There were ten out of twelve months of increasing demand for design services in 2014, and the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) points to a healthy outlook for the nonresidential construction industry. As a leading economic indicator of ...
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Although it’s been a quiet topic since jumping to Hawaii, the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) is still taking a toll on hog markets. The hog market yo-yo’ed throughout 2014, and we should expect that to continue into 2015 ...
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Due to the euro zone, Japan and some emerging economies disappointing economic prospects, offset by a drop in oil prices brought the global economy, the World Bank cut down global economic growth forecasts on January 13, 2015 and 2016. ...
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The University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index for January rose to an 11-year high of 98.2, helped by a strengthening job market and lower fuel costs. The preliminary reading was the highest since January 2004, and up ...
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Total holiday retail sales, which include November and December sales, increased 4 percent to $616.1 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The results were just shy of the National Retail Federation's projected forecast of 4.1 ...
Tags: job market, gas prices, Sporting Goods
U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 7.1 percent year on year to $2.734 billion in November -- the latest sign that jewelers in the U.S. have been facing economic headwinds. Furthermore, the sales figures from November, the month that ...
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The consumer public has put out the call, and the hog industry is responding in a big way at the start of what's likely to be a year of major growth for the U.S. hog herd. New data show the breeding herd has climbed by 4%, with the number ...
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China's annual economic growth likely slowed to 7.2 percent in the fourth quarter, the weakest since the depths of the global crisis, a Reuters poll showed, which would keep pressure on policymakers to head off a sharper slowdown this year. ...
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Undoubtedly one of the catch-phrases that Chinese stock investors like to hear most is "opening up". The government has already taken numerous steps to ease restrictions on foreign capital in the domestic stock market. You must have heard ...
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Chinese manufacturers signalled weaker growth momentum at the end of 2014, fresh evidence of headwinds facing the Chinese economy, a recent HSBC report showed. After adjusting for seasonal factors, the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index ...
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The People's Bank of China, the central bank, will change rules on how it calculates the loan-to-deposit ratios of banks from next year, a move that is expected to make available more funds for lending. The central bank will expand the ...
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Buoyed by sustained demand for apartments and condominiums, coupled with state and local governments moving ahead with delayed public projects, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has been positive for seven consecutive months. As a ...
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) ® today announced a lineup of programming for its inaugural CES Unveiled Warsaw, which will be held in conjunction with the 5th Innovative Economy Congress. As part of a 2014 series of ...
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced panelists for the second CES Unveiled Paris, an industry event that brings innovative technology companies, top press, industry analysts, buyers and key consumer technology ...
Authors who are at the forefront of the technology industry with books addressing business strategy, Internet culture and disruptive products and services will be featured at the 2015 International CES® as part of Gary’s Book ...
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