India and the buildings of the Raj.
THERE are plenty of examples of where improvements in the physical environment of towns and cities become the precursor of improvements in the lifestyle and well-being of their citizens. The decline or exodus of old industries has been reversed by towns and cities all over the world making a...

Warehousing bill likely to get green light.
NEW DELHI: The crucial Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2007, is expected to get passed in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Touted as a highly 'farmer-friendly' bill, the legislation is expected to help both farmers and big retail houses by facilitating larger private investment in warehousing, grading & storage...

Taiwanese firm to develop plantation in Morong ecozone; For fruit, vegetable and medicinal herb.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT Taiwanese Cosmos Biotechnology Co. Ltd. will develop 80 hectares of land in the Morong Special Economic Zone, an agri-aqua industrial park of the Bataan Technology Park Inc. (BTPI), into a fruit, vegetable and medicinal herb plantation for export to Asia, Japan and Europe. ...

Business briefs.
COLUMN: Business briefs Telegram & Gazette Bloomberg Index Central Massachusetts +1.85 178.28 Volume: 75,763,097 Up: 16 Down: 8 Unchanged: 8 Gainer: Double-Take Software Inc. $16.95 +$.91 (volume of 157,624...

2005 Revenues Reach $292 Billion for Truck, Courier and Storage Industries, Census Bureau Reports.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Truck transportation, couriers and messengers, and warehousing and storage revenues reached $292 billion in 2005, up from $266 billion the year before, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. Truck transportation alone reached $206 billion in 2005, up 11.0 percent. Couriers and messengers...

Exporters may get service tax refund.
Byline: G Ganapathy Subramaniam & Amiti Sen NEW DELHI: Refund of service tax paid by exporters under the duty drawback system is on the cards. This will enable exporters to lower the service tax burden on post-production services like quality testing, customs clearance, warehousing, cold storage and...

United Solar Ovonic Supplies 700kW of Uni-Solar(R) PV Laminates to Solar Integrator American Energy Technologies.
World's Largest Metal Roof-Integrated Solar Array Commissioned in New Jersey AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Solar Ovonic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) , announced today that it has supplied 700 kW of photovoltaic (PV) laminates to TurtleEnergy LLC...

United Solar Ovonic Supplying PV Laminates for American Energy Technologies Project.
ENERGY RESOURCE-10 January 2007-United Solar Ovonic Supplying PV Laminates for American Energy Technologies Project(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com United Solar Ovonic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices Inc., has supplied 700 kW of photovoltaic (PV) laminates to TurtleEnergy LLC for a solar installation project by American...

Economy, Tightening Budgets Drive Interest in Storage-as-a-Service.
Iron Mountain Offers Important Considerations for Choosing a Provider BOSTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As businesses large and small manage through an uncertain economy with tightening IT budgets, many are looking to on-demand technology solutions, like software (SaaS) and storage- as-a-service (STaaS,) as a way to cut...

Energy Focus, Inc. Finalizes Full-Service Contract With Great Lakes Cold Storage.
SOLON, Ohio, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Energy Focus, Inc. , the global leader in energy-efficient lighting technologies, announced today that the company has finalized a multi-phase contract with Great Lakes Cold Storage, a regional refrigerated foods company. The contract -- the first to be finalized under Energy Focus's new...