Flat glass prices saw a slight decrease—just 0.9 percent—from March to April, according to the latest Producer Price Index Report from the U.S. Labor Department. The index was listed at 115.8 for April, compared with 116.8 for ...
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In the first quarter, the Finnish machinery and plant engineering company Raute posted 55% higher sales than in the same period of last year at €23.4m. Last year’s relatively low level must be taken into account when comparing ...
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British Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has announced that the UK passenger car registrations in April of this year increased by 14.8% to 163,357 units compared with the same period last year, being the highest level since the same ...
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From the Russian passenger car sales structure of the first quarter in 2013, the proportion of cross-cars and SUV was 36% while in the same period in 2012, the accounting was 30.3%. The highest-selling models were compact SUV, of 142,440 ...
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In the first quarter of the current year, France's gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 0.2 percent quarter on quarter, marking the third quarter-on-quarter decrease in the last four quarters, according to the detailed statistics released ...
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Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the first half ended March 31 of the financial year 2012-13, registering a net loss of €822 million, mainly due to the impairment charge of €683 million ...
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Tubos Reunidos, a leading Spanish seamless tube and pipe producer, has announced its financial results for the first three months of the current year, announcing an 86 percent year-on-year fall in its consolidated net profit to €1.16 ...
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The dollar continued to test fresh 11-month lows, extending a week-long decline built on rising concerns about the outlook for the resources-rich economy and renewed strength in the US dollar. Late today, the Aussie was trading at ...
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MILAN — May 2013 — Following a 2012 already suffering from an 11% drop in production, Italy's textile machinery sector has opened 2013 with a negative order intake compared to the previous quarter. Based on an economic survey ...
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The Board of Directors of Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. parent company of the Salvatore Ferragamo Group, one of the global leaders in the luxury sector, meeting under the chairmanship of Ferruccio Ferragamo, examined and approved the ...
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Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.3 percent in May over the same month last year but growth could trickle to a standstill by the end of the summer, according to the monthly Global ...
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Cotton growers of Cameroon have sold 221,000 tons of cotton in the market during the crop season 2012-13, according to Cameroon National Confederation of Cotton Producers (CNPCC). The amount of cotton brought by farmers to the market ...
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Post Holdings, the parent company of Post Foods and a manufacturer of ready-to-eat cereals, has reported that its net earnings for the second quarter of 2013 decreased 51.4% to $5.1m, compared with $10.5m for the same period in 2012. For ...
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As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the German economy is slow in gaining momentum. The country's price, season and calender adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of the current year ...
In March this year, the unemployment rate of the 34 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries decreased to eight percent, compared to the 8.1 percent recorded in the previous month, according to new ...
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