Due to the expectation that Japan will lower its solar feed-in-tariff (FIT) in April and the US punitive tariffs' impacts on China-made solar products, some tier-one Taiwan-based solar cell makers have seen orders rising. The Japan solar ...
Tags: FIT, solar products, solar cell makers
At the SteelOrbis 2013 Spring Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting held in Doha on March 3-5, Phil Eglin from World Steel Dynamics (WSD) has said that the recent slowdown in Chinese steel demand is a result of the slowdown in fixed asset ...
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Through 2017, a rebound in construction activity will propel growth in green building materials demand 11 percent annually to $86.6 billion. In addition to the lift supplied by general construction activity, continuing consumer interest in ...
Rooms To Go has completed an effort initiated in 2010 to convert 115 of its retail stores to LED lighting. The switch to energy efficient 16-18 watt LED track lamps from the 60 watt halogen track lamps previously in use by the retailer ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED Lighting Rooms, LED
A common assessment of China's labor force is that its strength lies in highly repetitive manufacturing processes that require large amounts of manual human labor. As for more service-oriented knowledge tasks, the reigning perception is ...
Tags: Focus Vision, China, Economy
Several international retail brands are planning to invest in Indian textile sector as the Central Government has announced many incentives, including tax exemptions, to the textile and garment industry in the Union Budget 2013-14. ...
Tags: FDI, Indian Textile Sector, textile
As per the latest available data released by WTO Secretariat for the calendar year 2009, 2010 and 2011 the share of Indian textiles and clothing exports in World’s exports were 3.98% , 3.98% and 4.11% respectively and has not been ...
The Indonesian Ministry of Environment has been encouraging the textile industry to become environment-friendly since 2000, Mr. Arif Wibowo, deputy head of environment-friendly technology standardization in the Ministry of Environment, said ...
Tags: Indonesian Ministry of Environment, textile industry, Eco-labeling
Packaging manufacturer North State Flexibles plans to expand its operations in Greensboro, North Carolina, US with an investment of over $6m over the next three years. The expansion is expected to create 41 new jobs in the region. The ...
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) CEO Meg Whitman said this week that the company has reached the halfway point in its restructuring, with 15,000 employees left to cut to meet its layoff target. HP last May announced plans to reduce its workforce by ...
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Driving off a dealer's lot in a shiny new car can be exhilarating, but the hours you might spend haggling to get to that point can be about as pleasant as a tax audit. Buyers tell us they often feel manipulated by sales staff. Or they worry ...
Tags: new car, car buying, car industry
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman said this week that the company has reached the halfway point in its restructuring, with 15,000 employees left to cut to meet its layoff target. HP last May announced plans to reduce its workforce by some ...
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The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles Shri Anand Sharma has welcomed the announcements made by the Finance Minister on textiles sector in his Budget Speech. Shri Sharma, while delivering the keynote address during the one-day ...
Tags: Textiles, Shri Anand Sharma, textiles sector
Facebook is working to set the record straight following a report suggesting that the site is gaming its News Feed so that people who pay to promote their posts will get more interaction from users than those who don't. Facebook issued a ...
Tags: Facebook, Computer Products, service
Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require a losing plaintiff to pay legal costs in many patent infringement lawsuits, in an effort to discourage so-called patent trolls from filing court cases. The Saving High-Tech ...
Tags: patent infringement, patent trolls, US