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China's Latest Five-Year Plan Could Be Its Last

Feb 24, 2017

The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...

Tags: five-year plan, political economy

ZF Increases Profitability in The First Half of 2016

Aug 15, 2016

Friedrichshafen. ZF Friedrichshafen AG has continued its good business development in the first half of 2016. In the first six months of 2016, sales increased to €17.8 billion and the adjusted operating profit (EBIT) rose to €1.1 ...

Tags: ZF, EBIT margin

Rita's Italian Ice To Offer Frozen Custard At Stores In The US

Mar 22, 2016

Rita's Italian Ice,has announced the return of its Frozen Custard to stores in the US. More than one million Rita's guests from coast to coast will join in on the family-favorite tradition on Sunday, March 20 to snag their free Italian ...

Tags: Rita's Italian lce, Frozen Custard, Stores

North American Coal Industry Faces More Declines in 2016: Moody's

Dec 15, 2015

The North American coal industry remains negatively positioned for 2016 with thermal coal facing a slow, long-term decline and metallurgical coal prices unlikely to recover within the next 12 months, a Moody's Investors Service note said ...

Tags: Coal Industry, thermal coal, metallurgical coal

HexaTech Accquires Energy Funding from DOE

Nov 13, 2015

HexaTech Inc. announced today that it has received a continuation of funding under the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) development program. The cost-share extension is valued at $1.2 million over 1 ...

Tags: HexaTech, AlN, semiconductor

Blinging Down Botswana's Economy

Sep 18, 2015

It’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 ...

Tags: Botswana's Economy, Overseas shipments

'Global Economic Growth in Next 2 Years to Remain Muted'

Aug 19, 2015

Global economic growth will be muted over the next two years, Moody's Investors Service has said in a quarterly report. According to the report titled “Global Macro Outlook 2015-16: Risks to muted global growth from Chinese asset ...

Tags: economy development, global economy

TPP to Benefit American Apparel Companies

Aug 18, 2015

The passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal would benefit US apparel companies by eliminating textile tariffs between 12 participating countries, says Moody's Investors Service. According to a research paper, the ...

Tags: apparel, footwear, textile tariffs

China Advances Exchange Rate Reform

Aug 16, 2015

China's new forex rate formation mechanism is credit positive as it will increase currency flexibility and support China's capital account liberalization, said Moody's in a recent report. The People's Bank of China on Tuesday adjusted the ...

Tags: forex rate formation, Exchange Rate

Archroma Said It Has Entered Into a Senior Secured Credit Agreement

Jul 6, 2015

Swiss specialty textile chemicals producer Archroma said it has entered into a senior secured credit agreement that provides for credit facilities totaling to around $515 million. According to an Archroma press release, the credit ...

Tags: textile chamicals production, specialty textile chemicals

Mercedes Amg Petronas Formula One Team Re-Launched Agreement with Spies Hecker

Apr 17, 2015

The Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team - winner of the 2014 FIA Formula One World Constructors’ Championship – has renewed its agreement with Spies Hecker, one of the three premium global refinish brands of Axalta Coating ...

Tags: Mercedes AMG, Formula One, Spies Hecker

China to Bring Iron and Steel Sector Back to a 'Basically Balanced Level' by 2017

Mar 24, 2015

China will accelerate the overhaul of its overly-invested iron and steel sector to bring it back to a "basically balanced level" by 2017, the industry ministry said. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said it would ...

Tags: Steel Industry, Iron Steel

The Reason Why Medtronic's Move Has Been So Unfortunate

Jan 30, 2015

Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker and Brian Buntz on January 28, 2015 Medtronic is expected to enjoy lower corporate taxes now that it has moved its official headquarters from the U.S. to Ireland through its merger with ...

Tags: credit rating, Health

One of The Big Benefits of The Sharp Fall in Oil Prices:a Drop in Raw Material Costs

Jan 21, 2015

For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...

Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction

Bass PRO Group Has Agreed to Acquire Fishing Boat Maker Fishing Holdings

Dec 24, 2014

Moody's Investors Service said that Bass Pro Group, LLC's Dec. 11, 2014 announcement that it has agreed to acquire fishing boat maker Fishing Holdings, LLC from Platinum Equity is a modest credit negative because leverage will increase ...

Tags: Debt Ratings, Sporting Goods

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