After a mild opening, the CME Group soybean market has jumped double-digits Monday. At mid-session, the March corn futures contract is trading 1 1/4 cents higher at $4.34. The March soybean futures contract is trading 15 cents higher at ...
By lowering ending stocks estimates, the USDA released market-friendly data Friday. As a result, the corn finished double-digits higher. The March corn futures contract closed 20 3/4 cents higher at $4.32. The March soybean futures ...
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The imports of textiles and apparel by the United States were worth US$ 96.981 billion during January to November 2013, registering an increase of 3.7 percent over $ 93.518 billion imports made during the corresponding period of 2012, ...
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After two years of a punishing downturn, the global solar industry is on the rebound, said Ash Sharma, senior research director for solar at IHS. "Worldwide PV installations are set to rise by double digits in 2014, solar manufacturing ...
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People are taking more photographs than ever before, nearly 400 billion this year, yet sales of cameras are shrinking. Overall, global shipments of digital cameras have fallen 30 percent this year, according to Christopher Chute, research ...
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We went into the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials with what we thought were realistic expectations. And generally, we had the right idea: the robots are very slow, very deliberate, and not always successful. But overall, we've been surprised ...
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The chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) predicts that the construction industry will add as many as 300,000 new jobs next year to decisively rebound from a recession that had crippled it. This could mean ...
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After slowdown growth in 2012, China - as the world's largest car market, the growth reached double digits once again. LMC Automotive estimates that, the Chinese passenger car sales rose by 15% from Jan to Sep this year, to around 12 ...
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Oil demand growth in the US this year is likely to exceed that of China's for the first time since the 1990s, skewing overall global demand in favor of developed markets, investment bank Goldman Sachs said in a new report released Friday. ...
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This year will go down as the PC industry’s largest contraction, research firm IDC said Monday, with global shipments dropping by double digits and little relief in sight. The dismal numbers will not be welcomed at Microsoft, which ...
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US-based pharmaceutical firm Egalet has entered into a definitive collaboration and license agreement with Japan-based Shionogi for the development and commercialization of multiple oral abuse-deterrent hydrocodone opioid product candidates ...
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Massive oversupply and downward price pressure have created the misconception that the solar industry suffered from industry-wide commoditization. But not all solar modules are created equal, and profit margins can rise to double-digits for ...
Mondelez International, Inc. today reported third quarter 2013 results. "We delivered solid results in a difficult environment. Both revenue and operating margin improved sequentially, fueled by volume/mix gains of more than 5 percent, ...
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The results of Modern’s 6th Annual Salary Survey paint an appealing picture of employment in materials handling, even as young, new talent continues to trickle into the industry. At $95,010, the average base salary is the highest in ...
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Titan International Inc. posted net income of $8.1 million on net sales of $497.5 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2013. That compares to income of $24.7 million on sales of $404.7 million for the same period last year. ...
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