The business intelligence software market cooled off a bit in 2012 after "a few historic banner years" of spending growth, due to difficult economic conditions and even confusion over industry buzzwords such as "big data," according to a ...
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April March Increase Rate over Last Month Historical Average in April Manufacturing PMI 50.6 50.9 -0.3 55.4 Production Index 52.6 52.7 -0.1 ...
The Flat Glass Manufacturing industry is expected to return to consistent growth over the five years through 2018-19 as the UK economy undergoes a tentative recovery, and conditions in key downstream construction and automobile industries ...
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In May, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.8 percent, up by 0.2 percentage point month-on-month. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was 51.1 percent, up by 0.1 percentage ...
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The oil complex pushed sharply lower late in US trade Friday, extending an overnight selloff prompted by a stronger dollar, lower equities markets and OPEC's decision to roll over its 30 million b/d output target following Friday's meeting ...
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Worst result since the second quarter of 2010. Global enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence equipment revenues dropped 13.2% during first quarter of 2013 to $563.4m, according to a new report from IDC. Said to have registered ...
Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe. The operator's group revenue dropped to APS44.4 billion (US$67.8 billion) for the year ended ...
Oil futures closed out the week in higher territory Friday, boosted by a strong equities performance even as the US Dollar Index climbed to a 34-month high. NYMEX June crude settled 86 cents higher at $96.02/b, after ranging from a low of ...
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Exceed Company Ltd. the owner and operator of the "Xidelong" brand - one of the leading domestic sportswear brands in China, released its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Financial Highlights – ...
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The success of Chilean footballers in European soccer leagues has led to an evident increase in the purchase of expensive pieces of sports clothing, particularly outdoor sportswear, in the Latin American nation of Chile, according to a ...
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Indian steel giant Tata Steel has announced that it expects to register an impairment charge of $1.6 billion for the financial year ended March 31, 2013, as a result of its review for the period in question. The company attributed the ...
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In view of the currently modest business expectations in the furniture industry and the reduced macroeconomic growth arising from the fiscal consolidation course in many industrialised countries, Surteco is working from the assumption that ...
On the back end of an earnings season that by many accounts could have been worse, tech investors appeared to be in the mood to celebrate on Friday, sending shares of IT companies higher as key stock-market indexes hit milestone highs. ...
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Adidas Group currency-neutral sales remain stable in the first quarter of 2013 In the first quarter of 2013, Group revenues were stable on a currency-neutral basis as a result of sales increases in Retail and Other Businesses. Currency ...
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The UK's BG Group expects the Egyptian government to continue to allow LNG exports from the country despite the current gas shortages on the domestic market, BG CEO Chris Finlayson said Thursday. Egypt is a key market for BG and a fall in ...
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