The sharemarket rose 0.6 per cent yesterday as investors piled into banks to take advantage of their dividend yields, amid optimism the country's biggest lenders would report rising profits this week and next. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ...
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Improving users' experiences is no justification for using consumer information in big data projects, according to Europe's top data protection officials. The Article 29 Working Group, which includes the data protection supervisors from ...
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Investment in equipment and software is expected to grow 5.6% in 2013, according to the Q2 update to the 2013 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook released today by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. The Foundation ...
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Fewer executives are planning to make a capital investment in their business during the coming months, with investment expectations among Australian businesses fading in the lead-up to the middle of the year. Amid a broad drop-off in ...
While some of its key metrics saw sequential declines, manufacturing growth continues to head in the right direction, according to monthly Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index ...
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector, as measured by the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) expanded in March for the fourth consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 46th consecutive month, say the nation's supply ...
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The US beer industry, which includes brewers, beer importers, beer distributors, brewer suppliers and retailers, directly and indirectly adds about $246.6bn annually to the US economy, according to the Beer Institute. The American beer ...
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February retail sales exceeded expectations, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that February retail sales at $421.4 billion were up 1.1 ...
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Strategies Unlimited has issued new figures since the first edition of this article. Solid State Technology now brings you updated figures and additional information on the worldwide LED market. LED component revenue for lighting ...
The Ministry of Textiles is deeply concerned to learn that the recent unprecedented snowfall in Changthang region this winter has left twenty two thousand goats dead. The Ministry of Textiles, had earmarked funds last year for feed ...
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The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.2 per cent at 5109.2 after hitting a 4 1/2-year high of 5135.7 in early trading. Share trading value worth $5.2 billion slipped just below the 20-day moving average of $5.3bn. Asian markets were ...
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The Swedish company Sodra recorded an operating result of -SEK929m for its business year 2012. The bulk of this was borne by the “Timber” division with an operating loss of -SEK469m. Interim CEO Gunilla Saltin attributes the ...
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The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported today that manufacturing output of February picked up where January left off: in a very good place. The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure manufacturing activity, was 54.2 in ...
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Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February for the third consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 45th consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On ...
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Data from the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) today showed that January retail sales were up compared to December as well as on an annual basis. Commerce reported that January retail sales at ...
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