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Japanese Yen Has Touched The Weakest Level Versus The US Dollar

Jan 17, 2013

Reportedly, Japanese Yen has touched the weakest level versus the US dollar since June 2010 while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to accelerate the currency’s decline. Japan’s currency slid beyond 120 per EURO for ...

Tags: Japanese Yen, currency, monetary policy

Annual Inflation in The Euro Area Stable Compared to November

Jan 17, 2013

Annual inflation in the euro area was 2.2 percent in December last year, stable compared to November, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In December 2011, the annual inflation ...

Tags: inflation, euro area, December

CSC Is Going to Release Its Price Policy for Steel Wires and Bars for March

Jan 17, 2013

China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steel maker in Taiwan is going to release its price policy for steel wires and bars for March. Industry sources expected that CSC would hike its prices for steel wires and bars for March ...

Tags: steel wires, Steel Corp, carbon steel maker

Tung Ho Steel's Sales Revenues in The Fourth Quarter of 2012 up Slightly

Jan 17, 2013

Tung Ho Steel, one of the major electric furnace mills and steel long products suppliers in Northern Taiwan announced that its sales revenues in the fourth quarter of 2012 totaled NT$8.631 billion, up slightly from a quarter ago. The ...

Tags: Steel, steel products, rebar

LED Lighting Is Becoming an Popular and Energy Efficient Way of Illuminating The Home

Jan 17, 2013

LED lighting is becoming an increasingly popular and energy efficient way of illuminating the home and your business. In the last few years, people have begun to become much more clued up as to the monetary savings that can be made by ...

Tags: LED lighting systems, LED lighting, LED

PC Servers Are Expected to Increase by 1.6%

Jan 17, 2013

Unit shipments of PC microprocessors to rise 3.2%. Worldwide revenues for microprocessors designed for mobile PCs, desktop PCs, and PC servers are expected to increase by 1.6% to $40.7bn in 2013, according to a new forecast report from ...

Tags: PC microprocessor, mobile PCs, desktop PCs

Japan: Textile Enterprise Debt Below 1 Billion Yen to New Lows

Jan 15, 2013

Japan credit exchange issued a bankruptcy situation report of the national textile enterprises in Japan in 2012. The report showed that the number of textile enterprises in bankruptcy was about 480, a decrease of 5.7% (29) compared with the ...

Tags: textile enterprise debt, debt, bankruptcy

Australian Dollar Rose Steadily as Chinese Stocks Started Week with Strong Performance

Jan 15, 2013

The Australian dollar rose steadily yesterday as Chinese stocks started the week with a strong performance. However, it was well down on Friday. The Shanghai Composite index was up 2.1 per cent, buoyed by remarks from the head of China's ...

Tags: Australian dollar, Chinese stocks, strong performance

Australian Shares Rose Slightly as Global Equity Markets Remained Supported

Jan 15, 2013

Australian shares rose slightly yesterday as global equity markets remained supported by tentative signs of improvement in China's economy. Fund managers tipped continued yield-based demand for Australian equities in particular, although ...

Tags: China, shares, global equity markets, economy

Rodex Fasteners's Sales Revenue in Last December Down by 4.34% Month on Month

Jan 15, 2013

Rodex Fasteners, one of the major stainless steel fasteners makers in Taiwan, has announced its sales revenue in last December totaled NT$122 million, down by 4.34% month on month. In the fourth quarter of last year, the ...

Tags: stainless steel fasteners, Rodex Fasteners, flat market

Wisco Announced to Leave Its List Prices for Medium Heavy Plates Unchanged for February

Jan 15, 2013

The Chinese steel giant Wuhan Iron and Steel Group (Wisco) announced to leave its list prices for medium heavy plates unchanged for February. Taiwanese dealers said that Wisco’s list prices of medium heavy plates usually reflect ...

Tags: medium heavy plates prices, steel giant, medium heavy plates

Froch Enterprise's December Sales Revenue up by 2.99% From a Month Ago

Jan 15, 2013

Froch Enterprise, one of the major stainless steel flat products service centers and welding pipe makers in Taiwan, has announced its December sales revenue totaled NT$849 million, up by 2.99% from a month ago. The company explained ...

Tags: stainless steel flat products, stainless steel, steel prices

The Changed Price of 100 Spot Commodities in China on 11/01/2013

Jan 15, 2013

It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,20 commodities increased in prices, 18 fell and 61 remained unchanged on 11/01/2013.The largest rises were Silver (1.44%),Mild steel plate (0.80%),Tin ingot (0.47%),while ...

Tags: China, Commodities Price, China economy

Morris Chang Claimed That Taiwan Should Be Fairer and More Competitive

Jan 15, 2013

Taiwan must take steps to make itself competitive with South Korea, Morris Chang, CEO of TSMC, told a meeting in Taiwan reported by the Focus Taiwan news channel. Taiwan should tax the rich more, said Chang, pointing out that the average ...

Tags: Taiwan, South Korea, economy

Japan: Affected By the Yen Devaluation, the Retail Price of Gasoline Rose for Five Consecutive Weeks

Jan 14, 2013

The data that the Office of Natural Resources and Energy of Japan's Ministry of Economy announced on January 9 show that on January 7, the average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan rose 148.80 yen / liter, compared to last week ...

Tags: Yen Devaluation, Gasoline, Gasoline Price, kerosene