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Russia Announced a Ban on Imports of Western Agricultural Products

Aug 13, 2014

In view of the western sanctions against Russia, the President Putin signed a decree on 6th, will perform a ban for imports of western agricultural and food products for one-year. On 7th, the prime minister Medvedev announced specific and ...

Tags: Agricultural, Food, Economy

TUIK Decreased by 1.7 Percent Month on Month in July to 78.5 Points

Aug 13, 2014

According to the monthly sectoral confidence survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the confidence index* for the construction sector in Turkey, which stood at 79.9 points in June of the current year, decreased by 1.7 ...

Tags: Construction Sector, sectoral confidence

Clothing Lost Its Title as The Best Performing Category UK-Retail Sales in July 2014

Aug 13, 2014

Clothing lost its title as the best performing category UK-retail sales in July 2014, falling to sixth place, but outperformed all other categories on a three-month basis, says the latest report from BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. ...

Tags: Clothing, Category Title, Apparel

Turkey's Foreign Trade Deficit Decreased by 8.8 Percent to $7.85 Billion

Aug 12, 2014

According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in June this year Turkey's foreign trade deficit decreased by 8.8 percent to $7.85 ...

Tags: iron, steel exports, steel

They Believe The General Pricing Trend for Sapphire Will Continue to Improve for Some Time

Aug 12, 2014

For second-quarter 2014, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $14.5m, up slightly on $14.3m ...

Tags: Rubicon Sapphire substrates, Electrical, Electronics

Brands Rely on The Design of Packaging to Help Their Products Stand out From The Clutter

Aug 12, 2014

The basic elements of beauty packaging – color, shape, materials and dispensing systems – are in constant motion, changing to meet the demands of fashion and function. What remains consistent is the feeling consumers have of ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing, Luxury Packaging

The New York Cotton Futures Dropped Much More Than Generally Expected

Aug 12, 2014

Following the latest USDA Report published on Friday last week, the New York cotton futures dropped much more than generally expected. The crop estimates for the new season in the U.S.A. had been significantly raised, thus contributing to ...

Tags: Bremen, Cotton, Apparel, Accessories, Textile

Olympic Steel Posts Record Net Sales for Q2

Aug 11, 2014

Olympic Steel, Inc. announced Thursday that net sales for the second quarter of 2014 increased $55.2 million, or 16.7 percent, to $386.0 million. This represents the highest net sales recorded during any quarter in the company's history. ...

Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel

Graphene Bridges Gap Between Traditional Capacitors, Batteries

Aug 8, 2014

Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA have set the stage for a watershed in mobile energy storage by using a special grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of ...

Tags: Electrical, Electronics

Total Shipment Volumes by Russian Railway Monopoly Rzd Decreased by 1.3 Percent Y-O-Y

Aug 5, 2014

In the first seven months of the current year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - decreased by 1.3 percent year on year to 702.6 million ...

Tags: Ferrous Metal, Railways

Industrial Producer Prices Increased by 0.1 Percent Both in The Euro Area

Aug 5, 2014

According to the report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in June this year industrial producer prices increased by 0.1 percent both in the euro area and in the European Union member states (EU-28) ...

Tags: overall industry, energy sector

But Retail Turnover Edges up Only Slowly

Aug 5, 2014

The latest ABS Retail Trade figures show that Australian retail turnover rose 0.6 per cent in June 2014, seasonally adjusted, following a fall of 0.3 percent in May 2014. Turnover rose in household good retailing (1.7 per cent), food ...

Tags: Service

Plimsoll Brand Eyes Festival Goers with New Packs From Elmwood

Aug 1, 2014

The collection will launch across a series of music festivals this summer. Elmwood has created a unique pack for the shoes – a cardboard tube with a pop-top. The tube features hand written-style text communicating the brand's ethos. ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

The IMF Cut Global Growth Expectations in 2014

Jul 31, 2014

July 24, according to the Wall Street journal reported that the international monetary fund (IMF) released its world economic outlook report. By the United States, China and other emerging market countries weak economic growth, the global ...

Tags: Global Growth, Economy

The Malaysia Airline Crash Triggered Sharp Fluctuations in The Global Market

Jul 24, 2014

One plane of Malaysia airlines was missile hit on 17th, and crashed in Russia and Ukraine border. The incident led to regional political tension, global risk aversion is serious, U.S. stocks tumbled, but as safe havens of gold &the Japanese ...

Tags: Economy, Global Market