On Thursday, March 28, the U.S. passed a law which requires NASA, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Commerce to get approval from federal law enforcement agencies before buying high-tech products from China. The law was a small part of a larger package of the U.S. spending bill. Restrictions are in response to…
PetroSA, South Africa’s national oil company, has fallen under investigation by its parent company, Central Security Fund and South Africa’s department of energy for a series of ongoing inappropriate procurement procedures. Though a full investigation is underway and few details have been released to date about the indiscretions, here’s what’s clear from the information known.
According to the Global Rigid Plastic Packing Market 2013-2023 analysis and report conducted by the company Visingain, the market is expected to grow by $161.11 during the year 2013. Most of the growth will occur in developing markets, where labor costs are low and the countries are experiencing rapid growth. The analysis predicts an increase…
2013 is predicted to be the year that businesses begin to fully tap into the potential offered by big data. Media buzz is playing a big role in the trend, giving information technology professionals the idea that if their business isn’t on the bandwagon, they’re behind their competitors. A newly released Garner survey indicates 42…
A recent study released by Deloitte identifies attracting and retaining top talent as a major cause for concern heading into the new economy. Deloitte just released the 2013 Top Five Global Employer Rewards Priorities Survey and found that roughly 25 percent of the two major human resources professionals organizations (the International Society of Certified Benefits…
INRIX provides traffic information which can be used for all sorts of intelligence gathering and decision making. Its Gridlock Index (IGI) tells some good news and some bad news. According to its data, traffic in the most populated 100 cities across the United States is picking up, leading to more gridlock and slower travel times….
Recruiting and keeping talent is important for growing companies, and how much companies are willing to invest in their talent management budgets is a key indicator of how senior management feels about the strength of the economy. Recently, Right Management (a subsidiary of the Manpower Group) polled over 2,000 senior human resources executives to find…
After many years of moving technical manufacturing and other jobs overseas, where labor is cheaper, tech giants such as Apple and Google are finally reversing the trend and opening their newest manufacturing facilities here in the United States. Silicon Valley might once again be the thriving electronics metropolis it once was.
The Global Marketing Index (GMI) released monthly by Warc shows an upward trend in marketing spending across the world. The GMI stood at 51.7 points in February 2013 and rose to 52.4 points for March 2013. This is the highest GMI reading since April 2012, good news for the worldwide economic situation, and even better…
Even amid continuing worries over instabilities in markets around the world, companies showed a pattern of raising their travel budgets during 2012, and this upward trend looks like it will continue over the long haul according to the new Control Risks Survey released by the International SOS. The report surveyed 300 professionals in human resources,…