More than “cheap land and cheap labor” driving manufacturing growth in South Carolina. According to recent figures from the South Carolina Department of Commerce, the state’s GDP growth rate of 2.7 percent puts it just above the 2.5 percent national average, and is significantly out-pacing the 2.1 percent average of the southeastern region of the […]
August 2013
Ted Pretty said the relationship between Tech Mahindra and Telstra has been “reignited”. Photo: David Mariuz Paul Smith Related Quotes TELSTRA FPO (TLS) $ $ (%) […]
Experts in robotics research and development gathered in the USA last week to make an important point about their technology: Robots are not a threat to employment. In fact, they will create thousands of jobs in the coming years in a variety of industries. Seegrid’s Chief Operating Officer, Mitchell Weiss, was one of the presenters […]
More than “cheap land and cheap labor” driving manufacturing growth in South Carolina. According to recent figures from the South Carolina Department of Commerce, the state’s GDP growth rate of 2.7 percent puts it just above the 2.5 percent national average, and is significantly out-pacing the 2.1 percent average of the southeastern region of the […]
Florida’s largest companies are holding at least $9.4 billion in foreign profits, shielding the earnings from U.S. income taxes, according to an Orlando Sentinel review of financial statements. And the amount is growing: The Sentinel’s review found that the Florida companies added $1.2 billion to their offshore holdings during their most recent fiscal year, […]
The rupee journeyed southwards after Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, told Parliament that he will keep the current account deficit at 3.7 per cent of the gross domestic product in the current fiscal but did not outline specific measures. The Indian unit, which had opened higher at 60.50 in anticipation of key government measures, closed at […]
Email to a friend Permalink Monday, August 12, 2013 Aaron M. Renn, GoLocalProv MINDSETTER™ Among post-industrial cities in America, one of the things I observe is a sort of malaise in the civic character. Many of these places have been beaten down so hard for so long that a sort of defeatist attitude has set […]
A mummified head held by a UK museum is to be sent back to New Zealand after more than 150 years. The Maori head, or Toi moko, was brought to Britain in the 1840s and has been kept in Warrington Museum in Cheshire since 1843. The museum says it will be sent back […]
Water, water everywhere and not a drop of clean water Source Article from http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2013/08/water-water-everywhere-and-not-drop-of.html
ASHEVILLE — Nestled in the westernmost part of North Carolina, which is best known for its wood furniture, Plasticard-Locktech International is at first blush an unlikely exporter. Its calling card is plastic cards, the kinds that are used to get into a hotel room or stuck inside a birthday card as a gift. But the […]
