Glass for Europe, the association of Europe’s manufacturers of building, automotive and solar-energy glass, welcomes the initiation by the European Commission of both an anti-dumping and an anti-subsidy investigation concerning solar ...
Genesco Inc. reported earnings from continuing operations for the first quarter ended May 4, 2013, of $18.5 million, or $0.78 per diluted share, compared to earnings from continuing operations of $20.8 million, or $0.86 per diluted share, ...
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Retail sales fell at their fastest rate in more than a year in May, according to the CBI's latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey. The survey of 69 retailing firms saw the steepest fall in sales since January last year – showing ...
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The Australian dollar is slightly higher as investors shrugged off weak economic data and sat on the sidelines waiting for bigger events. At 5pm AEST, the local unit was at 96.56 US cents, up from 96.41 cents on Friday, and at its high ...
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Ford employees displaced by the impending closure of the company’s Victorian manufacturing plants will benefit from an additional $25.1 million thanks to fresh support pledged by the car maker and the Federal Government. In a joint ...
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The textile exporters’ fraternity has suggested various measures to the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) for the revival of sinking indigenous industry. The roundtable conference on Pakistan’s ...
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US-based dairy company HP Hood is set to increase ultra-high temperature production capacity at its facility in Frederick County, Virginia, with an investment of $84.6m, a move which will create 75 new jobs. According to the Governor Bob ...
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The UK Government’s Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, has announced a £2m boost for research into the development of gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors by Netherlands-based electronics firm NXP ...
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LAWS in Victoria should be changed so a teenager who texts an explicit picture of themselves to a friend is not be treated like pedophile, a report says. A parliamentary committee looking at the phenomenon of “sexting” has ...
Tags: Sexting Laws, Victorian Committee, Consumer Electronics
Seven extremely talented and respected Australian aborigines, belonging to the indigenous Wiradjuri group, have recently attended an innovative custom-made textile training workshop in Melbourne. Held at the Kangan Institute’s ...
AkzoNobel intends to concentrate its Dutch-based management personnel in a new office building in the Zuidas business district of Amsterdam from the end of 2015. The move will bring the majority of corporate and business management and ...
According to data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first quarter of the current year the index of industrial employment in Turkey increased slightly by 0.3 percent year on year, while it rose by 3.7 percent over ...
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SEL Manufacturing Company Limited, a Ludhiana based integrated textile conglomerate having presence in yarns, knitted fabrics, terry towel, ready-made garments and captive power generation, has witnessed 70.57% jump in its turnover to Rs. ...
The 2013 DHL Export Barometer reveals the continuing hurdles of a strong Australian dollar and a plunging business outlook from the mining sector have impacted exporters’ profitability outlook but not their confidence. Exporter ...
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The textile sector of Argentinean city of Oran has formalized a social enterprise contract with a union of industrial workers UOCRA to increase the production of work clothes by the apparel manufacturing firms based in the city. The UOCRA ...
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