Despite a down economy and the looming threat of big box competitors, North Baltimore’s independent hardware stores have managed to stay in business. Deborah Falkenhan, owner of Falkenhan’s Hardware, attributed the success of ...
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Japanese stocks rose for a third day after better-than-estimated data on the nation’s machinery orders. Oil and the New Zealand dollar declined as Chinese exports grew at a slower pace than economists’ forecasts. The Nikkei 225 ...
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U. S. Timber and lumber sales have taken a major hit as a result of the housing bubble collapse and the economic recession that began in 2008, says James Henderson, and while there has been a glimmer of improvement in the market — ...
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Wood products demand is far more sensitive to the economy than demand for almost any other product. The outlook for the next two years is moderately positive, at least compared to the weak domestic markets we’ve seen since the ...
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Local timber mills are climbing out of the recession, but it's going to be a sluggish trip, said Wade Mosby, vice president of Collins Products, a company that employs about 170 people in Klamath Falls. "We think it's not going to get any ...
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PRE-TAX PROFITS at timber processing group Glennon Bros last year increased by 55 per cent to ?.8 million. The Longford group won the industry section in the Ernst Young Entrepreneur of the Year award last year. Results filed at the ...
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Canfor is permanently closing two mills in British Columbia (BC). The closures affect the Rustad sawmill in Prince George and Tackama plywood mill in Fort Nelson. The mills had been the subject of a lengthy indefinite shutdown since the ...
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Machinery stocks may outperform the market through the end of the year as new orders rebound, helping to defy concerns about another U. S. Recession. American manufacturers booked $32.6 billion in new orders for machinery equipment in ...
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Struggling solar manufacturers will likely be driven into mergers with rivals to survive a sector squeeze, a trend that could draw major Asian conglomerates deeper into the renewable energy sector. Solar makers have seen their profit ...
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Struggling solar manufacturers will likely be driven into mergers with rivals to survive a sector squeeze, a trend that could draw major Asian conglomerates deeper into the renewable energy sector. Solar makers have seen their profit ...
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China rejected a preliminary ruling by a U.S. trade panel that imports of Chinese solar panels are harming the domestic industry, saying the decision shows the country’s “inclination to trade protectionism.” The U.S. ...
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China rejected a preliminary ruling by a U.S. trade panel that imports of Chinese solar panels are harming the domestic industry, saying the decision shows the country’s “inclination to trade protectionism.” The U.S. ...
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Life, love is not just giving lip service, in business, the brand can not simply rely on planning and publicity. For any business, the sales volume is the last word is to make the brand more and more economic production sales. In the brand ...
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Plexus Cotton Limited reports that NY futures ended the week mixed, as December managed to close unchanged at 99.50 cents, while March dropped 240 points to close at 96.48 cents. For most of the week the market tried to work its way higher ...
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Having only recently made revisions to third quarter 2011 guidance, LDK Solar’s primary results of revenue and shipments appeared to sneak past the higher range of lowered guidance. Rapidly declining prices for wafers and modules ...
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