Despite lower demand from some of the key Western markets, Indian handicraft exports have achieved the target of US$ 3.3 billion set for fiscal year 2012-13. The items that posted highest year-on-year export growth during the period ...
Tags: Handicraft Exports, Textile
During the panel discussion at the SteelOrbis Market Talks Meeting held in Turkey's capital Ankara on April 12, Veysel Yayan, general secretary of the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (DCUD), informed participants that Turkey ...
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The South Australian Government will “return to the negotiating table” over its funding deal with Holden after the local car maker earlier this week announced its plan to axe 500 jobs. Following a three-hour meeting with ...
With an aim to generate large-scale employment in the state, the government of the eastern Indian state of Odisha has resolved to establish 10 handloom and 10 handicraft clusters in the state, so as to best tap the potential of the ...
Tags: New Handloom, Handicraft Clusters
Textile companies in Mexico's Yucatan province would benefit as the Tax Administration Service (SAT) has decided to issue certificates to them, according to the Association of Maquila Exports in Yucatan. Maquilas are free trade zones in ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Sat Certification
Not much time has passed since the government of the Western Indian state of Gujarat unveiled its new textile policy in September 2012, but the state government is already mulling on making amendments in the same to make it even better. ...
Tags: Textile Policy, Textile
The on-going economic crisis poses a serious challenge to the dialogue between workers' and employers' representatives and governments according to a report published today by the European Commission. The report shows that recent government ...
Consumers cooled spending in March as the impact of colder weather across the country and harmful fiscal policy, namely the payroll tax hike, caught up to the economy and weakened retail sales. According to the National Retail Federation, ...
Tags: Economic Policy, Retail Sales
Coming off a better than expected month in February, retail sales were somewhat lackluster in March, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported ...
Tags: retail sales, retail, Manufacturing
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – has acquired the 60MWAC North ...
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THE dollar hit a fresh 10-week high following gains on US sharemarkets, but lost some ground due to disappointing jobs figures. At 5pm AEST today, the currency was trading at $US1.0521, up from $US1.0509 yesterday afternoon. It earlier ...
Tags: economy
THE dollar hit a fresh 10-week high following gains on US sharemarkets, but lost some ground after disappointing jobs figures. At 5pm AEST, the currency was trading at $US1.0521, up US0.12c. It had earlier climbed to $US1.0551, its ...
Tags: economy
AUSTRALIAN shares rose to a two-week high yesterday as China's strong March import data helped US shares to record highs, and after minutes of a Federal Reserve meeting did little to change the belief that it is committed to supporting the ...
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"Good news for business owners and all job seekers – a new technology designed to seek out employment opportunities for you while you are doing just about anything you like is launched and employers can advertise for free," said Dr. ...
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NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems, says that, in connection with ...
Tags: NeoPhotonics PICs, Electrical, Electronics, Semiconductor