In January this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production decreased by 0.4 percent in the euro area and in the EU-27, as compared with December 2012. In December 2012, production had increased by 0.9 percent and 0.8 percent month on ...
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According to the latest 'Bi-Monthly Stainless Steel Briefing March 2013' report issued by Germany-based service centre Damstahl, in 2012 European stainless crude steel production amounted to 7.4 million mt, falling two percent compared to ...
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Prices for varieties available on the domestic market showed a firm tendency due to the future movements in New York. The business was inconsistent, and despite a solid demand rather sedate. The interest was focused on deliveries for near ...
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External trade statistics are of central importance to economic policy. Among other things, its foreign trade contribution shows how a country is positioned compared to its trade partners. But how much do official statistics really tell us ...
The European Economic Advisory Group at CESifo (EEAG)* has released its twelfth Report on the European Economy today in Brussels. The international group of scholars expects world GDP to grow by 3.3 percent this year, up from 3.0 percent in ...
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The European edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit brought together about 150 senior executives from the beauty industry to discuss sustainability issues. Hosted in Paris on 21-23 November, major discussions were on sustainability ...
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This week sees the official launch of a highly innovative initiative supported by Ecover and Closed Loop Recycling, which sees waste plastic being collected from the seas around the UK by EU fishermen and sent to the UK for recycling at ...
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The Grundfos Group s annual results are showing increased net turnover, increased market share and an incredibly strong solidity. A range of new products paves the way despite unfavorable conditions in some markets. "We knew it would take ...
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Prices for Upland as well as long staple cotton remained firm with a rising tendency at the ICE during the reported week leading to uncertainties on the part of the spinning industries. This resulted once again in a wait-and-see attitude ...
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Westpac's plain-speaking London economist James Shugg remains as gloomy about the global economy as he was over a year ago, when he said the Australian dollar could plunge to US80c and a break up of the eurozone would prompt a "global ...
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Software vendors, academic institutions and government agencies united on Tuesday to tackle European youth unemployment and the IT skills shortage with a new online education platform. Academy Cube, developed by SAP with the support of ...
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According to Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in January this year industrial producer prices increased by 0.6 percent both in the euro area and in the European Union member states (EU-27) month on month. In ...
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Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), and Telecom Italia Sparkle Group, say that ...
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On March 1, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reported that in January this year the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-27) was 10.8 percent, up from 10.7 percent in ...
The New York cotton futures experienced a slightly stronger downward trend than the Cot look A or Bremen CIF Index during the reported week reflecting the firm market prices for available cotton as already described in the previous week. ...
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