Jumbo has been awarded a contract by Malaysian pipelay contractor, Sigur Ros. Under the contract Jumbo, with the HLV Fairplayer will oversee transportation and installation of 126 gravity anchor spreads in water depths up to 1,400m, ...
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The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) and the Window & Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) have jointly released the August update to the AAMA/WDMA 2012/2013 U.S. Industry Statistical Review and Forecast. This report ...
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PetroChina Co Ltd, the nation's leading oil and natural gas producer, said on Thursday it expects a 20-billion-yuan ($3.3 billion) annual profit boost from the government's natural gas price reform. That inflow will further buoy the ...
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Zijin Mining Group Co., China's largest gold producer by output, announced on Wednesday a 54 percent year-on-year slump in net profits in the first half of 2013, largely due to falling gold prices. In a statement filed with the Shanghai ...
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Gold prices jumped 4% last week on rising demand from China, hitting a three-week high of US$1,334.70 an ounce on Monday, the The Wall Street Journal reported. Demand in China, where consumers account for roughly 25% of global gold buying, ...
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Systems and services giant IBM is being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the reporting of its revenues from cloud computing. The news was buried within one of the company's latest regulatory filings. ...
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Growing demand for LED backlight products will continue to buoy the revenue performance of LED driver IC suppliers Macroblock and On-Bright Electronics in the third quarter of 2013, according to industry sources. Macroblock saw its ...
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IBM saw its net income for its second quarter of 2013 drop by 17 per cent compared to the same period in 2012. The company earned $3.23bn, compared with $3.9bn 12 months ago. Total revenue for Q2 stood at $24.9bn, down three per cent on ...
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The dollar was sharply lower today amid rising concerns that the US central bank might soon take steps to start withdrawing the stimulus measures that have supported the world's biggest economy since the global financial crisis. Minutes ...
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Cake maker Finsbury Food Group has reported relatively flat sales for the half year to December 29, up marginally to 103.3M compared with 102M for the same period of the previous year and in-line with management expectations. Finsbury's ...
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The ¥70 million (approximately US $900,000) contract from Mitsui (MES) will be to further develop the Company’s PowerBuoy technology for Japanese sea conditions. Under the contract, OPT will continue to analyse methods to ...
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Bluescope Steel Malaysia, foresees the steel industry in 2013 to be buoyed by domestic demand in 2013, with the construction sector expected to grow by 11.2 per cent as announced in the recent budget. BlueScope Steel Malaysia comprising ...
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In these tough economic times one popular product category has halted a decline in the UK toy market – the blind bag. These low value lines – such as LEGO Minifigures – are top sellers. The blind bag category is ...
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In third-quarter 2012,global mobile phone market shipments were 444.5 million mobile phones,up 2.4%on 434.1 million units in Q3/2011,according to the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker of market research firm International Data ...
PCB equipment maker Csun Manufacturing will begin shipping its PSS (patterned sapphire substrate) manufacturing equipment in December, pushing its revenues for the month to over NT$500 million (US$17.13 million), according to industry ...
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