Steel reinforcement bar advanced to the highest level in almost five months after the ruling Chinese Communist Party signaled it will boost urbanization to underpin economic growth in the world's largest user. Rebar for delivery in May ...
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When the recession hit in 2008, Congress put the idea of a "skills shortage" and a need for more H-1B visas in a closet. That didn't mean, however, that interest in raising the H-1B cap went away for everyone. New York City Mayor ...
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Dr Manmohan Singh PM of India said that the Government’s resolve to achieve the economy’s trend growth rate of 8% to 9% by accelerating the reforms process through the introduction of Direct Tax Code and Goods & Services Tax and ...
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Mining companies and investors including some heavyweight industrial combines in China are pouring into the region in a quest for iron ore, driving a railway building and mining boom whose worth JPMorgan Chase & Co recently estimated at USD ...
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Taipei, Dec. 18, 2012 (CENS)--The Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) has approved Taiwan's economic GDP growth rate target for 2013 at a high mark of 3.8%, as well as the target of keeping consumer price ...
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Paperboard packaging company in the US,Zumbiel Packaging has joined forces with the state of Kentucky and Gateway Community&Technical College to provide a new training program offering interpersonal and technical development training for ...
Quadrupling the speed of broadband in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) could boost the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 0.6%, according to new research. The findings are based on research jointly conducted by Ericsson, ...
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Brazil and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a new South-South cooperation agreement worth $20 million that aims to channel Brazilian expertise in cotton production to other developing countries. The ...
Basic Facts Foshan is a city located centrally in Guangdong Province, southern China. The town of Foshan is many centuries old, and is famous for its porcelain industry. Now, the third largest city in Guangdong, it has become relatively ...
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Vale SA has initiated paying USD 674 million to the Brazilian government for violating an agreement over mining royalties. Vale as decided to settle a10 year old dispute with Brazil's federal government, agreeing to pay 3 installments of ...
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PTI cited Mr Kaushik Basu chief economist of World Bank as saying that global economy will go through a very rough time in the next 2 years and it is time for India to invest in infrastructure and soft sides of development. Mr Basu while ...
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Nicaragua is currently participating in the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) Offshoring and Outsourcing Summit, held in Medellin Colombia from December 4th to the 6th, whose objective is to promote the development of the outsourcing ...
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Hiring is flat and Europe's economy continues teetering, but IT spending is beating forecasts, says Gartner. Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $3.6 trillion this year, a 3% increase over last year, reports Gartner. The report, ...
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The looming launch of a new iPhone may give the appearance of old times in tech. There's nothing like an upgrade frenzy with long lines at Apple stores. But nothing could be further from the truth. JPMorgan, Forrester and IDC this week ...
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London based Specialty Lines broker R K Harrison Insurance Brokers and Chile's Conosur Corredores de Seguros Y Reaseguros (Conosur) have inked an agreement to collaborate on all new insurance and reinsurance business that emerge from Chile. ...
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