is now being offered to LAA members as part of the LAA ‘suite’ of training-related services. Group ...
Gulf Cement managed to reduce its net losses by 88% in 2012 to $1.8m (AED: 6.7m), compared with a $15m loss in 2011. The company s sales edged up by 1% to $165.3m, but selling costs and finance charges both reduced and the profit it ...
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CBD, Brazil's number one retailer, has reported a jump in earnings from its food stores on the back of higher sales. The retailer, also known by its trading name of Grupo Pao de Acucar, booked net income of BRL834m from its grocery ...
Tags: CBD, retailer, food stores
The All-Energy Canada Exhibition & Conference will take place 9-10 April 2014 at Toronto’s Exhibition Place, according to event organizer Reed Exhibitions. The Toronto event is modelled on the All-Energy “parent” show, ...
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The BBC is currently looking to upgrade its entire Enterprise Resource Planning estate – a major project sure to take several years to complete at a likely multi-million pound cost. Analysis: SAP stares down its licensing critics ...
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Big data is important to the BBC in helping to understand audience behaviour and sentiment, BBC CTO John Linwood recently told Computing. "There's a piece of work going on now in understanding the relationship of a member of the audience ...
According to the provisional data released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, in January this year Japan's iron and steel product exports came to 3.6 million metric tons, decreasing by 5.5 percent month on month and up 24.4 percent as ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Steel, steel product
The food production system is out of control and puts small-scale farmers at risk as it is controlled by few major companies, according to a report from Fairtrade Foundation. The report noted that about 500 million smallholder farmers ...
Tags: Food production, smallholder farmers, food
A change in federal tax law that decreased the take-home pay of many working Americans is impacting household budgets. According to NRF’s 2013 Tax Returns Survey conducted by BIGinsight, nearly three-quarters (73.3%) of those polled ...
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Indian textile and garment industry is seeking relief inUnion Budget and is expecting exemption of customs duty on man-made fibre, removal of levy of excise duty on readymade garments, allocation of more fund for Technology Upgradation Fund ...
Tags: textile sector, textile, textile machineries
Teradata, the analytic data solutions company, announced that the Germany-based EHI Retail institute has presented UK retailer Shop Direct Group with the "Best Enterprise Solution" award for retail technology in Europe. The recognition was ...
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According to Taiwan's ministry of finance said it planned to the investigation reviews for the alleged dumping of stainless steel cold rolled products import to Taiwan from China and South Korea. The petition has conducted by two of ...
Tags: stainless CR, stainless steel cold rolled products, stainless producers