The Victorian Coalition Government's $1.6 billion Port Capacity Project has appointed the first private sector operators for the new facilities being constructed at Melbourne's Webb Dock. Minister for Ports David Hodgett has announced the ...
From noodle bars to housekeeping services, personal spending is spreading cheer to the nooks and crannies of the Japanese economy. The Bank of Japan's December Tankan survey of business sentiment showed a major improvement in confidence ...
Tags: Japan, personal spending, Japanese economy, Japan's economic recoveries
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 ...
The Federal Government has invited expressions of interest to develop a new freight hub in Sydney’s south west at Moorebank. The government has selected Moorebank as the next major intermodal terminal to manage the growth of both ...
Tags: terminal, transportation
The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan in response to U.S. District Court Judge John Gleeson’s approval of a controversial antitrust lawsuit over ...
Tags: Credit Card, US Court Decision
Google has acquired Boston Dynamics, a company that builds robots that mimic the movements of humans and animals with stunning dexterity and speed. Boston Dynamics is the eighth robotics company that Google has acquired in the past six ...
Armenia, a mountainous country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia, intends to export textiles to the Custom Union countries of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia, Prime Minister Tigran Sariksyan, said in the country's Parliament during a ...
Tags: Armenia, Textiles, Custom Union countries, export
At the 75th Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Steel Committee meeting held recently in Paris, Alacero, the Latin American steel association, said the current situation in the steel industry is becoming critical ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) released a letter Tuesday applauding the trade facilitation deal reached December 7 by the 159 member countries of the World Trade Organization at the WTO's just-concluded Ninth ...
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AEPC organized its annual export award function 2013 for outstanding export performance for the year 2012-13, at apparel house, Gurgaon. Dr. K S Rao, Union Textiles Minister, came to deliver awards in presence of Smt. Zohra Chatterji, the ...
Tags: Apparel Exports, Textile
President Obama signed a memorandum directing the federal government to consume 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, more than double the current level. Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair of the U.S. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, renewable sources
India faces several challenges in exploring for shale gas and commercial production may be expected only in another 10 years, Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the International Energy Agency, said Wednesday. Shale gas is ...
The McMaster cexplored the freight village concept and its potential applications to Ontario during the Freight Hub symposium last week. PhD candidate Chris Higgins outlined the key benefits freight villages can provide to an array of ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Welcoming the House passage of H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act, which passed by a vote of 325 to 91, the National Retail Federation Senior Vice President David French said, “The National Retail Federation is pleased that the House has ...
Tags: home goods, Apparel
The National Retail Federation issued the following statements from NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay and Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz on the November jobs report: "Today's solid jobs report is welcome news that the economy is ...
Tags: National Retail Federation, adding jobs, job recovery, employment