President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, has urged the chemical industry to focus on promoting sustainable development by increasing investment in green technologies. Inaugurating India Chem 2012, the President said the domestic ...
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The slump in global markets has depressed demand for Cambodian products,leading to reduced growth forecasts by the Asian Development Bank(ADB)for 2012 and 2013. "Falling global demand,especially in Europe and the US,means that the ...
Tags: global markets, ADB, growth, garment exports
Premier Sean Chen announced yesterday(Sept.26)that the basic hourly pay will be raised to NT$109,up from NT$103 now,effective Jan.1,next year.Meanwhile,the basic monthly pay will be enhanced to NT$19,047,on the premise that GDP growth ...
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The European Commission(EC)has outlined a cloud computing strategy that aims to boost European business and government productivity. The strategy,dubbed Unleashing the potential of cloud computing in Europe,aims to deliver a net gain of ...
Tags: EC, cloud computing strategy, create 2.5 million new jobs, Kroes
Taiwan's labor minister Wang Ju-hsuan has offered his resignation after the Executive Yuan(Cabinet)decided to postpone a plan proposed by the Council of Labor Affairs(CLA)to raise the minimum wage for employed workers in 2013. According ...
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There are signs indicating that Taiwan's economy may bottom out soon amid an easing of global economic uncertainty,as the sentiment in its manufacturing sector has improved and the prospects of its exports have become more upbeat,the Taiwan ...
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China's lackluster manufacturing sector will continue to struggle in the second half of the year, a newly released government report said, threatening to deprive the world's biggest manufacturing hub of a growth driver. The sector will ...
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Government’s addiction to mega-contracts has been pegged as a key factor in the exclusion of small to medium-sized enterprises (SME) from the public sector IT market. Deputy government CIO Liam Maxwell (pictured below) and a number ...
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"Make your move,"economist Jeff Dietrich advised the 200 attendees at the 2012 Glazing Executives Forum,held Sept.13 as part of GlassBuild America in Las Vegas."Invest time,money,personnel.Move forward and innovate,"said the senior analyst ...
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Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi(SCAD)issued its monthly report on the prices of building materials for the month of August 2012.The report presents an analysis of the movements in the prices of the various materials used in the construction ...
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Many of us have nothing against draping ourselves in gold jewellery, and most of us like the snug and warm sensation provided by central heating in the winter. But have you ever thought about how these modern luxuries or creature ...
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Second pillar of pan-European Extreme Light Infrastructure project to receive€180 M in structural funds. ELI:the first pillar The European Commission(EC)has approved€180 million in structural funding to support the ...
Dr. A Sakthivel Chairman, The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), an apex council under the Ministry of Textiles, on behalf of the entire Textiles Industry has welcomed the Government move to allow FDI in multi-brand retail. In his ...
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Much of Europe is now in the midst of an economic downturn,which is likely to plunge the region into its second recession in four years. But most of Europe's large and even medium-sized coating companies,as well as many of their raw ...
Tags: A Double-Dip Recession, Economic Downturn, The Coatings Sector
World clothing export growth in 2012 is predicted to be even slower in volume terms than the already modest 5% growth rate seen in 2011, according to a report in the latest issue of Global Apparel Markets, which is published quarterly by ...
Tags: clothing, Apparel, growth, even slower