Mercedes-Benz has pipped its key rivals, including BMW, to claim the title of America’s best-selling luxury car brand for the first time since 1999. Ending 2013 with a record 312,528 sales (up 14 per cent from 2012), Mercedes-Benz ...
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Indian state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that it achieved total finished steel sales of 1.13 million mt in December last year, up 14 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. The ...
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Based on preliminary US Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that the US imported a total of 2,584,000 net tons (nt) of steel in November, including 1,906,000 nt of finished steel (down 16.7 ...
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Baker Hughes reported that for the week ending December 20, the US rig count decreased by 14 to 1,768, following seven-rig increase the previous week.? Additionally, the rig count is still down by six from 1,774 rigs during the same week a ...
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British luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reported sales of 37,403 vehicles in November 2013, up 25%, compared to the sales of the same period last year. The company has also posted year-to-date sales of 384,339 ...
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Based on the US Department of Commerce's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Thursday that steel import permit applications for the month of November total ...
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General Motors Co. (GM) dealers delivered 212,060 vehicles in the United States in November, up 14 percent versus a year ago and the highest November sales in six years. Retail sales were up 19 percent and fleet sales were down 3 percent. ...
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The Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced its results for the first half of 2013. In the given period, Metinvest's net profit amounted to $443 million, rising 31 percent compared to the same period of the ...
Pilot Flying J has been embattled in a lawsuit since mid-April, all of which ended Monday in a settlement of $84.9 million. The money is payment, with interest to about 5,500 carriers that claim to have been cheated by the trucstop chain ...
Japan's production of silicomanganese fell to a record low in September, with market sources attributing this largely to two of the three producers shifting their domestic operations to less power-intensive ferromanganese production and ...
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In response to the requirement of the Brazilian government on local manufacturing, JAC recently announces to increase its capital in its Brazilian plant “JAC Motors Brasil” which makes it a joint venture that is engaged in ...
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (to 27 September), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $477m, up 9.4% on $436.1m last quarter and 13.3% on $421.1m ...
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Ingenico announced its revenue figures for the third quarter of 2013. Performance in the third quarter In the third quarter of 2013, revenue totaled €348 million, representing a 12 percent increase on a reported basis, including a ...
VF Corporation reported financial results for its third quarter ended Sept. 28, 2013. All per share amounts are presented on a diluted basis. Highlights: - Revenues up 5 percent to $3.3 billion: Outdoor & Action Sports up 6 percent, ...
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Austria imported a total of 2.4m m3 of softwood sawlogs in the first half of this year, equating to an increase of 13.6% against the same period of last year. Softwood sawlog imports from the Czech Republic rose by roughly 23% to 1.04m m3 ...
Tags: Log Imports