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Alliance Created to Bring Manufacturing's Recovery to Urban Areas
A new Urban Manufacturing Alliance (UMA) has been launched to accelerate the growth of urban manufacturing across the U.S. and to capitalize on the sector's ability to create stable, high-quality jobs.
Transportation CFOs Upbeat About Economy, Survey Finds
Chief financial officers in the transportation industry have grown more optimistic about their industry and the overall economy, according to GE Capital's latest Middle Market CFO survey.
Food, Private Equity, Cross-Border Transactions Drive U.S. Retail, Consumer Deals
Corporations spinning off businesses, private equity investment in retail, continued cross-border activity and expansion into e-commerce drove retail and consumer merger and acquisition activity in the third quarter of 2012, according to PwC's US retail and consumer M+A insights report.
DAP Technologies Debuts Rugged Windows-Based Tablet
DAP Technologies has introduced the MT1010 rugged tablet, running the Windows operating system.
Descartes Unveils Cloud-Based Community Service; Acquires Exentra
Descartes Systems Group has developed a new cloud-based service called Descartes Community.
U.S. Celebrates Re-shoring, But Mexico Crashes the Party
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Brazil's Corn Farmers Set Down Roots in U.S. Marketplace
As U.S. cornfields withered under drought conditions last summer, Brazil's once-empty Cerrado region produced a bumper crop of the grain, helping feed livestock on U.S. farms and ease a drought-related spike in prices.
Tucked Between China's Super Rich and Middle Class, the 'Affluent' Are Hugely Attractive Market
As China's economy has grown, much attention has been paid to its middle class and its high-net-worth individuals. Less noticed has been its affluent population.
Do You Still Think Big Data Is No Big Deal?
When he was asked if Big Data is just a buzzword, a marketing tool vendors use to sell more software to CFOs, Justin Borgman, the founder and chief executive officer of Hadapt, a data-analysis software vendor, answered honestly: "Yes. It's an excuse to sell you more stuff." However, he added, "it's stuff you'll eventually need."
UPS Introduces Cloud-Based Technology Platform for Supply-Chain Management
As part of its Supplier Management program for global ocean and airfreight forwarding, UPS has introduced Order Watch, a cloud-based technology platform.
Growing Beyond Mexico, Wal-Mart's Internal Probe Into Foreign Corruption Goes Global
Wal-Mart Stores reported that its investigation into violations of a federal anti-bribery law had extended beyond Mexico to China, India and Brazil, some of the retailer's most important international markets.
Keep It Simple Because Your Company Directors Likely Don't Really Understand IT
Even as companies are relying more on technology to come up with innovative business models and fresh ideas for finding new revenue, many boards of directors don't understand enough about IT to keep up.
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