In March 2013 the European Union and Japan began negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement. In the framework of a study entitled: "Economic effects of a free trade agreement between Japan and the EU" researchers from the Ifo ...
A forthcoming audit of overall government debt in China is expected to reveal the status quo of growing government debt and its potential risks amid the country's economic slowdown. The planned nationwide audit follows a previous one ...
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At the end of the first quarter of 2013, the government debt to GDP ratio in the euro area (EA17) stood at 92.2%, compared with 90.6% at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012. In the EU27 the ratio increased from 85.2% to 85.9%. Compared ...
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AarhusKarlshamn (AAK), a Swedish-Danish producer of specialty vegetable oils and fats, has acquired Unipro - a leading supplier of oils and fats to the industrial and bakery markets in Turkey, from Unilever. Established in 1990 and ...
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Mexico's increasing competitiveness is expected to be a boon to those companies, including American companies that design the original product and their contract manufacturers – the companies that manufacture the American ...
Tags: Textile Production, Textile
INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry applauded the July 17 introduction of H.R. 2708, the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB), by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), ...
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Private equity (PE) activities have increased substantially in the Chinese market over the past decade. PE funds invested in China rose to USD 15 billion in 2012, from below USD 1 billion in 2000. China now represents approximately 10% of ...
Tags: global investment, economy
OPEC would need to cut production sometime in the second half of 2013 or early 2014 to stave off "a large drop in prices," Kuwait's leading bank said in a report over the weekend. In its latest economic bulletin, released late Sunday, the ...
Tags: Crude Output, Kuwait Bank
DLS Retreading Inc. in Lancaster County, S.C., will eventually produce 200 retreaded truck tires per day. DLS Retreading Inc. opened the doors of the first all-new ContiTread licensed truck tire retreading facility in the United States on ...
Tags: Auto Parts, tire
In order to adapt EU payments market to the opportunities of the single market and to support the growth of the EU economy, the European Commission adopted today a package including: • A new Payment Services Directive ("PSD2") and ...
U.S. manufacturers can breathe a sigh of relief that the global economy has taken a few steps back from the brink, with the Federal Reserve and other central banks playing key roles, according to a new report. In the Manufacturers ...
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Bank of Communications (BOCOM), China's leading commercial bank, released its projections on Monday for China's economy in the second half of 2013, predicting gross domestic product growth of around 7.5 percent by the end of the year. ...
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The newly-released Fortune Global 500 list of the world's 500 largest companies features 95 Chinese enterprises, with only the U.S. having more companies on the list. The facts about these 95 Chinese companies make for interesting ...
Tags: Fortune, Chinese Economy
INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, announced the availability of a new report, entitled "North American Wipes Market: Trends & Forecasts 2012-2017." Brad Kalil, INDA's Director of Market Research and Statistics, said, "We ...
According to the related information, the preliminary accounting results of GDP for the first half of 2013 are as follows: Preliminary Accounting Results of GDP for the First Half of 2013 Absolute Value ...