Del Taco, a leader in the Mexican quick service restaurant category, announced that it will enter into the Northeast region with the signing of two development agreements in New Jersey, slated to begin opening in 2016. Currently with 550 ...
Tags: restaurant industry, Agriculture
China's non-manufacturing sector activity showed a slight improvement in November, as new export orders and employment added stabilizers to the economy. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector came in at 53.9 ...
Tags: Service Sector, PMI
In the face of an economy on a slow rebound and shifts in consumer behaviors, the winners among retailers since the Great Recession are those that are adapting their business models and keeping their brands relevant and their value ...
Tags: Retailers, Apparel, Accessories
Residents in Tangshan are very familiar with the concept of oversupply. A severe glut in the steel industry has put many jobs at risk in the northeastern Chinese city that counts the metal as one of its primary exports. But the oversupply ...
Tags: Housing Market, Crashing Down
Value Lighting, headquartered in Marietta, GA with 75 employees is a leading supplier of lighting solutions to the multifamily residential housing sector and new construction marketplace across the U.S. Value Lighting's 2013 revenues were ...
Tags: LED, LED Lighting, lights
The CFR China phthalic anhydride market has plunged to a three-year low amid weakness in China's real estate market, dragging South East Asian PA prices down with it, market sources said this week. PA is used to make dyes and is also a ...
Tags: Phthalic Anhydride, real estate, DOP
The stable and good momentum of economic growth in recent months will ensure that China is able to fulfill its expected growth target. The question is how long this growth momentum can last. The consensus is that China’s economy is ...
Tags: Economic Growth, China's economy
Taiwan’s Hai Kwang and Wei Chih's both registered a sales growth in December due to improving real estate market and better weather condition pushing demand up for rebar. Hai Kwang, one of the major electric furnace mills in ...
Tags: Hai Kwang, Wei Chih's, sales growth
RadioShack has appointed Dollar General finance chief John Feray executive VP/chief financial officer, effective Feb. 6. He will succeed interim chief financial officer Holly Etlin, a managing director at consultancy AlixPartners, which ...
Tags: RadioShack, appointment, John Feray, chief financial officer
Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd is leading the effort to go abroad as the country's steel and iron industry struggles with overcapacity, reports Du Juan from Tangshan, Hebei province Against the background of the overcapacity problem ...
Tags: Steel Capacity, Mineral
Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) estimates that Vietnamese steel sales in 2014 will increase to 4.6 million tons, up by 2%~3% from 2013 and that about 300,000 tons remain in the stock. It is expected Vietnam exports steel products total ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy, VSA
A simple alternative to FEMA flood insurance Underwritten by Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London was presented to the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance this week and is now available for most property owners of one to four unit ...
Most domestic steelmakers are seeing an improvement in their third-quarter performance. Fifteen of the 20 listed steel companies that issued third quarter reports made profits, as opposed to last year, when up to 90 percent of the steel ...
Tags: Steel Industry, Steelmakers
In some China cities, housing bubble theory was recognized by the government think-tank. According to the research from the center survey report, the risk of the domestic real estate market is still under accumulation. The trend of ...
Tags: Construction, Service, Real Estate, China
A year ago, rising domestic property prices would most likely have prompted policymakers to reach into the cupboard and pull out a blanket and smother them. Former premier Wen Jiabao, who stepped down in March, oversaw a nearly ...
Tags: Real Estate Measures