While the economic recovery is showing some encouraging signs of late, it received another one this week in the form of the Institute of Supply Management’s Semiannual Economic Forecast.
Monday, December 5, 2011 · Bob Cohen, Vice President, North America, Basware
The federal government has made a firm commitment to e-invoicing, joining a growing number of countries promoting the use of this technology in the public sector
With its primary index—the PMI—showing signs of leveling out in recent months, the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Report on Business increased nearly two full percentage points in November to extend the growth streak for economic activity in the…
With its eye on further expanding its rapidly growing global healthcare business, UPS announced today it has agreed to purchase Pieffe Group, an Italy-based pharmaceutical logistics company.
Even though the calendar says it is November 30, this atypical balmy weather in the Northeast is making me feel it is more like May 30. And given this unusual, but welcome, climate, it seems appropriate that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is…
In what could possibly viewed as a late in the year jump-start for the economy, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said that Thanksgiving and Black Friday holiday spending—in stores and on the Web—hit historic highs.
The 2011 GCI found that the 10 most connected countries are the Netherlands, Singapore, Ireland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Belgium, Hong Kong (China) and Malta
A detailed country-by-country analysis of the flows that connect the world indicates that globalization is still not as advanced as most people believe
The Port of Los Angeles and the International Association of Ports and Harbors plan to develop incentive program strategies to participate in the Environmental Ship Index Program starting next year.
Demand for warehousing space around major U.S airports has ramped up, according Jones Lang LaSalle’s third annual Port, Airport and Global Infrastructure report
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