The Government of India may further relax or simplify guidelines for foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail trading (MBRT), Minister of Commerce and Industry and Textiles, Anand Sharma, has said. The Indian ...
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In May 2013, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 9.2 percent year-on-year (the following growth rates of value added are real growth rates, after deducting price factors), 0.1 percentage point ...
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Malaysia's re-elected Prime Minister Najib Razak announced yesterday that foreign investors and fund managers would be given five-year multiple entry visas, and that overseas corporations trading in oil and related products in the country ...
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The 10th International Petrochemical Industry Conference, held at the Iranian capital city of Tehran, was attended by around 36 foreign and 210 Iranian petrochemical companies. The agenda of the two-day conference was centered on ...
Tags: Textile, Textile Industry
As India opened entry of foreign firms in multi-brand retailing in the country through foreign direct investment (FDI) route, last year, several retail majors like Tesco and Sainsbury have expressed interest in launching outlets in India, ...
Tags: Retail Majors, Apparel
In March 2013, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 8.9 percent year-on-year (the following growth rates of value added are real growth rates, after deducting price factors), 1.0 percentage ...
Australian investors will be keeping an eye out for Chinese and US economic data this week, as well as any developments in North Korea. The Australian market is expected to open lower today after falls on Wall Street and in Europe. The ...
Cruising smoothly on the overwhelming response from its launch in August, 2012, Galleria Intima 2013 by the Intimate Apparel Association of India (IAAI) returns to the Grand Hyatt at Goa on the 23rd and 24th of August 2013. India's sourcing ...
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With plans to revamp the domestic garment industry to enhance access to the western markets gaining momentum, Myanmar is set to surpass one billion USD mark in garment exports this fiscal, ElevenMyanmar reported quoting Myanmar Garment ...
Tags: garment exports, garment, garment industry
China is forging a new identity for itself beyond that of a manufacturing haven. With wage rates rising rapidly, other Southeast Asian countries are stepping up to ll the shoes of "world factory," while China actively shapes its ...
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Decentralized renewable energy systems are increasingly the focus of the energy policy in Lebanon. The country wants to increase the share of renewables to 12% by 2020. Two initiatives are in particular targeted to advance the adoption of ...
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An Iraqi telecom company raised nearly $1.3 billion Sunday on Baghdad’s small stock exchange in one of the region’s biggest share offers in years — a sign of investor confidence in the fledgling private sector despite ...
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Columbia’s textile and clothing industry is eyeing on expanding its export market to the 27 countries of the European Union (EU) and the country is also aiming at building new business relations with these countries. The ...
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Colombiatex of the Americas 2013, the three day textile trade show held last month, attracted several foreign investors and generated business opportunities worth US$ 152.5 million from other countries including the US, the UAE, Mexico, ...
Tags: Colombia, Textile Trade Show, Business
The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) plans to commit US$ 5 billion investment in the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex located in the southern state of Johor in Malaysia. On his visit to Malaysia, the vice-chairman of QIA’s ...
Tags: Qatar, QIA, Malaysian Petrochemical Complex