In Q4 2012, activity in the Eurozone contracted by 0.6% (-0.1% in the previous quarter). The decrease in exports put a drag on GDP growth while domestic demand remained on a negative trend. However, in the first quarter of 2013, the ...
Why WestHolland? With almost 500 million residents, and a purchasing power second to none, Europe is one of the world's most important business and consumer markets. Dutch know-how and expertise in international trade and commerce make ...
Tags: Service, Business cooperation
France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) has announced that the situation in French industry has deteriorated again in March, according to a survey carried out among French business leaders, while the ...
Peer Foods Group, a US-based producer and distributor of major meats, is set to establish a new production facility in Cumberland, Indiana, creating 80 new jobs by 2014. As part of the expansion plan, the company will invest about $5.5m, ...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal, South Louisiana Methanol CEO Barry Williamson and Todd Corp. Group CEO Jon Young announced that South Louisiana Methanol LP will invest $1.3 billion in a new methanol production facility on the banks of the Mississippi ...
France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) has announced that the industrial economic situation in France has improved according to the industrial business climate indicator for February following a deterioration ...
Tags: manufacturing sector, industrial economic, building industry
US-based container manufacturer Norton Packaging has broken ground for its new facility in Jasper County in Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD). The company has invested invest $12m in its first ...
Germany’s Federal Minister of Transport, Building, and Urban Development, Peter Ramsauer, led a business delegation to Erbil to meet Kurdistan Regional Government officials and participate in the first Germany-Kurdistan Region ...
Tags: Building, Urban Development, Economic Forum
Jeans developed by a Heriot-Watt School of Textiles and Design student, using a fibre made from sustainable wood instead of cotton, could be the key to cutting carbon emissions in the jeans industry around the world. Saving energy and ...
Tags: Jeans, fibre, sustainable wood, cotton
France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) has announced that the industrial economic situation in France has deteriorated again according to the industrial business climate indicator for January following a ...
Tags: manufacturing sector, industrial economic, building industry
China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center (CEMAC): National Business Climate Survey results showed that the business climate index (BCI) was 124.4 in the fourth quarter, increased 1.6 points quarter-on-quarter. Of which, the current BCI ...
Furniture retailer C.A. Hoitt is closing its doors after 133 years, as its owner and president has chosen to retire. While the business climate has been challenging, President Brian Longo said the decision was not born out of distress. ...
Tags: C.A.Hoitt, furniture, furnishing
According to experts interviewed by Gulf News, the UAE economy is expected to grow at a rate between 3.25% to 5% in 2013 in a world still grappling with economic and financial challenges. And much of that growth is a result of government ...
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Taiwan-based automaker China Motor Corp. (CMC), the local assembler of Mitsubishis and CMC branded cars, recently claimed to raise assembled-vehicle exports by about 54% in 2013. CMC is the long-term No. 2 carmaker in Taiwan with a ...
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China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center (CEMAC): National Business Climate Survey results showed that the business climate index (BCI) was 122.8 in the third quarter, dropped 4.1 points quarter-on-quarter, and 22.8 points higher than ...