The Budget continues to invest in efforts to open up Government-generated assets, including data and the results of federally funded research and development — such as intellectual property and scientific knowledge — to the public. Through these efforts, the Government can empower citizens and businesses to increase the return on investment with innovation, job creation and economic prosperity gained […]
WASHINGTON, – This year may well see a rare occurrence for world commodity markets – a decline in all nine key commodity price indices, says the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook, released today. While oil prices have seen the most dramatic decline, the third largest since World War II, other commodities have also been […]
WINONA, Miss., Jan. 23, 2015 – Agriculture Under Secretary Lisa Mensah today announced five awards to expand access to credit for rural businesses, particularly small businesses in poor and underserved areas. “Helping rural businesses get access to investment capital is one of the most effective ways to help rural economies grow,” Mensah said during a […]
At an open-ended meeting with all members today – the first of 2015 – Director-General Roberto Azevêdo launched a new process of consultations with the aim of agreeing a work programme on the remaining Doha Development Agenda issues by July this year. This new deadline was set by members at a special meeting of the […]
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 252,000 in December, and the unemployment rate declined to 5.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, construction, food services and drinking places, health care, and manufacturing. ———————————————————————- | | | Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data | […]
ROSELAND, N.J. – January 7, 2015 – Private sector employment increased by 241,000 jobs from November to December according to the December ADP National Employment Report®. Broadly distributed to the public each month, free of charge, the ADP National Employment Report is produced by ADP®, a leading global provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, […]
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman today hosted a Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier Wang Yang for the 25th session of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), which took place in Chicago. At the conclusion of the discussions, the United States announced key outcomes in […]
MILWAUKEE, The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, released today by ManpowerGroup, demonstrates a continuation of U.S. employers’ growing optimism about the labor market. The result is a seasonally adjusted Net Employment Outlook of +16% for the first quarter of 2015, a level last reported seven years ago in Q1 2008 when the Outlook was also […]
STAMFORD, Conn. and NEW YORK, — Freepoint Commodities LLC (“Freepoint”), a leading physical commodities and merchant finance firm capitalized by its management, employees and funds managed by Stone Point Capital (“Stone Point”), and MCS Capital Markets LLC (“MCS”), a broker dealer and capital solutions provider capitalized by affiliates of Stone Point, KKR & Co. L.P. […]
The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced the creation of a new web search tool to help U.S. companies easily search the federal government’s Consolidated Screening List (CSL). The CSL is a streamlined collection of nine different “screening lists” from the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, and the Treasury that contains names of individuals and […]
