Its large number of SMEs, reputation for design and creativity, high standard of living and highly skilled workforce make Italy an attractive option for overseas investors. Investment opportunities in the country are numerous, though ...
Tags: Service, Italy, business, cooperation project
Polyethylene and polypropylene packaging provider in the US, Crawford Industries has announced plans to expand its operations in Montgomery County, Indiana with an investment of $5.2m. At its existing 100,000ft2 facility located at 1414 ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Polyethylene, polypropylene
Unit: % February January Increase Rate over Last Month Historical Average in February Non-manufacturing PMI 54.5 56.2 ...
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Unit: % January 2013 December 2012 Increase Rate over Last Month Historical Average in January Non-manufacturing PMI 56.2 ...
Tags: Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index, Statistical Coverage
Australian businesses don’t plan to hire new staff in the coming months, and are putting off investments, as the cost of doing business takes its toll. On the back of recent high-profile job cuts and off-shoring announcements by a ...
Mahindra & Mahindra's (M&M) Farm Equipment Sector has launched a new tractor manufacturing plant at Zaheerabad, Andhra Pradesh in India. The plant with a footprint of 60,000sqmt is built with investment of over INR3bn ($5.48m) and is ...
Tags: Mahindra&Mahindra, Farm Equipment Sector, tractor manufacturing plant
With the success of its Partnership Response in Manufacturing Education (PRIME) initiative, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation continues working to re-tool the pipeline for technically skilled workers. The ...
Tags: Initiative, partnerships, high schools, manufacturers, PRIME, SME
Software vendors, academic institutions and government agencies united on Tuesday to tackle European youth unemployment and the IT skills shortage with a new online education platform. Academy Cube, developed by SAP with the support of ...
Tags: Software, IT skills, Academy Cube
Today’s global value chains used by U.S. apparel companies offer job creation opportunities in the United States, according to Analyzing the Value Chain for Apparel Designed in the United States and Manufactured Overseas, a new report ...
Tags: global value chains, Global Apparel Supply Chains, US Workers
Blue chips continued to climb to new heights, pushing beyond the record levels reached in yesterday's rally after a better-than-expected reading on the labour market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 42.47 points, or 0.3 per cent, ...
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In February, non-manufacturing purchasing manager index was 54.5 percent, a decrease of 1.7 percentage points over the previous month. In view of different industries, non-manufacturing purchasing manager index of construction industry ...
In February, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.1 percent, down by 0.3 percentage point month-on-month. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was 51.3 percent, kept at the ...
Expanding from a single panel discussion to a full day of programming in its second year, the National Women’s Cycling Forum on Monday brought out some 375 attendees to hear more than 30 speakers share ideas about how to increase ...
Tags: Cycling, Cycling Forum, Women Bike
Government announced the decision to permit FDI, up to 51%, in multi-brand retail trading, vide Press Note dated 20.9.2012, subject to the following conditions: (I) FDI in multi brand retail trading up to 51% shall be allowed through the ...
Tags: FDI, Multi-Brand Retail, India
Eighteen lingerie stores in shopping centres located in east Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, have been shutdown by the Labour Ministry and the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, following failure of these shops to fulfil the Saudization ...
Tags: lingerie stores, Saudi Arabia, lingerie