Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on January 14, 2015 As the U.S. dollar strengthens amid global economic uncertainty, travelers aren’t the only ones affected. Major medtech companies including St. Jude Medical and ...
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The Quaid-e-Azam Apparel Park, the most modern project in South Asia, proposed to come up on 1,500 acres near Motorway-2 that connects Lahore with Islamabad, has been handed over for its management and development work to the Punjab ...
Tags: job opportunities, exports, Apparel
Fiat Chrysler has unveiled the 2015 Ram 1500 Rebel pick up truck with performance updates along with new exterior and interior design. The pickup truck is powered by 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine capable of providing 305 horsepower ...
Tags: 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine, off-road driving conditions, Auto
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
With the UK’s economy on the up and an overall increase in consumer spending, there is a positive tone to this year’s Statistics Digest, published by the Furniture Industry Research Association, which contains facts and figures ...
Tags: Furniture Industry, trade gap, Furniture
Vail Resorts reported season-to-date total lift ticket revenue at the company's nine mountain resorts, including an allocated portion of season pass revenue for each applicable period, was up 9.3 percent compared to the prior year ...
Tags: ski areas, Sporting Goods
Red meat prices already on the rise as farmers restock and Japanese agreement comes in The Australian red meat industry has seen cattle and sheep prices soar, as it welcomes the news that the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement ...
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Gallup's latest U.S. Economic Confidence Index remained in positive territory for a third consecutive week, averaging 4 points for the seven days that ended on January 11. The index first reached a positive reading the week of December 27. ...
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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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At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Hyundai has introduced Santa Cruz Crossover Truck Concept which targets the new generation of buyers. The utility vehicle is powered by 2.0-liter turbo diesel capable of producing ...
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International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide a senior loan of $8.5m and mobilize a parallel senior loan of €5m from Rabobank to help Georgia’s glass bottle manufacturer Mina expand its business. The financial help from ...
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Trade experts say China needs another round of decisive measures to put its export growth on a firmer footing in 2015, amid declining demand in major foreign markets. In December 2014, China's foreign trade value hit 2.49 trillion yuan, ...
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An electric and alternative fuel vehicle manufacturing base capable of producing 300,000 new energy cars per year is being planned for north China's Hebei Province. With an investment of 3 billion yuan (490 million US dollars), the Hongxing ...
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“I have to believe that we are on the verge of some major breakthroughs, in large part because of the versatility and tunability of LED lighting.” So said the National Lighting Bureau’s outgoing chair, Howard P. Lewis ...
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Goodway Machine Corp. and Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. are expected to join the NT$10 billion (US$322.58 million at US$1:NT$31) revenue club of Taiwan's machine-tool sector in Taiwan with consolidated revenue in 2015. Only a handful ...
Tags: machine-tool sector, Manufacturing