The sharemarket fell slightly yesterday as traders took profits in financial stocks and other defensives, while continuing to buy miners after China's benign March inflation data sparked an upturn in commodity prices. The benchmark ...
Tags: Stocks Dip, economy
In Q4 2012, activity in the Eurozone contracted by 0.6% (-0.1% in the previous quarter). The decrease in exports put a drag on GDP growth while domestic demand remained on a negative trend. However, in the first quarter of 2013, the ...
The Australian dollar surged against the US dollar to its highest level in 2 1/2 months on the back of data that showed solid growth in exports to China, the nation's largest trading partner, over the past year. Australian exports to ...
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Mohawk Industries, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Marazzi Group for approximately $1.5 billion with a combination of cash and equity giving Mohawk the leading position in worldwide ceramic tile. The ...
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's federal budget, released Wednesday, calls for increases in federal research and development spending. The overall spending increase, though shows a decline when adjusted for inflation. The White House ...
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Though the tech IPO market has gone from a boil to a simmer, some companies in areas such as big data and cloud-related technology are plunging in. Just this week, business intelligence software provider Tableau Software and cloud-based ...
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The market for treating and controlling fluids (water, petroleum liquids, wastewater and slurries) was $232 billion in 2012. It is growing at 5 percent per year prior to adjustment for inflation but there are portions which are growing at ...
Tags: smart valves, valves, Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, RAS
The downturn in German construction activity deepened at the end of the first quarter of the current year, driven largely by a sharp and accelerated decrease in home building. Markit's Germany Construction Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) ...
Tags: Mineral, German construction
Taking a page from the Ford Mustang playbook, Chevrolet has resurrected a classic moniker (and order code) with the Camaro Z/28. Sure, fuel economy may be the buzz of the New York International Auto Show, but it is heartening to see that ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Transportation, car
The annual inflation of the 34 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries rose to 1.8 percent in February this year, increasing slightly compared to 1.7 percent in January, according to the latest ...
Tags: Mineral, OECD Inflation Rate
The 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 made a surprise appearance at today's New York auto show, marking a triumphant return for the iconic performance nameplate. Dubbed "the most track-capable Camaro ever", the new Z/28 teams the design ...
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Annual inflation in the euro area is expected to be 1.7 percent in Marc down from a revised 1.8 percent in February this year, according to flash estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. Flash ...
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Though IT trailed other sectors as market indices rose to milestone highs this quarter, some bright spots in earnings and market research reports this week indicate continuing confidence that things will go better for tech this year than in ...
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While some of its key metrics saw sequential declines, manufacturing growth continues to head in the right direction, according to monthly Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index ...
At 11th International Steel Market and Trade Conference held on Mar 28-30 in Guangzhou, China, during her speech on China’s macroeconomy and real estate industry, Ren Xingzhou, the director of Institute of Market Economy, Development ...
Tags: Steel Industry, opinion, Steel Market