South African textile and apparel industry is facing several challenges, including macroeconomic influences of Asian imports and the domestic labor challenges, and hence the performance of the industry may reamin stable in the coming years, ...
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Solar PV demand to hit 31GW in 2013 - analyst 13 Mar 2013 Another year of single-digit growth says NPD Solarbuzz; China, Japan, India to account for 36% of global demand. Sunny forecast: geographic breakdown of global PV demand in ...
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OFS Brands, parent company of specialized furniture carrier Styline Logistics, announced this week that an expansion project here will include a larger Styline terminal. The expanded terminal is part of a $9.25 million project that also ...
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The U.S. healthcare industry is facing an even more significant IT worker shortage than previously thought, and that shortage is slowing efforts to roll out electronic health systems. A new analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Health ...
California-based Balqon has signed a deal with China-based Sichuan Automobile Industry (SAIG) to manufacture inner city electric buses in China. As part of the deal, SAIG has purchased Balqon's electric drive system to be fitted into a ...
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Chris Bowen … ‘times are tough’ The Government will extend the $57.5 million Apprentice Kickstart Initiative to make it easier for employers to take on apprentices. Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills, Chris ...
The Cotton textile exports are expected to gain double digit growth this financial year. Our last year’s exports were US$ 8.42 billion and it is expected to be US $ 9.56 billion for the current financial year. The textile industry ...
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An Australian launch for the all-electric Renault Zoe is still a possibility if Renault gets its way. Speaking with CarAdvice at the Geneva motor show, Renault Australia boss Justin Hocevar said that while there’s still a lot of ...
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Advanced Seaward Solar PV test instrumentation is helping a successful Caribbean based reseller and installer of solar photovoltaic and thermal systems to verify the quality of PV modules and the performance of installations. Comet Solar ...
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The Federal Communications Commission remains focused on rapidly expanding spectrum for licensed and unlicensed use, and encouraging both research and products that will let it be used more efficiently, according to the commission's boss. ...
The daily deal industry has fallen a long way since Groupon came onto the scene in 2008 and created a niche within e-commerce. Tineka Smith reports. Daily deals innovator Groupon burst onto the scene in 2008 and by 2010 had clocked up 35 ...
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The launch of the ‘Everyday Wear’ programme by the Ghanaian Government will increase the demand for Made-in-Ghana garments, and thereby boost the domestic industry, textile and apparel industry stakeholders have said. At a ...
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On March 05, 2013, BKMEA President along with BGMEA & BTMA leaders met with honorable finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith at his secretariat office. During the meeting, BKMEA President Mr. Salim underscored the urgency for addressing ...
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Microsoft is building a data center next to a Wyoming landfill in order to use its methane gas to power the facility. Apple now uses a massive 100-acre solar energy farm to power its Maiden, N.C., data center. And Google has placed data ...
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Under pressure from federal regulators to implement electronic health systems, healthcare providers are struggling to find and keep a technology staff in what is the fastest growing IT sector in the U.S. A Healthcare Information and ...
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