The National Retail Federation today urged President Obama to immediately engage in the stalled contract negotiations between management and striking union workers at the nation's largest ports. The International Longshore and Warehouse ...
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Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc. believes the addition of a new Hydro One transmission line in Guelph is critically needed to meet the increasing demand for electricity in the growing community, reduce outage frequency and improve the ...
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German automaker Daimler is planning to invest about $170m at its Centro Industrial Juan Manuel Fangio plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina, over the next two to three years. The investments are aimed at developing new commercial vehicle ...
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Closer trade ties between China and Chile following the signing of a landmark trade agreement are seeing a surge of exports to China. Mr Alvaro Jana Linetzky DG of international economic relations with the Chilean Foreign Ministry said ...
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Neil Murphy. Photo courtesy of AdelaideNow.com.au. The South Australian Government should immediately investigate the introduction of toll roads to assist funding a number of key transport infrastructure projects vital to SA’s ...
General Motors (GM) and its Chinese joint ventures (JV) have reported 10.1% rise in sales in June to 213,495 units in China, over the same period in 2011. Domestic sales of Shanghai GM increased 7.5% to 109,127 units and SAIC-GM-Wuling's ...
In a world of rising energy prices, pressure on resources and economic uncertainty we simply cannot afford to miss the huge opportunities offered by greater energy efficiency. That is why the coalition government is acting now to make ...
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Global sales of heavy trucks are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.87% during the period between 2011 and 2015, according to a new report. TechNavio's Global Heavy Truck Market 2011-2015 report revealed that ...
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Xinhua reported that China's crude steel output rose 6% in October from the same period a year earlier. National Development and Reform Commission said that during the first ten months of 2012, China produced 602.23 million tonnes of ...
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The news comes as the paper and corrugated giant posted a lower-than-expected profit last week due to weak sales of consumer packaging in North America and Asia. International Paper said growth will be driven by cost savings projects and ...
On December 6 to 9, 2012, the first International Glass Technical Equipment Exhibition will be held on Pragati Maidan Exhibition Center, New Delhi, India. This is an opportunity for domestic enterprises to broaden the global market. As the ...
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Reuters reported that London copper edged down after rising for two weeks in a row although signs of economic recovery in top consumer China and hopes for Greece to avert an imminent bankruptcy kept a floor under prices. Copper prices ...
PTI quoted Morgan Stanley as saying that India is expected to register a gradual recovery in the economic growth rate to 6.1% in 2013 driven by positive impact from policy actions and acceleration in farm output growth. The report said ...
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Cotton Australia has issued its first pre-season comment on prospects for the 2012-13 cotton season. CEO Adam Kay said the new crop year was pregnant with both problems and opportunities, but on balance the positives should outweigh the ...
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According to International Cotton Advisory Committee's(ICAC)general outlook for cotton supply and use for 2012/13 is bleak:global cotton production and mill use are forecast at 25.9 million tons and 23.4 million tons respectively,resulting ...
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