FTR Associates reported this week that its Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) fell once again in February, bringing the current reading to -9.5. And they expect 2013 to get much worse. February's two point drop wasn't a surprise as FTR has ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Transportation
Following the first reversal into negative territory in ten months in April, the Architecture Billings Index has bounced back in May. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve ...
LG and Pantech, two companies that barely made a blip in the smart-phone world until recently, are churning out noteworthy models that earn high scores in Consumer Reports Ratings. Two of their most recent entries, the LG Optimus G Pro and ...
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ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Rolled Glass: A Global Strategic Business Report". Global market for Rolled Glass is projected ...
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Apple has ensured that it will not face an import ban on its iPhones, after it persuaded a US trade agency that it did not infringe a sensory patent, owned by Motorola Mobility. Google acquired Motorola's mobile phone unit last year for ...
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Much of the news reporting about the massive denial-of-service attack against anti-spam service Spamhaus over the past week or so went way too far in describing it as creating a slowdown on the Internet itself, says one company monitoring ...
A beef ready meal manufacturer is fighting to preserve the 750 jobs at its Somerset site, as sales fall in the wake of the horsemeat scandal. Oscar Mayer supplies chilled ready meals to Sainsbury, which has seen reduced sales of ...
Buying traceable, local and British food has risen “substantially” up consumers’ agendas since the horsemeat scandal, according to the latest research from Mintel. The horsemeat scandal had made consumers more aware of ...
Tags: horsemeat, food, food industry
Inflation in the UK held at 2.7 per cent for the third consecutive month in December, in line with forecasts, as a result of a rise in gas and electricity bills. Indeed, figures compiled by the Office for National Statistics found that ...
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It's becoming more common to buy major appliances online—roughly 10 percent of refrigerator sales now happen there, versus at a brick and mortar store, up from a blip 10 years ago. But for all the convenience of online appliance ...
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There's no external AMG badge but the Mercedes-Benz C250 Coupe Sport sprinkles some of the performance division's magic dust over the mid-spec compact two-door. The Sport part of the badge arrives more than a year after the launch of the ...
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There is no single rare earth element market. Instead, the rare earth universe is made up of four or five distinct "critical rare earth" markets that should be the focus for investors today. Even with new mine supply and refining capacity ...
Tags: Jack Lifton, rare earth element market, Metallurgy, Mineral
Computerworld - Western Digital's HGST subsidiary may not have picked the best time to have a breakthrough in hard-disk drive innovation. After a decade of trying, HGST recently perfected a method to seal helium gas inside drives. The ...
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The boss of Land Rover Australia says Germany's three powerhouse luxury brands are taking more notice of the premium British SUV manufacturer today than ever before. Jaguar Land Rover Asia Pacific managing director David Blackhall said ...
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The prospects for a pick up in China's economy are getting better by the week,with more signs that 2013 could be a strong year.It is good news for the Australian economy,which has slowed in the past year in the wake of a sharp fall in the ...
Tags: China's economy, Australian economy, iron ore, CEWC