For T.R. Vijaya Kumar, this is the right time for India to take on Bangladesh, Vietnam and even China for leadership in the global apparel industry. Kumar is a second-generation manufacturer and his export company now 1,700 people and has ambitions to double its sales by 2020having started off as a small family undershirt business…
Amsterdam’s northern harbor which was once a derelict expanse of potholed streets and abandoned docks is being transformed into the city’s fastest-growing area. “Growing up there was fun, but most of the former shipyards were vacant or occupied by squatters. Now the area’s booming,” said Vincent Vollenbronck, 33, adviser for BNP Paribas Real Estate. Built…
Both wireless speakers were displayed at CES this year. Having announced a pair of Dolby Atmos-equipped soundbars at CES, Samsung has finally decided to ship the duo in the U.S. Both speakers, HW-K850 and HW-K950 are available as long as you are willing to shell out $999 or $1,499, respectively. The Samsung HW-K950 is more expensive because…
All Mansoor, a human rights activist, received a suspicious text message that appeared on his iPhone which urged him to click the link provided to reveal details about torture in the United Arab Emirates’ prisons, reported The Associated Press. However Mansoor reported it to Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog, and didn’t take the bait. This…
Recessions are not that bad after all – at least form the point of view of safety of people, claims a study recently conducted and forthcoming in the United States. Every time there is an increase of 1 percent in unemployment in the U.S., around 5,000 fewer people die every year in auto accidents. This,…
In what is being defined as being a part of a demographic shift that risks hobbling South Korea’s economy, the nation’s young residents are likely to have fewer weddings and babies this year than ever before. Ever since the nation’s statistics office started compiling monthly data in 2000, the first five months of 2016 recorded…
Due to his concern that the SEC didn’t go after senior executives, an $8.25 million reward from the Securities and Exchange Commission for blowing the whistle on the lender overvaluing a derivatives portfolio is being refused by a former Deutsche Bank AG risk officer. Eric Ben-Artzi wrote in a Financial Times column published Friday that…
By launching them out of the roof of a truck, one company has found a way to make the unmanned flying machines deliver packages today while Amazon is tussling with regulators over drone deliveries. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) latest rules have been managed to be adhered to by the U.S. firm Workhorse which has created a…
Official figures that show the UK’s construction industry, which was struggling even before the vote to leave the EU, has slipped back into recession for the first time in four years. Construction activity in the months ahead would be further dented as the business and consumer confidence in the business since the referendum has dropped,…
India’s crude oil imports could be reduced to a significant degree by the the country’s love for fried food. Ramakrishna Y.B., the head of an Indian government panel that’s looking at the potential for development of usable fuels derived from plants, claims that the nation of 1.3 billion people can make at least 2 million…
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