Recent suggestions from the Australian Federal Government that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) be applied to the sale of fresh food has sparked concern from both farmers’ groups and the Federal Opposition. Liberal backbencher, Dan ...
Tags: Food Ignites, Services Tax, Agriculture
In recent years, with the rise of emerging channels,Stationery manufacturing enterprises are facing with the problem of positioning the traditional agents, distributors and the important issues such as relationship refactoring,the ...
Tags: traditional agents, stationery dealers, Office Supplies
Meat company HKScan Group has announced plans to restructure its production capacity in Denmark in a bid to streamline its operational footprint. The actions will enable the company to improve operational efficiency and will help create a ...
Tags: deboning capacity, Agriculture
China's stock index futures opened mixed on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in January 2015, the most actively traded, down 3.6 points at 3,655.8. The contract for settlement in February 2015 opened 0.4 points higher at 3,716.0. ...
Tags: Stock Index Futures, CFFEX
The City of Newburgh, US is set to partner and support the growth and expansion of garment industry by providing affordable manufacturing space, workforce, and technological needs for the sector. The City recently partnered with The Solar ...
Tags: manufacturing space, workforce, technological needs, Apparel
Diamantaires were happy to see the back of 2014. After all, it was a tough year in which polished diamond prices declined, accelerating the general downtrend evident since mid-2011. Therefore, there is understandably some uncertainty about ...
Private equity investing firm Abraaj Group has decided to withdraw from the bidding process for the acquisition of Egypt's BiscoMisr. The company had offered $12.14 per share to purchase up to 100% of the share capital of Egyptian cake ...
Tags: Egyptian cake, biscuit maker, Agriculture
Revenues for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014 at Zuoan Fashion Limited, a leading Chinese fashion casual menswear company, dived 20.9 per cent year on year. Zuoan said its sales in the third quarter of 2014 amounted to RMB 301.1 ...
Tags: advertising expenses, Apparel
Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd is planning to increase investments in emerging markets like Venezuela, as the heavy machinery maker seeks ways to sustain growth amid tough market conditions at home. The company said on Thursday that its auto ...
Tags: Heavy Industry, Emerging Markets
The reduction of bank credit available to the diamond industry is a game changer that will influence the market for many years to come. Therefore, this column has chosen bank credit as its most important story of 2014, rising above other ...
Tags: diamond industry, diamond market
Most of the traditional January or Boxing Day sales now start online before Christmas, even before you've had a chance to pull a cracker. Retailers are not obliged to give you a refund or an exchange if you simply decide you don??t want ...
Tags: Boxing Day, Christmas
HTC has revealed it has plans to expand its smartphone line-up with a selection of new entry-level handsets. Jack Tong, the firm’s President of North Asia, revealed that next year will see more low-spec 4G smartphones hit store ...
Tags: HTC, Smartphone, CES
General Energy Solutions (GES), a Taiwan-based PV module maker and PV EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractor, has sold PV power-generating facilities it built at Indianapolis International Airport, Indiana State of the US, ...
Tags: PV Power, solar cell maker, Lights
The increase in the availability of electric vehicles has the potential to disrupt the fuel retail operations of supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles, according to market research organisation IBISWorld. Fuel retailers such as ...
Tags: electric vehicles, Agriculture