Led by a pick-up in growth in India, which accounts for about 70 per cent of regional output, South Asia’s economic growth is set to reach a four-year high in 2015, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and ...
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Gallup's latest U.S. Economic Confidence Index remained in positive territory for a third consecutive week, averaging 4 points for the seven days that ended on January 11. The index first reached a positive reading the week of December 27. ...
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The United States is set to become an even more dominant market for the diamond industry in 2015. In a reversal of trends that have characterized the industry in the past few years, there has been a shift back from east to west as industry ...
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Diamantaires were happy to see the back of 2014. After all, it was a tough year in which polished diamond prices declined, accelerating the general downtrend evident since mid-2011. Therefore, there is understandably some uncertainty about ...
According to data from The US Commerce Department, America's economic growth rate in Q3 reached 5% annualized rate, higher than the expected 3.9%, hitting a new record since Q3 in 2003. The data show that the growth of personal ...
Occupancy and revenue figures for the 2014-15 ski and snowboard season continued their upward trajectory at 19 mountain resorts in six western states last month. As of Nov. 30, “on-the-books” occupancy is up a sharp 9.7 ...
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According to the data from US Commerce Department, US retail sales keeps growing in November due to the rebound of auto sales in the US. The data says that US retail sales increases 0.7% to $44.93 billion. The growth rate of retail sales ...
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Online retail sales for the U.S. Christmas season are expected to increase 16 percent year on year to $61 billion for the months of November and December combined, according to digital metrics firm comScore Inc. The company anticipates that ...
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Amazon.com, one of the top global online retailers, is set to create 1,000 full-time jobs and invest US$ 75 million in its first facility in Illinois in 2015, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, Senator Dick Durbin, and Amazon have jointly ...
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The Government of Australia will reduce tariff on import of textiles from Pakistan beginning 2015, Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Peter Heyward has said. Speaking at the fourth annual dinner of the Pakistan Australia Business ...
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Top industrial associations of Pakistan have urged Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), one of the largest integrated gas companies in Pakistan, engaged in the business of transmission and distribution of natural gas, to reverse its ...
There are some things that one does not want to associate with. For example, you would never use a photo of a lemon with a product you want to launch, unless, of course, you are selling lemons. Similarly, I recently noticed an article ...
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Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reported that in August of the current year the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-28) was 10.1 percent, the lowest value since ...
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The contract packing business is often seen as sizeable automated production lines packing products for brands. Blackburn-based Granby Marketing Services claims to be more diversified in the nature and method of its business than many of ...
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Manufacturing is an integral part of a nation's fiscal stability and prosperity. Nurturing and growing the manufacturing infrastructure is a critical goal for building and maintaining an economically competitive edge, reducing unemployment, ...
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