National Business Climate Survey results showed that the business climate index (BCI) was 120.6 in the second quarter of 2013, decreased 5.0 points quarter-on-quarter, but still significantly higher than the critical value 100, and ...
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Indian handicrafts companies participating in the three-day GIFTEX WORLD 2013 generated a business of worth over US$ three million which concluded at Tokyo Big Sight Japan. The Executive Director of Export Promotion Council For ...
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Technical laminates and protective packaging materials producer Walki Group has been provided with a new 10,500m2 light production facility in Wroclaw, Poland. It has been developed by Goodman, a global property group, which owns, ...
Retail sales data for the month of June from the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) showed relatively positive traction on the consumer spending front despite tailing off at the end of the second ...
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The number of electrical engineers in the workforce has declined over the last decade. It's not a steady decline, and it moves up and down, but the overall trend is not positive. In 2002 the U.S. had 385,000 employed electrical engineers; ...
In most of the leading apparel-exporting countries, the wages for garment workers have stagnated or declined over the past decade, says a latest report. Among the top four apparel exporters to the United States, prevailing wages in ...
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Co-funded by the Government's 'Employers Ownership of Skills' programme and the glass industry, The Glass Academy is a multi-million pound initiative aimed at reinvigorating the glass manufacturing sector by providing the highest quality ...
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Congressional leaders released a letter backed by the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) signed by 167 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The letter calls for ...
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Hub International Insurance has announced that its dedicated trucking insurance operation is now fully operational. In 2012, Hub noticed that the trucking industry grew at two times the speed of total U.S. employment. The company felt ...
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According to the Government of British Columbia, there will be an estimated one million job openings in the province over the next decade, with opportunities in liquefied natural gas, mining and mineral exploration, and shipbuilding. Of ...
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THE dollar followed a stronger gold price higher in Asia yesterday in a jittery session, with traders awaiting comments by the US central bank on the outlook for the economy. Late yesterday, the dollar was at US91.83c, up US1.25c from ...
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Hiring of technology professionals has been on the upswing in the first half of this year, with new IT hires accounting for about 10% of all the job growth in the U.S. in June, according to two independent assessments. Total tech ...
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A new garment factory, said to be the largest in West Africa, will start functioning in Osogbo, the capital of Nigerian state of Osun, in August this year. Sam & Sara, a Lagos-based uniform and garment manufacturing company, has ...
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Some 1960s "plate glass" universities are challenging the big names Jul 6th 2013 |From the print edition Tweet..EVERY year newspapers and college guides rank British universities according to the exam results of the students they admit, ...
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O2 has outsourced four northern UK regions of its customer contact centres to Capita, in a deal worth £1.2bn. Included regions are Leeds, Glasgow, Preston Brook and Bury. Further reading Transport for London installs O2 and ...
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