The downturn in the euro zone manufacturing sector deepened as business conditions deteriorated in all euro nations in March this year. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was at 46.8 points in March, down from ...
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On April 2, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reported that in February this year the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-27) was 10.9 percent, up from 10.8 percent in ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Innovative Products Feature at Electronics, ICT and Lighting Fairs Over 4,200 Exhibitors Expected at April Events Three April fairs will showcase the latest products and marketing trends in lighting, electronics, and information and ...
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Mouldable chocolate product Magic Choc has scooped the Creative Services accolade at The Irish Times Inter-Trade-Ireland Innovation Awards. It beat two other finalists to win - vStream Group's 5D video product and a Fire-Blast Protection ...
US-based surgical and therapeutic solutions provider Vycor Medical has obtained Hong Kong patent for its VBAS minimally invasive brain access system. VBAS, a suite of clear cylindrical disposable devices, is designed to provide ...
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Innovation performance in the EU has improved year on year in spite of the continuing economic crisis, but the innovation divide between Member States is widening. This is the result of the European Commission Innovation Union Scoreboard ...
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In 2010, GDP per capita, expressed in terms of purchasing power standards, in the EU27's 270 NUTS-2 regions ranged from 26% of the EU27 average in the region of Severozapaden in Bulgaria, to 328% of the average in Inner London in the United ...
After growing steadily between 2002 and 2007, the total weight of goods handled in maritime ports in the EU27 remained nearly stable at 3.9 billion tonnes in 2008. It then fell by 12% to 3.4 bn tonnes in 2009 as the result of the economic ...
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The impact of globalization is visible everywhere, be it education, business or any other sector. To serve these areas, massive construction work is going on all over the world, including India. This has increased the demand for new ...
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A Flare-up in Europe's debt crisis has sent the sharemarket to its second-largest sell-off in nine months as investors fret about a run on European banks. After a bull run for local stocks since June in a period of relative calm in ...
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Spain / Greece - Genelec has appointed new distributors in Spain and Greece - two key Southern European territories for the company's range of professional monitoring and AV trade products. Growing business in Spain has seen the appointment ...
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The first estimate for the euro area (EA17) trade in goods balance with the rest of the world in January 2013 gave a 3.9 billion euro deficit, compared with -9.1 bn in January 2012. The December 2012 balance was +10.8 bn, compared with +8.0 ...
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Turbosound loudspeakers are a key part of the ambience in Athens's luxury Catwalk Café-Bar. The bar, situated near the seafront in Greece's capital, invited local suppliers Metro Audio Systems to install a Turbosound system ...
Annual inflation in the euro area was 1.8 percent in February this year, down from two percent in January, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In February 2012, the annual ...
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Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that in the January-February period of the current year its subsidiary Xuanhua Steel exported 33,235 mt of wire rod (all SAE grade), accounting for 19.6 ...