Emerging markets growth is imminent. "Global trade management will mature as a critical capability in managing growth in emerging markets," according to research and recently released Predictions for 2014 by IDC Manufacturing Insight. ...
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The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.2 percent in February of the current year, down 0.3 percentage points compared to January but remaining above 50 percent , according to China's National Bureau ...
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Taiwan's industrial production index in January this year decreased by 1.78 percent as compared to January 2013 and was down 2.93 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's ...
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Scottish meat processor Malcolm Allan has opened a new processing plant in Larbert, Falkirk council, creating 35 new jobs. The new plant, which secures the future of 125 existing full time employees, will increase the company's capacity ...
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Just a century ago, work settings were absent of telephones, typewriters, calculators, digital computers, and even, women. People from that era would not recognize today's professional environment, which is highly automated and impersonal. ...
Tags: Virtualized Work, Frost&Sullivan's new analysis, work setting
South Carolina again posted a record year for export activity, with more than $26.1 billion in goods sold last year to 202 countries around the globe. The 2013 figures, released today by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s ...
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In December last year, India's industrial production decreased by 0.6 percent year on year, according to government data. Industrial production in the April-December period of the current financial year declined by 0.1 percent year on year. ...
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The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.5 percent in January this year, down 0.5 percentage points compared to December last year but remaining above 50 percent for the 16th consecutive month, ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has taken over the wheat and flour milling operation of Swaziland-based Ngwane Group for ZAR100m. The Swaziland Competition Commission (SCC) has approved the transaction, subject to certain conditions. The ...
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Indonesia's Industry Minister Mohammad S. Hidayat said on Thursday that non-oil and gas industry in the country would grow up between 6.4 to 6.8 percent this year with an estimated export earning of 125 billion U.S. dollars. The growth in ...
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Taiwan's industrial production index in December last year increased by 5.07 percent as compared to December 2012 and was up 3.18 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile, Taiwan's ...
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In 2013, the aggregate gross profits of large and medium-sized industrial enterprises in China amounted to RMB 6.2831 trillion ($1.0385 trillion), increasing by 12.2 percent year on year, according to data released by China's National ...
In January this year, the China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) decreased to 49.6, the lowest level of the past six months, down from December's final reading of 50.5, as announced by the HSBC on January 23. In ...
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The increase in electricity tariff will push the prices of Indonesian garments by up to 50 percent, making the industry less competitive in both domestic and export markets, Indonesian Synthetic Fiber Producers Association (Asosiasi ...
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Among the main trading partners of the Philippines, China posted the fastest growth in importing Philippine merchandise in November last year, although it remained as the country's third largest export market, after Japan and the United ...
Tags: Philippine Exports, export market