More than 13,600 importers, retailers, wholesalers, distributors and other volume buyers attended the first annual China Sourcing Fair events in Mumbai Nov. 14-16, 2008. The Fairs were managed by Pico Event Management, under license from Global Sources. The three-day, co-located events China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components and China Sourcing Fair: Hardware & Building Materials [...]
An immediate package of measures – centred on a comprehensive programme to boost bank lending, a one-off tax credit targeted at the poor, higher benefit payments to stimulate demand, a public works programme, and an incentive scheme for employers to put workers on shorter hours rather than make them redundant – is needed to stave [...]
A drop in new home construction and delays in FTTH deployment will hinder GPON revenues, but the market will continue to grow, says Light Reading Insider A slowdown in new housing construction and delays in deployment of fiber to the home (FTTH) will adversely affect Gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) product revenues over the next [...]
In order to support the streamlined modification program announced on November 11, 2008, Fannie Mae issued a notice to its loan servicing organizations and retained foreclosure attorneys directing them to suspend foreclosure sales on occupied single-family properties as well as the completion of evictions from occupied single-family properties scheduled to occur from November 26, 2008 [...]