U.S. crude-oil futures dropped to a four-month low Wednesday after government data showed inventories rose more than expected last week. The Energy Information Administration said crude oil stocks rose by 4.1 million barrels, compared ...
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Semiconductor giant Intel is to open its fabrication facilities to ARM, after Altera announced that it had contracted with Intel to produce 64-bit ARM chips. The move opens the way for ARM microprocessors to be built to Intel's latest ...
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BRF reported a third quarter 2013 net income of R$ 287 million, an increase of 216% in relation to 3Q12. Net margin showed a 2.5 percentage point improvement, reaching 3.8% in the period. The company reported gross profits of R$ 1.9 ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), has completed and handed over a 13MWDC photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The facility, ...
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Canadian coking coal producer Teck Resources claimed a record 7.6 million mt of coal sales in the third quarter, up 36% from a year ago, the company said Thursday. But Don Lindsay, president and CEO of the Vancouver, British ...
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Rising domestic demand provides firm basis for expansion in the industrial sector British bank HSBC Holdings Plc said that China's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index will rise to a seven-month high of 50.9 in October, up from 50.2 ...
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India’s leading virtual retailer, Homeshop18, has been awarded the ‘E-Retailer of the Year’ award at the prestigious Star Retailer Awards organized by Franchise India. HomeShop18 has been recognized for its ...
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FESPA Eurasia, which took place for the first time in Istanbul, Turkey from 3 to 5 October 2013, set a new standard for wide format printing and signage events in Turkey. An international audience of almost 7000 - individual senior decision ...
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They may not be the cars teenagers have pinned to their bedroom walls, but the Fiat 500, Mitsubishi Mirage, Nissan Micra and Volkswagen Up! are among the cheapest ways first-time drivers can get into a new car. Particularly when parents ...
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Spot price assessments for US gasoline plunged to the lowest levels of the year across the country Wednesday, pressured by high inventories and weak demand tied to seasonal changes and more efficient vehicles. Gasoline prices in the US ...
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Canadian Pacific expects to expand further into the crude business by railing more heavy grades from Western Canada as new loading terminals are put into service, the rail company's executive vice president said Wednesday. "Over time we ...
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"Extremely encouraging" is how National Lighting Bureau Executive Director John Bachner characterized second-quarter 2013 performance of the NEMA Lighting Systems Index (LSI), which posted its strongest showing since the third quarter of ...
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Leviton announced today the expansion of its revenue-grade line of VerifEye™ submetering solutions with the launch of its line of Series 8000 Multi-Point Meters. Featuring universal voltage capabilities, the compactly-engineered ...
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The Asia price spread between paraxylene and feedstock naphtha narrowed $16.12/mt day on day to $485.88/mt last Friday, nearing the lowest level seen in 2013, amid rising PX supply, Platts data showed Monday. The spread is at the second ...
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BMW has called in its DTM championship-winning driver to help in an extensive round of chassis set-up and tuning for its upcoming BMW M4 coupe. Held at Germany’s Nuburgring Nordschleife circuit, the 2012 DTM champion, French-born ...
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