Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar hears cautious but positive forecasts. Growth in global sales of lasers and laser systems this year will range from flat to only a modest improvement of a few percentage points, according to ...
According to a statement released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (DCUD), in 2012 Turkey's finished steel production reached 34.3 million mt, up by 7.3 percent year on year. However, due to the global economic ...
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Shares in toy giant Mattel hit a 14-year high after the company revealed its 2012 financial results last Friday. Its share price on the NASDAQ US stock exchange closed at $38.26 on Friday, February 1st, its highest since June 1998. ...
US Steel reported Tuesday a Q4 net loss of $50 million, following a $44 million profit in Q3 2012. In Q4 2011, US Steel incurred a net loss of $211 million. For full-year 2012, US Steel reported a net loss of $124 million compared to a net ...
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The sharemarket rose for a 10th consecutive day, extending its longest winning streak since October 2003, as an improving global economic outlook continued to fuel demand for equities before the conclusion of a US Federal Reserve board ...
Australian Commonwealth Government 10-year bond yields rose 12 basis points to 3.44 per cent following a similar move in US Treasury bonds during the Australia Day long weekend. At 11.38am AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.8 per ...
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The sharemarket surged to a 21-month high yesterday as investors dumped bonds and rushed to buy equities in response to an improving global growth outlook. Overnight on Monday, the US reported a 4.6 per cent rise in durable goods for ...
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According to statistics, Korea’s production of steel products totaled 72.91 million tons in 2012, up by 0.9% year on year. In 2012, the country’s crude steel production increased slightly by 1.3% year on year to 69.4 ...
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OPEC Secretary General Abdalla el-Badri said Monday that world oil markets were well balanced and likely to remain well supplied through the current year to meet expected growth in demand, but that the oil producer group did not envisage a ...
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Minmetals Development Co., China’s largest integrated steel trading and logistics services provider announced that its sales forecast report recently. According to its report, Minmetals Development expected that it may loss RMB ...
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based specialty steelmaker Allegheny Technologies Incorporated reported Q4 2012 sales of $1.1 billion and net income of $10.5 million, which includes a "special charge" or $8.8 million. The special charge reflects ...
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Japan-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Printing & Packaging Machinery and Ryobi have signed a pact to study the possibility of establishing a joint venture company for sheetfed printing technology. The two Japan-based press ...
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Wednesday’s keynote was all about perceptions. Are mentors necessarily older and more experienced? Is a collection of expensive luggage more valuable than a backpack? Was there ever a recession in the last five years? Titled ...
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A new report from Gartner states that worldwide IT spending is set to total $3.7 trillion in 2013, marking a 4.2% increase over 2012. “Uncertainties surrounding prospects for an upturn in global economic growth are the major ...
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Reportedly, Korea’s Union Steel, a leading producer of color-coated sheet, announced to initial trial run at its new color-coating line in Busan this Monday. During the testing run, the company is focused on whole operation ...