Following the first reversal into negative territory in ten months in April, the Architecture Billings Index has bounced back in May. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve ...
International credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has announced that it has raised the long-term corporate credit rating of Turkish steelmaker Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari T.A.S. (Erdemir) to 'B+' from 'B', with the outlook being ...
Tags: Turkey-Based Erdemir, Mineral
This term is always raised whenever a question arises of wiring. This is a very important component of the electrical wiring systems. An armoured cable is basically a power cable that is made up using 2 or more than 2 electrical-conductors. ...
Tags: Electric Cable, Electrical, Electronics
The European Union (EU) has imposed a tentative anti-dumping tariff of 11.8% on solar products imported from China and is negotiating with the China government. If both sides reach a settlement, China-based makers will have to hike product ...
Tags: Solar Products, Solar Industry, EU Duty
The Mediterranean gasoline July cargo swap has risen to a premium to the July Eurobob barge swap, as lack of availability of prompt cargoes in the Mediterranean supports the market, trading sources said Wednesday. The bullish ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Chemicals
Few subjects in China today are more interesting or all encompassing than urbanization, particularly as we enter a fascinating demographic shift that will reduce the rate of urbanization. China is simply running out of bodies in the ...
Tags: Urbanizatio, Aging, Relaxation Crisis
China edged its way toward a credit crunch last week, spooking investors, businesses, analysts – and perhaps more than anyone – the banks themselves. Liquidity in the country's money market appeared to suddenly dry up after a ...
Tags: Risky Economy, credit crunch
A new European guide aimed at avoiding IT vendor lock-in could save the public sector more than$1.3 billion a year. The policy,announced by the European Commission Tuesday,involves using open standards rather than vendor-specific ...
Tags: Vendor, public sector, open standards, tendering procedures
The Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) has received a grant of $743,310 from the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism as part of the Energy Efficiency Information Grants Program, to develop and deliver a ...
Tags: SCLAA Education Program, Logistics
The popular notion that media causes people to kill is based on flawed research,and those who support it ignore ample evidence to the contrary,according to a report issued this week by Media Coalition,Inc.and distributed today to key ...
Tags: video games, Media Coalition, Gun Violence, Crime
While mobile payments transform financial life in many less developed countries, retailers and payment providers in the U.S. and Europe are still trying to find the right incentives to drive adoption. The added convenience of mobile ...
Tags: Mobile Payments, credit cards
India’s textile hub of Surat is soon likely to get an international fabric resource centre, which would serve as a one-stop solution for weavers and textile traders in the city and surrounding areas. The centre proposed by ...
Tags: Fabric Resource Centre, Textile
Over three quarters of Android threats are malicious apps that send SMS messages to premium rate numbers and could be mitigated by a protection feature present in Android 4.2, according to researchers from networking vendor Juniper ...
Tags: Android Threats, Apps, Android 4.2
The improbable story of a New York City data center saved by a fuel bucket brigade is not told with fondness, even if there is a sense of pride and humor in its retelling. Those involved recall the stink of diesel fuel in dark stairwells ...
Tags: Data Center, Fuel Bucket Brigade
Singapore's fuel oil stocks in the week ended June 19 rose to a 39-month high as exports of the heavy distillate -- particularly into China and Hong Kong -- plunged from the previous week, data released Thursday by trade promotion agency IE ...
Tags: Fuel Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy