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Exporter Confidence Plateaus Amid Competing Head and Tailwinds
Aug 25, 2016America’s back, free trade agreements are helping (particularly with China), and Europe remains on Australian business horizons despite Brexit. This is according to the 2016 DHL Export Barometer. However, exporters are muddling ...
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Blinging Down Botswana's Economy
Sep 18, 2015It’s a long way from New York’s Madison Avenue advertising agencies to Gaborone, but for Botswana a lot is riding on the success of the ad campaign De Beers will launch in the coming weeks. Like oil-exporting countries now ...
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Indian Cotton Exports Declined in 2014-15 Season
Apr 2, 2015Cotton exports from India are expected to fall 41 per cent over 2013-14 to a five-year low of 7 million bales (1 bale=170 kg) in the 2014-15 season, which is also down from 9 million bales forecast last October. Speaking to reporters, ...
Tags: Textile, CAB, Indian Cotton
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Mobile Ecommerce Will Surge 25 Percent to $7.9 Billion During The U.S. Christmas Season
Nov 19, 2014Online retail sales for the U.S. Christmas season are expected to increase 16 percent year on year to $61 billion for the months of November and December combined, according to digital metrics firm comScore Inc. The company anticipates that ...
Tags: Christmas Retail, Crafts
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India's Annual Rate of Inflation Dropped to a Five-Year Low of 1.7 Per Cent in October
Nov 17, 2014India’s annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), dropped to a five-year low of 1.7 per cent for the month of October, 2014 (over October, 2013), according to the provisional data released by the Office ...
Tags: annual rate of inflation, consumer price index, Apparel
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Gold Demand Dropped in China During The Q3
Nov 16, 2014Gold demand dropped in China during the third quarter of the year to a five-year low amid slumping prices and a nationwide anti-graft campaign, the World Gold Council said on Thursday. According to the WGC, the latest trends put China ...
Tags: Gold demand, Gold Products
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ITDG Captive Insurance Company Reports a Record Second Quarter
Oct 20, 2014The Independent Tire Dealers Group LLC’s (ITDG) captive insurance company reports a record second quarter. The Independent Innovative Captive Insurance Company (IICIC), a worker’s compensation insurance company, realized a net ...
Tags: ITDG, Results, Accessories
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U.S. Manufacturing Grew at a Slightly Faster Pace in March
Apr 3, 2014U.S. manufacturing grew at a slightly faster pace in March compared with February as factory output recovered from disruptions caused by severe winter weather. Manufacturers also received more orders, suggesting that production could ...
Tags: Manufacturing, factory output
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Gloomy Crop Prices Forecasted by Economist Joe Glauber at USDA Outlook Forum
Feb 26, 2014Gloomy Crop Prices Forecasted by Economist Joe Glauber at USDA Outlook Forum By Farms.com Team At the opening session of today's USDA Outlook Forum in Arlington, Va., Joe Glauber, USDA's chief economist, presented the lower grain price ...
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Joe Glauber Presented The Lower Grain Price Forecasts for 2014
Feb 26, 2014Gloomy Crop Prices Forecasted by Economist Joe Glauber at USDA Outlook Forum By Farms.com Team At the opening session of today's USDA Outlook Forum in Arlington, Va., Joe Glauber, USDA's chief economist, presented the lower grain price ...
Tags: Gloomy Grain, Food
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Some Regions Are Finding Few Plan Options
Feb 26, 2014In other Obamacare implementation news, some regions are finding few plan options. And HHS is trying to resolve some healthcare. The Washington Post's Wonkblog: The Uninsured Rate Is At A Five-Year Low. Is Obamacare The Reason? Gallup's ...
Tags: Uninsured Rate, A Five-Year Low, Uninsured Rate Hits 5-Year-Low
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Trucking Accounted for 3,200 of The 113,000 Jobs Added in January
Feb 18, 2014Trucking accounted for 3,200 of the 113,000 jobs added in January, and the U.S. unemployment rate fell to a five-year low of 6.6%, the Labor Department reported Feb. 7. The job increase was below economists' forecasts of 180,000, and ...
Tags: Transportation
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Weather Affects All Kinds of Market Factors
Feb 7, 2014The latest Arctic blast has culminated in rare winter snows across portions of the Southeast and Gulf Coast. National snow cover is now up to 42.1% (vs. 31.2% last month), with some areas as far south as northwestern Florida now with a ...
Tags: Weather, food, Market Factors
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The U.S. Trucking Industry Added 100 Jobs in December Compared with November
Jan 13, 2014David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News The U.S. trucking industry added 100 jobs in December compared with November as the overall unemployment rate dropped to 6.7%, the Labor Department reported Jan. 10. December’s increase in trucking ...
Tags: U.S.trucking industry, unemployment rate, employment, create jobs
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Initial Jobless Benefit Claims Rose to Their Highest Level Since March in The Week
Dec 20, 2013Initial jobless benefit claims rose to their highest level since March in the week ended Dec.14,the Labor Department reported. The rise reflects fluctuations that usually happen around the end of the year due to holiday-related ...