When tropical storm “Karen’ and typhoon ‘Fitow’ failed to deliver the expected punch to cotton areas in the US and China over the weekend, the market quickly relinquished some of its weather premium when trading ...
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US spot styrene dropped 1 cent/lb ($22/mt) from Friday to be assessed at 73 cents/lb ($1,609/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast Monday, tracking lower European spot styrene as well as lower feedstock benzene. The assessment was at its lowest level ...
Tags: spot styrene, Chemicals
Investment in equipment and software is expected to grow 3.3% in 2013, according to the Q4 update to the 2013 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook released by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. Equipment and software ...
Although there is no firm yardstick to gauge its real impact, China Investment Corp has in many ways been the most representative face of Chinese investment in Europe. Apart from its regular activities such as equity and other investments, ...
Tags: Sovereign Wealth Fund, economy, China
Revenue for the integrated-motors market is projected to reach $553 million by 2017, up from less than $400 million in 2012. Brushless motors currently lead the way in growth, as shown in the attached figure, with more than 70 percent of ...
Tags: Integrated-Motor, Electrical, Electronics
Asia Cement, the Thai unit of Italy s Italcementi Group, projects slower revenue growth next year on a likely weaker domestic market and uncertainty over the government s THB 2 trillion infrastructure investment. Co-managing director ...
Tags: Construction, cement
Emerging East Asian economies risk slower growth after they failed to take advantage of ample cash supply made available by global monetary authorities to build roads and ports, the Asian Development Bank said. Funding infrastructure ...
Tags: Emerging Markets, ADB
It's both the moment of this comparison test and the first time the Jaguar F-Type mounts a fierce challenge to the Porsche Boxster. The $171,045 F-Type V6 S is leading, with the $131,800 Boxster S PDK on the chase. We're on a special ...
Tags: Auto, Car, Transportation
An advertisement using children to emphasise the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs has debuted in New Zealand. The commercial, titled 'Blazed', was created by award-winning film director Taika Waititi for the New Zealand ...
Tags: Driving, Transportation
Retail sales increased in the month of August but came in at a much slower pace than anticipated. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF) – the world’s largest retail trade association – August retail sales ...
Tags: Sporting goods
Steel Dynamics Inc. (STLD) provided a third-quarter earnings outlook, with the top of the range in line with Wall Street expectations, as the steelmaker said it expects profitability from steel operations to increase from the second ...
Tags: Construction, steel
If you want to gauge just how much traffic OutDoor Demo gets, one way to do it is by the amount of water that's ingested.? By noon on Tuesday, Park Tool had gone through 100 cases of water bottles. The Twin Cities tool manufacturer has ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Yingli in the first half of 2013 rode the wave of solar growth in its home market in China to retain the dominant position in the global business for photovoltaic (PV) modules, according to IHS. The company shipped 1,450 megawatts worth ...
Tags: Solar Module, Electrical
Dr. Gold and Company needed just an hour to take seven new orders, while Bystronic Glass Inc. also enjoyed a banner day by finalizing three deals. Wednesday's second day of the GlassBuild trade show in Atlanta was unquestionably different ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
As Leisure Trends Group broadcast its 2013 Pre-Interbike Sales Trends webinar live from a soggy and flooded Boulder, Colo., the topic of weather was impossible to ignore. ? While 2012 was the year of much sun and no rain across the ...
Tags: Transportation, bike