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Total Weight of Goods Handled in Maritime Ports Remained Stable at 3.9 Billion Tonnes

Mar 20, 2013

After growing steadily between 2002 and 2007, the total weight of goods handled in maritime ports in the EU27 remained nearly stable at 3.9 billion tonnes in 2008. It then fell by 12% to 3.4 bn tonnes in 2009 as the result of the economic ...

Tags: Maritime Port, economy

The Oxo-Biodegradable Plastics Association Is Challenging The Effectiveness

Mar 20, 2013

The Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association is challenging the effectiveness of a recently-developed class of plastics containing additives described as "natural", "enzymatic" or "microbiodegradable". These additives, which are not ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

Full Moon Survival Is One of The Largest Online Suppliers

Mar 20, 2013

Full Moon Survival is one of the largest online suppliers of Emergency Survival kits, Emergency Supplies and Food, in addition to emergency food storage/water storage/water filtration, supplies, when dealing with natural disasters. They ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing

Sainsbury Have Delivered Strong Sales in The Fourth Quarter

Mar 20, 2013

Strong sales, reflecting continued market outperformance -Total sales for fourth quarter up 7.1 per cent (6.3 per cent excluding fuel) -Like-for-like sales for fourth quarter up 4.2 per cent (3.6 per cent excluding fuel) ...

Tags: Sainsbury, clothing business, clothing

Britain's Food and Drink Exports Are Remaining Resilient During The Recession

Mar 19, 2013

Britain’s food and drink exports are remaining resilient during the recession – with total UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports for last year maintaining their value of 12.1bn, according to the Food and and Drink Federation ...

Tags: Food exports, drink exports, alcoholic drink

Sharemarket Suffered Its Biggest Fall as Bank Bailout Plan in Cyprus

Mar 19, 2013

The sharemarket suffered its biggest fall in more than three weeks yesterday and volatility soared as a controversial bank bailout plan in Cyprus threatened to reignite the European sovereign debt crisis. Cyprus proposed a tax on the ...

Tags: Investors, Cyprus Bank, economy

Australian Dollar Rose Following a Gain in Gold Prices Overnight

Mar 19, 2013

The Australian dollar rose following a gain in gold prices overnight. At 6.30am AEDT today the local unit was trading at 103.94 US cents, up from 103.60 cents at yesterday’s local close. Gold settled at the highest price in almost ...

Tags: Gold, Safe-Haven Status, economy

Sharemarket Opened Higher Amid Views That Investors Overreacted to Europe's Debt Problems

Mar 19, 2013

The sharemarket has opened higher amid views that investors overreacted to Europe's debt problems with heavy sell-offs yesterday. At 10.40am AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 26.3 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 5041.7. The ...

Tags: Stocks, Europe's debt, economy

Medcraft Declared Dark Trading New Normal After No Evidence of Systemic Abuse Was Found

Mar 19, 2013

Australian Securities & Investments Commission chairman Greg Medcraft has declared dark and high-frequency trading "the new normal" of financial markets after two inquiries found no evidence of systemic abuse of the practices. ASIC ...

Tags: new normal, financial markets, ASIC

Flare-up in Europe's Debt Crisis Sent Sharemarket to Its Second-Largest Sell-off

Mar 19, 2013

A Flare-up in Europe's debt crisis has sent the sharemarket to its second-largest sell-off in nine months as investors fret about a run on European banks. After a bull run for local stocks since June in a period of relative calm in ...

Tags: Europe's debt crisis, economy, Cyprus

Frieslandcampina Has Reported a 26.9% Increase in Its Full Year Net Earning in 2012

Mar 19, 2013

Dutch dairy cooperative Royal FrieslandCampina has reported a 26.9% increase in its full year net earnings to €274m, compared to €216m in 2011, driven by a higher operating profit and lower financing costs. The cooperative ...

Tags: dairy cooperative, dairy, FrieslandCampina

Volkswagen's Passenger Cars Sales Has Increased by 9.1%

Mar 19, 2013

German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen has reported a 9.1% increase in the passenger cars sales to 893,400 vehicles during January and February 2013, compared to the sales of 818,800 units for the same period in 2012. In February the ...

Tags: Volkswagen, automobile manufacturer, cars

Ukraine Metallurgical Suppliers need 6.7 Million tons of Scrap Metal in 2013

Mar 19, 2013

Metallurgical business industry association announced, metallurgical enterprises in Ukraine in 2013 need 6.7 million tons of scrap metal. Metallurgical business industry association and the Ukraine Metal Recycling Association formulated ...

Tags: Scrap Metal, scrap, pig iron

Russia's Steel Production Declined in January 2013

Mar 19, 2013

The Russian Federal Bureau’s statistics data showed that in 2013 January the Russian metallurgical enterprises steel production fell 5.8% to 5.7 million tons; grew 1.4%, At the same time, the production of pig iron grew 0.1%, growth ...

Tags: Steel Production, Steel, pig iron

Applied Robotics Announced The Introduction of Its New Communications Module

Mar 19, 2013

Applied Robotics Inc., a leading global manufacturer of robotic end-of arm tooling and connectivity solutions, today announced the introduction of its new Communications Module, SmartCommTM for the Sigma line of Tool Changers. The ...

Tags: Packaging, Printing, SmartCommTM, Electrical, Electronics