For the second quarter of 2014, Canada-based Nova Chemicals Corp, a producer of Olefins & Polyolefins, including ethylene, saw its profit slip to $167 million compared to profit of $201 million for the second quarter of 2013, down 16.91 ...
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The tariffs are coming. With them will be an increase in tire prices. That seems to be the way the winds are blowing, following early decisions by the United States International Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce. At ...
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For second-quarter 2014, NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed ...
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Indian automobile manufacturer Ashok Leyland will be focusing on non truck businesses and exports, in an attempt to give a boost to the company’s growth. Press Trust of India reported Ashok Leyland managing director Vinod K Dasari ...
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Philips' has announced its LED-based sales grew 43 per cent during Q2. This area now represents 36 percent of total lighting sales, compared to 25 per cent in Q2 2013. The Q2 report also shows lighting comparable sales increased 1 per ...
US-based Dean Foods has reported a net loss attributable to the company of $9m for the first quarter of 2014, against the profit of $496m in Q1 2013. On an adjusted basis, first quarter net loss attributable to the company was $5m. ...
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Krones, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, achieved its targets for key financial performance indicators and continued to grow profitably in 2013. Revenue rose 5.7% year-on-year, from ...
A three-month old arbitrage window to export Asian butadiene to the US that had been slowly closing earlier this month has widened again this week and as a result producers and traders have been heard trying to arrange for butadiene cargoes ...
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Against the backdrop of unusually severe winter weather, the Remodeling Market Index (RMI) declined to 53 in the first quarter of 2014, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). This reading is down from the ...
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For first-quarter 2014, 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), has reported revenue of ...
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The Northwest European styrene monomer/benzene spread rallied to a month-high Tuesday of $203/mt on stronger styrene, rebounding from a one-year low of $148/mt established April 4 but still representing deeply negative production margins, ...
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BlackBerry continued to struggle during the company’s fiscal fourth quarter, experiencing a huge drop in revenue and a $423 million net loss. Revenue for the fourth quarter of BlackBerry’s fiscal 2014, which ended March 1, was ...
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For full-year 2013, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported a 20% drop in revenue from 2012’s €227.8m to €182.9m. However, although down 34% on €77.5m a year ago, fourth-quarter revenue was ...
By Kay Ledbetter Producers facing possible changes in their crop rotations due to water availability and other fluctuations in agriculture will soon have an online decision aid tool, according to DeDe Jones, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ...
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PV demand has been boosting since 4Q13, and EnergyTrend predicts that global PV system installation may reach 42GW in 2014. Although the U.S. court has started the anti-dumping and countervailing investigation towards Taiwanese PV cell ...
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