Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis inched up as the import-related loss has turned into a profit, while the import interest has generally stayed thin after the New Year ...
Tags: Copper Import, Copper
Oil closed up on Wednesday for the first time in five days as traders took stock of the market's rout after crude prices lost nearly 10 percent over two days and benchmark Brent fell to below $50 a barrel. A decline in Brent crude futures ...
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The U.S. trade deficit fell to an 11-month low in November as declining crude oil prices curbed the import bill, prompting economists to sharply raise their growth estimates for fourth-quarter growth. Yet big moves also create the ...
Tags: Trade Deficit, America economy
China's stock index futures opened mixed on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in January 2015, the most actively traded, down 3.6 points at 3,655.8. The contract for settlement in February 2015 opened 0.4 points higher at 3,716.0. ...
Tags: Stock Index Futures, CFFEX
London-based professor of synthetic biology at University College, Natsai Audrey Chieza, has developed traditional fabric with the dye and pattern created by soil bacteria, in a textile project named ‘Faber Futures’. The ...
Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) copper prices climbed on Wednesday, the last trading day of 2014. The market closed on January 1 and 2 due to the New Year holidays. The most-traded copper contract for March delivery on the SHFE ended at ...
Tags: Copper Prices, Copper
According to CEPEA/ESALQ, most companies continue to refrain from closing new cotton trades due to the nearness of Christmas vacation. Only a few players are operating in this end-of-the-year period in the Brazilian cotton market, it ...
Tags: Christmas vacation, cotton market, Textile
Nike, Inc. reported earnings rose 22.7 percent in the second quarter ended Nov. 30, to $655 million, or 74 cents a share, exceeding Wall Street's consensus estimate of 70 cents. Revenues grew 14.8 percent to $7.38 billion. Nike Brand ...
Tags: product type, geography and key category, Sporting Goods
Mondelez is an enthusiastic early uptaker of new technology. It launched its mobile technology initiative, Mobile Futures, in October 2012 internationally to help it drive more impulse purchases and better in-store marketing, with an open ...
Tags: Calendar, mobile technology, Packaging
Gildan Activewear Inc., which is the largest supplier of branded athletic socks in the United States, reported record fourth quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.00, up 20.5 percent compared to last year, but projected a loss for the ...
The volatile movements in New York cotton futures discouraged spinning yarn producers from entering in to long term contracts. “Aside from a few deals in extra-long staple varieties, mills continued to adopt the wait-and-watch ...
Tags: spinning yarn, Cotton Futures, Textile
The CIF Bremen Cotton Index and prices of cotton for near dates have tended to decline in the reporting week. Yet, the fluctuating range and fall in quotations for available cotton, was weaker than that of the futures for December. ...
Tags: CIF Bremen Cotton Index, extra-long staple cotton, Textile
New York futures advanced this week, with December gaining 146 points to close at 64.50 cents/lb, while March moved up 114 points to close at 63.02 cents/lb. Persistent spec buying lifted the December contract to a high of 66.04 cents ...
Tags: grains markets, New York futures, Textile
While, New York cotton futures for the November trading month tended to be firm, the CIF Bremen Index remained almost unchanged in the current week. According to reports, various reasons were said to contribute to the strong December NY ...
Recent USDA reports have left some unresolved questions about the magnitude of planted and harvested acreage of corn and soybeans in 2014. The questions stem from the large differences between the planted acreage estimates from the National ...