According to the OECD's latest Economic Outlook,the global economy is expected to make a hesitant and uneven recovery over the coming two years.Decisive policy action is needed to ensure that stalemate over fiscal policy in the United ...
Tags: fiscal cliff, labour markets, recession, OECD
US retailer Safeway Inc has booked a decline in operating profit in the first half of the year. For the 24 weeks ended 16 June, operating profits slid to $437m, an 11.9% decline on the prior-year period. The retailer blamed the dedcline ...
Tags: Safeway Inc, operating profit, food market, food industry
Three key factors have come into play to drive international demand for U.S.Made LED tube lights. #1:The first reason for the increase in demand for American LED tube lights is based on the overall demand for LED tube lights across the ...
Tags: international demand, the USA, U.S.Made LED tube lights
Packaging research and consulting firm White&Company announced today the launch of Best Pallet,a stringer pallet design and analysis software tool.User-friendly and simplified for packaging professionals,buyers,and end-users,Best Pallet ...
Jack Mans -- Packaging Digest, 12/3/2012 4:31:39 PM Endress+Hauser introduces the Liquiphant FailSafe FTL8x series of point level switches. The level switches have two relay outputs, a 4-20mA output that connects to a failsafe switching ...
Let's go through the 5 Common Misconceptions About Biometrics. Biometric locks are hard to use! A common misconception about Biometrics Access Control Products and Home Locks are that they can be quite difficult to use.Biometrics ...
Tags: Biometrics, expensive, complex
Network World-During Hurricane Sandy this fall,The Weather Channel experienced its highest traffic ever.Normally the media company--which spans television,desktop and mobile platforms--supports about 90 million Web and mobile users a ...
Tags: Weather Channel Forecasts, Web traffic, EC2, public cloud
To improve car safety and aid in law enforcement, New Jersey is set to begin a new program requiring red decals on the front and rear license plates on any vehicle driven by a permit or probationary license holder under age 21. The new ...
Hostess Brands has won permission from the US Bankruptcy Court for the wind down of its business and the sale of its assets. A New York judge yesterday (21 November) approved the company's motion for the wind down after the firm was ...
Tags: bidders, assets, bakery union
Some may know of 3M as the scotch ctape manufacter.Visions of clear and double sided sticky tape come to mind,with the red plaid paper tape cover.They are known for this,yet some feel that businesses these days need to adjust to the changes ...
Tags: tape manufacture, tape, lighting collection
Whether initiated by an automaker or required by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA),car recalls are issued to address safety-related defects or problems.It's important to keep up on recalls on your vehicle to ensure ...
Tags: automaker, NHTSA, safety-related defect, recall
Hostess Brands today (19 November) agreed to last-ditch talks with union officials to try to resolve the dispute that has threatened the existence of the US baker. The company, which owns brands including Twinkies snacks, was set to ask ...
Tags: Hostess Brands, dispute, US baker, food indstry
Good night, good night All that remains is for Paul McCartney to sing us off to our slumbers. It's been a terrific night, a glorious ceremony, a rousing history lesson and far and away the best film that Danny Boyle never made. Thanks ...
Tags: Olympics, opening ceremony, democratic spirit, Olympic flame
PPG Industries announced that its chlor-alkali complex in Lake Charles, La., experienced a production outage stemming from a major generator transformer failure, which resulted in an electrical disruption and subsequent shutdown of the ...
Tags: PPG, production outage, production stoppage
The future of internet governance is to be decided this week as rival groups hammer out a new international telecoms treaty. Regulators from 193 countries are negotiating new International Telecommunications Regulations(ITRs)at the World ...
Tags: of internet governance, WCIT, international telecoms treaty, ITRs