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CMI Tells Trump Administration No Tariffs Needed for Aluminum Used to Make Beverage Cans
Jun 28, 2017The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) has told the US Commerce Department that aluminum can sheets and aluminum ingot, which are used to make beverage cans, are not a security risk that requires intervention in the form of tariffs or trade ...
Tags: Can, Beverage Can
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Siva Power Recruits Former First Solar and Intel Veteran Bruce Sohn as Vice-Chairman
Oct 8, 2016Copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film solar module developer Siva Power of San Clara, CA, USA has hired solar executive Bruce Sohn as vice-chairman of its board. Sohn was previously the key executive in the growth of cadmium ...
Tags: Siva Power, Bruce Sohn, vice-chairman
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Tyson Foods to Invest $14m to Expand Wilkesboro Chicken Processing Facility
Sep 6, 2016Tyson Foods has announced that it will invest $14m to expand its chicken processing facility in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Tyson Foods spokesman Worth Sparkman revealed that the company is looking to make capital improvements to the ...
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Chinese Solar Panel Makers Shift to Thailand
Jan 25, 2016A slew of factors is persuading companies to expand abroad to access the global market Rising costs and steep anti-dumping duties in the United States and Europe, coupled with a desire to expand overseas, are increasingly driving major ...
Tags: Solar Panel, Solar Energy Products
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Boss of China Telecom in Graft Probe
Dec 29, 2015The Party chief and president of China Telecom is being investigated for possible "serious violations of discipline", the euphemism for graft, the top anti-corruption authority said yesterday. The Communist Party of China Central ...
Tags: China Telecom, Graft Probe
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U.S. Economic Growth Revised Down to 2 Pct in Q3
Dec 24, 2015The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday revised down its estimate for the real gross domestic product(GDP) in the third quarter to a growth of 2 percent, slightly lower than its last projection of 2.1 percent. The growth was on par with ...
Tags: U.S.Economic, Down
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Philips Shuts Down Lighting Plant in North Carolina, Halts Buyback of 21.36m Shares
Dec 15, 2015Philips announced it will be closing down its lighting plant in Burgaw, Pender County in North Carolina, U.S. recently, according to a report by Triangle Business Journal. The factory closure, which will become effective as of Sept. 2016, ...
Tags: Philips, lighting industry
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Chinese Ministry of Commerce Comments on America’s Final Decision on Second Case of Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on Photovoltaic Products of China
Oct 23, 2015On January 22 Beijing time, the International Trade Commission of the United States (ITC) announced the voting result, affirming that the photovoltaic products of the mainland of China and Taiwan had caused injury to the U.S. industry. ...
Tags: photovoltaic products, anti-dumping, new energy industry
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Barrack Obama-LED Task Force Drafted a 40-Page Report Mislabelling of Seafood
Mar 19, 2015US president Barrack Obama-led task force has drafted a 40-page report planning to curb black-market fishing and mislabelling of seafood, which costs the US and the world billions of dollars of fishing revenue. The US stands second after ...
Tags: Seafood Fraud, seafood, crustaceans
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NRF Projects US Retail Sales Increases by 4.1% in 2015
Feb 25, 2015In its 2015 economic forecast, the National Retail Federation (NRF) projected retail industry sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants will increase 4.1 per cent*, up from the 3.5 per in 2014. The 4.1 per cent growth ...
Tags: automobiles, gas stations, Textile
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The U.S. Trade Deficit in December Jumped to The Highest Level
Feb 9, 2015The U.S. trade deficit in December jumped to the highest level in more than two years as exports fell and Americans bought a record amount of imports — a potentially worrisome development that could weigh on overall economic growth. ...
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US to Issue Countervailing Duty Orders on Imports of These Products From Chinese Mainland
Jan 22, 2015The International Trade Commission (ITC) of the United States ruled Wednesday that an American industry is materially injured by reason of imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from China, paving the way for the U.S. ...
Tags: PV Products, Punitive Duties
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Total Holiday Retail Sales Increased 4 Percent to $616.1 Billion
Jan 15, 2015Total holiday retail sales, which include November and December sales, increased 4 percent to $616.1 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The results were just shy of the National Retail Federation's projected forecast of 4.1 ...
Tags: job market, gas prices, Sporting Goods
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The United States Is Set to Become an Even More Dominant Market
Jan 12, 2015The United States is set to become an even more dominant market for the diamond industry in 2015. In a reversal of trends that have characterized the industry in the past few years, there has been a shift back from east to west as industry ...
Tags: Diamond Market, diamond industry
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America's Economic Growth Rate in Q3 Reached 5% Annualized Rate
Dec 24, 2014According to data from The US Commerce Department, America's economic growth rate in Q3 reached 5% annualized rate, higher than the expected 3.9%, hitting a new record since Q3 in 2003. The data show that the growth of personal ...