The Credit Managers’ Index remained largely unchanged for the third consecutive month, according to the latest figures from the National Association of Credit Management.

The index did drop slightly, from 53.7 in October to 53.5 in November, which would not ordinarily be great news, but as September’s data was particularly strong, it is no bad thing that October and November remained pretty much the same.

Extract Resources has announced that Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued it with a mining licence for the Husab Uranium Project.

Extract Resources is a uranium exploration and development company with a primary focus on Namibia. The company’s 100 per cent-owned Husab Uranium Projecthosts the largest and highest grade granite-hosted uranium deposit in the country.

To expand into global markets, you must develop your competitive edge to create the differences that make all the difference, says Mona Pearl.

Companies expect a significant rise in commodity prices and offshore labor rates, while more than 60 percent say they cannot successfully mitigate inflation, according to research from The Hackett Group, presented here by Michel Janssen and Pierre Mitchel.

Thomas R. Cutler makes the case for electric hand trucks, which pay for themselves in saving lost work time and compensation claims.

The back is the most injury-prone part of the body. Almost everyone will suffer back pain at some time in his or her life, yet preventing back injury is much easier than healing a back injury.

If you are serious about building a customer-facing culture, to make it effective you must involve every department in your company, says George F. Brown, Jr.

What is the silent killer of American entrepreneurs, and what does DNA have to do with it? Joe Abraham explains.

A recent study released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a troubling trend. The study found that the number of self-employed individuals in the US has shrunk by 2.1 million since 2006. What’s driving this trend? What does it mean for entrepreneurship? Most importantly, how is this decline impacting our economy?

Enviva LP, a leading manufacturer of processed biomass fuel in the United States and Europe, today announced that it is planning to build a 454,000 metric ton wood pellet manufacturing facility in Courtland, Virginia.

The project, which could be operational as early as the first half of 2013, is contingent on the property where the plant will be located being rezoned by Southampton County and on other permitting requirements.

Alberta is basking in its oilsands boom, but it is about to wake up to an equivalent minerals bonanza as Toronto-based DNI Metals unveils its massive minerals and rare earths deposits.

As global financial markets stagger, the metal that used to underpin them all is becoming very attractive. Toronto based and listed Continental Gold is focused on Colombia and is just two years away from large scale production.