Europe's coatings companies, especially the multinational ones, are reasonably confident they can continue to increase their sales in the short- to medium-term, unless the world is plunged into a second recession. But they are much ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook today apologized to users for the substandard Apple Maps app in iOS 6, and steered them toward alternatives including Microsoft's Bing app and Google's online Maps. The Hoover Dam bypass bridge south of the dam ...
Lenovo, already China’s top PC seller, is expected to take the title for the country’s top smartphone vendor in 2013, Gartner said. It made the prediction as Lenovo’s swift growth in China’s smartphone market has ...
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Apple and Samsung have emerged as the global kings of smartphones, tablets and PCs even though the two vendors have very different product and pricing strategies, IDC said yesterday. On price, Apple’s average selling price (ASP) for ...
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With just two months to go before the retail launch of Windows 8, Microsoft has yet to price the new OS. Analysts today blamed Microsoft's attempt to accommodate both desktops and tablets with Windows 8 for the lack of information. "The ...
US spot mixed xylenes rose 5 cents/gal ($15.15/mt) Monday to a near three-month high at $4.80/gal ($1,469.55/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast on continued tight supply, sources said. Bids were heard at $4.65/gal FOB US Gulf, against a prompt offer ...
Apple and Microsoft are embroiled in a fight over the SkyDrive app for iPhones and iPads, a skirmish that has left users caught in the middle. According to The Next Web, Apple has blocked updates to the SkyDrive app ever since Microsoft ...
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Chinese demand for both Newcastle and Indonesian thermal coal was quiet Tuesday with high stockpiles and low domestic prices, sources said. The bid-offer spread has not narrowed and this is deterring deals, a Singapore-based source said. ...
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Hot rolled coil thickness 2 mm experienced around IRR 1,000,000 per tonne to IRR 1,100,000 per tonne increase in price to reach IRR 18,900,000 per tonne to IRR 19,000,000 per tonne on truck in Anzali including 5% VAT. Mobarake steel mill ...
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NextLot,Inc.has shown auctioneers in numerous industries across the world that its innovative,easy-to-use platform can increase auction sales.At a recent industrial auction in Iowa,NextLot lived up to its reputation as one industrial ...
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US food manufacturer Lancaster Colony has recorded an increase in first-quarter profits on the back of higher prices and lower input costs within its speciality food unit. In the three months to the end of September, net income climbed ...
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When Encana Oil and Gas gets its new "gas for cash" drilling program underway, it will be producing fuel for a steel making company that boasts of making recycled steel products using significantly less energy than other steel manufacturing ...
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Taipei,Oct.12,2012(CENS)--Acer Inc.,Taiwan-based international personal computer(PC)maker,recently announced the prices of its first Windows 8 Ultrabook,the Aspire S7,on its U.S.website,ranging US$1,200 to US$1,650 and similar to Apple`s ...
US food giant ConAgra Foods has reported a fourth-quarter loss of US$86m after changes to the way its accounts for its pension costs. The company said today (21 June) its new method of accounting for pensions hit its bottom line in the 13 ...
US poultry giant Sanderson Farms said today (28 August) it had cut production to offset the spike in feed costs it expects after this summer's severe drought in the country. Chairman and CEO Joe Sanderson Jr said the company had reduced ...
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