The drop in China's outstanding foreign debt narrowed in the first quarter of the year, with improving structure and rebounding intercompany loans, data from the country's forex regulator showed Thursday. The debt settled at 1.36 trillion ...
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According to new research released by Euromonitor International, global alcoholic drinks volumes registered a decline of 0.7% in 2015, entering negative territory for the first time in more than a decade. This translated into a loss of ...
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The recovery in air freight volumes from a weak first half of last year continued into 2016, although subdued underlying global trade conditions suggest another modest year for volumes growth, reports the IATA. Ongoing strong capacity ...
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The Asian gasoil market saw a sharp reversal in fortunes this month as higher exports from India and North Asia and weakness in Europe, despite the cold season, clamped shut arbitrage outflows from Asia, resulting in a buildup in supply ...
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Unseasonably strong gasoline demand is proving for US refiners to be the gift that keeps on giving this holiday season, as support from seasonal diesel demand is tamped down by record high temperatures across much of the US. Gasoline ...
The UN global climate negotiations in Paris starting Monday are likely to drive further investment in renewable energy, prompt a switch to electrification in heating and transport and further curb coal-fired power, Swiss bank UBS said in a ...
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RED RME production margins in Northwest Europe remain in negative territory as the premium fell to a one-month low Monday, while feedstock prices in Europe remain strong on low availability. The differential between outright RME and ...
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U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 4.4 percent year on year to $2.703 billion in May, according to the latest government calculations. The decline was noticeable considering that preliminary sales of jewelry and watches across all ...
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US crude stocks climbed 3 million barrels to 391.7 million barrels in the week that ended April 25, as inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub rose, data Tuesday from the American Petroleum Institute showed. Analysts polled by ...
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The prompt inter-month timespread for the FOB Singapore 92 RON swaps rose to an eight-month high last week, reflecting firming demand amid a tightening physical spot market ahead of the Asian refinery turnaround season. The May/June time ...
South Korea's spot supply of solvent-grade mixed xylenes for April loading will fall by up to half of its typical volume because of lower yields from naphtha-fed steam crackers' use of butane in its feedstock mix, a market source said ...
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The January 2014 Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Survey of Investor Confidence reveals that despite some positive trends, such as sales and profitability continuing to rise off of a low base through the December quarter, ...
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Association Connecting Electronics Industries today the November findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Year-on-year sales growth strengthened in November but, due to weak orders, the ...
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Manufacturing activity in the New York region expanded in January to the highest level in more than a year, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Jan. 15. The "Empire State Index," generally the first economic indicator in a given ...
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Holiday sales were up for Costco, way up for Amazon.com's Marketplace sellers, and down for Barnes & Noble. Costco, the No. 1 warehouse club, today reported a 6 percent spike in December sales, to $11.5 billion, but continuing declines in ...
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