It’s not bad that oil is cheaper than water despite the fact crude oil is key factor of American economy recovery. The retail trade lead by the decreasing oil price will make up the loss. A reporter from First Financial Daily said ...
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Speakers at the recently held International Cotton Advisory Committee's (ICAC) 73rd Plenary Meeting were of the opinion that, instrument testing of cotton lint will help farmers realise better prices and that it was imperative. This ...
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Although US cotton exports started slowly compared to recent years, they are on track to reach the forecast of 10 million bales for 2014/15 cotton season, the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture ...
The CIF Bremen Cotton Index remained overall firm and business stayed stable in the current week. “Cotton contracts were mainly focused on long and extra-long staple range and prompt delivery up to the end of the current ...
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Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (601398.SHA) will become a clearing bank for RMB transactions in Canada, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a statement from China's central bank. The announcement comes one day after China and ...
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Speaking exclusively to Packaging News at the third European Bioeconomy Stakeholders’ Conference, Quentin Clark, head of sustainability and ethical sourcing at Waitrose, said the high-end grocery retailer wanted consumers and local ...
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The world’s largest economy – the US is the locomotive of global growth for the first time since the great recession and in the process boosting exports around the world, says the Chief Economist at IHF. Nariman Behravesh ...
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“Global cotton output in 2014/15 is estimated at 119.4 million bales, which is similar from the previous season, as higher area is offset by a lower global yield,” the USDA informs in its latest October report. The agency ...
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The latest USDA October report forecasts the US cotton crop for 2014 at nearly 16.3 million bales, down slightly from its last month’s forecast, but is 3.3 million bales or 26 percent above the 2013 production. According to the ...
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The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) for jewelry declined 3.8 percent year on year to 172.35 points in September, although it was the highest reading since January. The CPI for watches, meanwhile, rose 1.9 percent to 125.29 points, marking ...
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending October 18, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,822,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 75.7 percent. Production was 1,832,000 net tons in ...
Insteel Industries, Inc. reported Thursday net earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 of $4.6 million, up from $2.3 million in the same period a year ago. Net sales increased 19.3 percent to a record high $117.1 million from $98.2 ...
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The US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced Friday that privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,018,000. This is ...
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U.S. weekly retail sales rose 3.9% for the period ended Oct. 4.The increase was attributed to favorable weather that generated seasonal apparel demand, according to the Intl. Council of Shopping Centers/Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store ...
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Retail imports into the U.S. are forecast to total 1.53 million containers in October, up 6.4% and topping the 1.52 million monthly record set in August when monthly imports rose 2.1%. Sep. imports increased an estimated 2.8% to 1.48 ...
Tags: Retail Imports, Sporting Goods