The sharemarket started the new year with a bang as US politicians agreed on a budget deal to avoid the worst of the so-called fiscal cliff, which had threatened to derail the world's biggest economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up ...
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The sharemarket started 2013 with a bang as US lawmakers agreed a budget deal to avoid the worst of the so-called fiscal cliff that had threatened to derail the world's biggest economy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 1.2 per cent at ...
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The Australian dollar gained today after US lawmakers agreed on a range of measures designed to avert sweeping tax hikes and around $US110 billion in spending cuts, known as the fiscal cliff. After weeks of negotiations that had already ...
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ATLANTA --- Havertys posted an 8.4% increase in fourth quarter sales and same-store sales were up 6%. Sales for the period ended Dec. 31 increased to $182.3 million from $168.3 million in the fourth quarter a year ago. For the year, the ...
US stocks ended the first week of the new year with a bang,with the S&P 500 notching a five-year high and the Dow securing its biggest weekly gain since December 2011. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 43.85 points,or 0.3 per cent,to ...
T-shirts have made it a top choice in clothing. As a comparison, you have to maintain a good esteem if you wear garments like cocktail dresses. Proven that a person's character is discernible the way he dresses, everyone still enjoys the ...
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Finland-based meat group HKScan has streamlined its subsidiaries in its home country as part of a cost savings programme. HKScan said today (2 January) that HK Ruokatalo Oy has become a wholly owned subsidiary of HKScan Corp. The ...
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YIEH reported that the CIS steel mills planned to raise the export quotes of pig iron after the New Year holiday,driven by higher prices of scraps and iron ore. It's said that the Ukrainian mills planned to raise the pig iron export ...
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As we enter a new year,we are confronted with one of the more bizarre and enigmatic cotton situations in recent memory.What makes price analysis currently so difficult is that we are essentially dealing with two entirely different ...
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U.S. mobile trade group CTIA will combine its two annual trade shows starting in 2014 as it tries to attract a bigger share of the world's interest in smartphones, apps and other hot technologies. The group's flagship event, CTIA ...
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US discount retailer Family Dollar Stores has recorded first-quarter earnings that came in at the lower end of its guidance due to gross margin pressure and expense headwinds. In the three months ended 24 November, earnings amounted to ...
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2013 had crackling opening in China with steel leaping by 1%on the first working day.Even though it was not a surprise since the tempo had been set at the beginning of Q4 with the resounding economic pouring in.Ensuing optimism on raw ...
Yahoo's holiday gift to the masses is three free months of its Flickr Pro photo and video hosting service, which normally costs $24.95 a year. Sign up and you get unlimited uploads up to 50MB per photo, unlimited viewing of your photo ...
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Microsoft on Wednesday revealed six locations for new retail stores it will open in early 2013, including four transformed from its holiday specialty stores, dubbed "pop-ups," that it established in October. The move will expand the ...
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A jury in Pennsylvania has ordered chip maker Marvell Technology to pay $1.17 billion for patent infringement in one of the largest awards of its kind. The jury found that Marvell infringed two patents related to hard disk drive ...
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