Global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose to levels not seen since the start of the global economic crisis in 2008, increasing by 11 per cent in 2013 to an estimated $1.46 trillion, with the lion's share going to developing countries, ...
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Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. The near term supply remains tight and demand continues to look strong, keeping the fundamentals pretty much bullish. Past that – there's acreage position squaring against corn and ...
VF Corp reported revenues rose 8 percent in its fourth quarter to $3.3 billion, compared with the same period of 2012, driven by double-digit growth in its Outdoor & Action Sports, Sportswear, international and direct-to-consumer ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a new report that documents early challenges and lessons learned in the development of the SSL market. Entitled Solid-State Lighting: Early Lessons Learned on the Way to Market, it ...
Tags: led, energy, fluorescent lamps, CFLs
Over the Moon from the Elegant Collection Carlisle has launched Natural Finishes with four collections of White Oak flooring – Casual, Urban, Essential and Elegant. The four collections feature a total of 24 new looks prefinished ...
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JB Hi-Fi has given investors the good news it promised last week with the retailer announcing strong half-yearly sales and profit results. The company announced $1.94 billion in total sales for the six months to 31 December 2013 —a ...
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that its laser epiwafer technology has been employed to develop ultra-high-efficiency optical interconnects, as reported in two technical papers presented by Germany's ...
Tags: IQE, laser epiwafer technology, laser, wafers
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced cumulative financial results for the nine-month (April-December) period to December 31, 2013, and earnings for the third quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. Nissan reported the ...
Vehicle component-maker Eaton Corp. said its fourth-quarter net income rose to $482 million, or $1 a share, from $180 million, or 46 cents, a year earlier. Net sales climbed to $5.5 billion in the quarter from $4.3 billion a year ago, ...
Tags: Vehicle component, Eaton
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc reported its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. Funds from operations ("FFO") available to common shareholders, a widely accepted supplemental measure of REIT ...
In developed country biomass briquette energy is mostly used because it is eco-friendly. In last decade, we can say that industrial growth is increasing day by day. And in industries some type of chemical process takes place which cause ...
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Brass and bronze are two popular metals those are widely used in across the world in various ways. Basically bronze and brass are both copper alloys but they vary in their composition and thus in their qualities and applications. Brass is ...
Del-Nat Corp. announced that John Plumstead, president of Macon-based Tire Distributors of Georgia, Inc., has become a stockholder. Tire Distributors of Georgia supplies tires to hundreds of tire dealers throughout Georgia. The company is ...
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Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Weekly export sales were lower than expected, but still more than what's needed to meet USDA projections and it was a good week for shipments. Around ten to fifteen percent of ...
Tags: Soybean, Agriculture, Food
Despite marked reductions in environmental sources of lead and increased protection from occupational lead exposure, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that lead exposure on the job remains a significant health ...
Tags: Lead, coating, printing, Blood lead