U.S. third-party logistics (3PL) market revenues increased modestly in 2012, mirroring U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). According to Armstrong and Associates’ 2012 3PL Market Analysis and 2013 Predictions Report, U.S. 3PL market ...
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U.S. third-party logistics (3PL) market revenues increased modestly in 2012, mirroring U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). According to Armstrong and Associates' 2012 3PL Market Analysis and 2013 Predictions Report, U.S. 3PL market gross ...
Mexico's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SCHP) released new economic figures this week, which cut the estimated growth of the Mexican economy for this year from 3.5 to 3.1 percent. At a press conference, Deputy Finance Minister, ...
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While US policymakers, legislators and others are focused on whether the fundamentals of US gas market would change significantly if large volumes of LNG are exported, there are emerging questions about the federal government's ability to ...
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The on-going economic crisis poses a serious challenge to the dialogue between workers' and employers' representatives and governments according to a report published today by the European Commission. The report shows that recent government ...
The employment and social situation in the EU remained critical in the fourth quarter of 2012 with employment receding overall and unemployment rising further, while households' financial situation remained serious according to the European ...
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The sharemarket suffered its biggest fall in more than three weeks yesterday and volatility soared as a controversial bank bailout plan in Cyprus threatened to reignite the European sovereign debt crisis. Cyprus proposed a tax on the ...
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The US economy is unlikely to fall back into a recession, despite the March 1 sequester, because a revival in the private sector is likely to offset the fiscal drag of public spending cuts, according to EFIC's latest issue of World Risk ...
The European Economic Advisory Group at CESifo (EEAG)* has released its twelfth Report on the European Economy today in Brussels. The international group of scholars expects world GDP to grow by 3.3 percent this year, up from 3.0 percent in ...
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January semi sales of $24.05bn were 3.8% up on last January, reports the SIA, and 2.8% down on December. "The across-the-board spending cuts that hit last week and the threat of a government shutdown later this month are just the latest ...
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IDC is predicting a growth rate of 6% in IT spending in the U.S. this year, an amount that's virtually unchanged from last year. The market research firm blamed a number of economic uncertainties for this flat spending increase, including ...
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The local sharemarket retreated from a 4 1/2-year high yesterday before last-minute budget talks at the White House aimed at avoiding $US85 billion ($83bn) of automatic US spending cuts, the so-called sequester, which were due to take ...
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The Australian sharemarket retreated from a four-and-a-half year high before last-minute budget talks at the White House aimed at avoiding $US85 billion of automatic spending cuts, the so-called sequester, due to start taking effect today ...
Australian stocks were lower early today after below-view Chinese manufacturing data, while Japanese shares took pause at the end of a violent week of trading. Chinese manufacturing data was the main data point today, with the official ...
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The Australian dollar is lower following the release of weaker Chinese manufacturing data on Friday and the onset of automatic spending cuts in the US. At 6.30am AEDT today, the currency was trading at 101.99 US cents, down from 102.36 US ...
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