A majority of Americans -- about 56% -- now own a smartphone, according to Pew Research Center's latest survey released Wednesday. The question now becomes: What will it take to raise that percentage even higher? Average prices are ...
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Chinese steel rebar futures for October delivery at Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) dropped to its lowest by 2.1% to RMB 3,496/ton, a 9 month low on Monday since September 7th last year as China, the world's biggest steel consumer's ...
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Global revenues for LED driver ICs used in general lighting applications will more than triple from 2012 to 2015, as the market for solid-state illumination booms, according to IMS Research. The market governing LED driver ICs for ...
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Textile finishing in classic dip tanks requires large amounts of drying energy in light of the immense water volumes used in the dipping process, which often lead to high water loads in the dryer. In contrast to this, spray application ...
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In April this year, the China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) decreased to 50.5, lower compared to the final value of 51.6 in March, as announced by the HSBC. The flash new orders sub-index decreased to 48.6 ...
Yingli Solar from China became the largest global supplier of solar modules in 2012 based on annual merchant shipments, while previous leader and besieged fellow China-based producer Suntech Power dropped to fifth place, according to latest ...
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Swiss cocoa and chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has reported that its net profit for the first half of 2012-13 declined 7.4cto CHF116.4m ($124.5m), compared with CHF125.7m ($134.4m) for the same period in 2011-12. The ...
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A just-released forecast of labour supply and demand says construction will need to recruit more than 250,000 workers—including the traditional number of new entrants to the workforce—to meet building needs from now until 2021. ...
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Building products company CSR is cutting 150 jobs from its glass business in response to the high Australian dollar and low construction activity. According to an AAP report, CSR will close its glass manufacturing facility at Ingleburn, ...
BUILDING products company CSR is cutting 150 jobs from its glass business in response to the high Australian dollar and low construction activity. CSR will close its glass manufacturing facility at Ingleburn, in Sydney's south west, in ...
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The Australian dollar is lower following the release of weaker Chinese manufacturing data on Friday and the onset of automatic spending cuts in the US. At 6.30am AEDT today, the currency was trading at 101.99 US cents, down from 102.36 US ...
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The sharemarket rose yesterday as defensive and high-yield stocks had broad-based gains after stronger-than-expected German business confidence data brightened the eurozone economic outlook and US earnings reports beat expectations. The ...
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Cotton trades moved at a slower pace in early February, and sellers were more flexible regarding asking prices, after significant price rises in January. The industry was indicating a slight interest for large batches and pressed down ...
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The battle between spec longs and trade shorts has turned more even this week, as the market yo-yoed back and forth in volatile fashion. After the parabolic move to 84.00 cents last Thursday, the March contract corrected to a low of 80.18 ...
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The global polysilicon industry will return to the path of growth and increase its production by 6.5% in 2013, according to Bernreuter Research. The polysilicon market research firm projects the global polysilicon net demand - including ...
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