NEMA’s Lighting Systems Index increased in the fourth quarter of 2012 after a decline in the third quarter, growing 1.9 percent on a quarter-to-quarter basis and by 3.3 percent on a year-over-year basis. Lighting equipment demand has ...
THE Dow Jones Industrial Average has edged closer to an all-time closing high, as investors brushed off steep losses in China's equity markets and pushed major benchmarks higher. The Dow rose 38.16 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 14127.82, to ...
The global economy seems to be turning the corner and now heading upwards, with developing economies clearly in the front seat, as stated by Kim Marti Subirana of Celsa Group at the SteelOrbis 2013 Spring Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting ...
Tags: Raw material, Steel Prices, Steel
Egypt's largest steelmaker Ezz Steel has announced its financial results for the first nine months ended on September 30, 2012. Accordingly, in the first nine months of 2012 Ezz Steel registered a net loss of EGP 46 million ($6.82 ...
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Parts supplier TRW Group has announced the 2012 financial report. The total sale of TRW was 16.444 billion dollars, an increase of 1.2% compared with 16.244 billion dollars in 2011; Sales was 4.032 billion dollars in the fourth quarter last ...
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Georgia-Pacific, the maker of Brawny paper towels, announces the launch of a national campaign and partnership with Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) to help support and raise awareness of the needs of injured service members and their families ...
Research reveals that almost half of European businesses plan to increase their budgets for CRM initiatives in 2013. A recent survey by Gartner found that only 5% of companies in Europe plan to decrease their CRM this year, down from 9% ...
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Groupon’s revenues have increased but so has the company’s net loss. Groupon's revenue for Q4 2012 was $638.3m an increase of 30% year-over-year, compared to $492.2m for the same period in 2011. The company's gross billings ...
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The Australian dollar was sharply higher today after companies reported better-than-expected investment intentions for the coming year. The solid investment report triggered heavy buying of the Australian dollar as traders reduced bets on ...
Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. today announced its market outlook for Q2 of fiscal 2013 ended February 28, 2013. The Company expects to report a sequential improvement in its consolidated financial performance in the second quarter of ...
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Australian iron ore development company BC Iron has announced its financial results for the first six months ended December 31 of the financial year 2012-13, posting a net profit of A$7.74 million, up 42 percent year on year. In the first ...
Yusco will announce its latest list prices on Feb 26th and probably have a chance to hike around US$35~50/ton in order to reflect high production cost. Although the nickel price drops sharply in recent weeks, the market demand is still ...
Sims Metal Management reported that for the second half of 2012 (first half of fiscal 2013), revenues totaled $3.4 billion, a 25 percent decrease, primarily due to a reduction of intake and shipments in North America. Over the period, Sims ...
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Following the rebar import duty of 6.38 percent imposed by the Egyptian government in November 2012, Turkey's rebar exports to Egypt have almost ground to a standstill. In December last year, Turkey exported only 4,972 mt of rebar to Egypt, ...
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For fourth-quarter 2012, Hittite Microwave Corp of Chelmsford, MA, USA (which designs and supplies analog, digital and mixed-signal RF, microwave and millimeter-wave ICs, modules and subsystems as well as instrumentation) has reported ...
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