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The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina are taking companies in the construction sector to seek new business opportunities in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Stone Control, which sells marbles and granites, for example, wants long-term partnerships.
Marina Sarruf* So Paulo - Representatives of 10 companies and sectorial organizations are going to participate in a trade delegation promoted by the state of Santa Catarina to the Arabian Gulf, to take place between October 26 and November 06. The trip will be organized by the Federation of Industries of the State of Santa Catarina (Fiesc) and by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. With the objective of learning about the construction market and seeking new business in the region, the two organizations are going to take the businessmen to Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Faced with increasing homeownership, rising costs of maintaining a home and the ever-present expectation that the modern woman can and will do things for herself, women have become a driving force within the home-improvement industry.
Sisters are driving nails, demolishing walls, laying pipe or wading through sawdust.
According to Lowe's, more than 80 percent of women perform landscaping and gardening tasks, and more than 90 percent of the women engaged in do-it-yourself projects around the house also make most major purchases and financial decisions for that house. .
Seven years after a virtual halt to Native subsistence hunts was thought to have put a depleted stock of Cook Inlet beluga whales on a path to recovery, marine mammal scientists counting the bright white whales from the air last summer spotted fewer than ever. Scientists with the National Marine Fisheries Service say the aerial surveys in June and August are not always the best evidence of how many belugas are there. A harder "abundance estimate" that takes into account whales observers didn't see because they were below the surface, or juveniles with gray hides that are difficult to spot in the silty Inlet, is still under development. But the roughly 150 belugas counted this year are not reassuring, particularly coming after 2005, when the agency's abundance estimate for the number remaining in Cook Inlet was set at 278, the lowest figure since NMFS began the annual beluga surveys in 1993.
PETALING JAYA: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy yesterday clarified the days on which heavy vehicles are banned from all roads during the festive season. Heavy vehicles are banned from public roads on Oct 20, 21, 28 and 29. The Government decided to ban the vehicles from the roads on Oct 29, instead of the earlier announced date of Oct 27, because more people are expected to return from their holidays on that Sunday. By banning the heavy vehicles on Oct 29, we hope it will ease the congestion caused by returning motorists, he said. He also said the ministry received appeals from groups such as the Pan Malaysia Lorry Association to allow heavy vehicles to travel on Oct 27. Timber lorries, lorries transporting construction materials, cement mixers, cranes and low loaders will not be allowed on the roads during the four days.
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