Crystal Pacific Window & Door Systems, based in Riverside, Calif., which began operation in January 2012, announced what it deems “excellent sales growth for calendar year 2012.” Company executives say Crystal “exceeded ...
The 2012/13 U.S. cotton estimates include lower production and higher off-take, resulting in lower ending stocks relative to last month. Production is lowered 1 percent as a 500,000-bale reduction for Texas—due to larger estimated ...
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The Australian dollar has ended the local trading day a touch lower, after market players were disappointed by a speech from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. At 5pm AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at 105.48 US cents, down ...
THE Australian sharemarket closed lower amid profit taking today and mixed messages about economic data out of Asia. At the close,the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 13.5 points,or 0.28 per cent lower at 4709.5,while the broader All ...
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Bringing together the world's leading retailers and their business partners, Retail's BIG Show is set to commence next week, offering a speaker lineup never seen before. The four-day convention, held January 13-16, 2013 at the Jacob ...
The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis,through the US Department of Commerce,reported Friday that total November exports of$182.6 billion and imports of$231.3 billion resulted in a trade deficit of$48.7 billion,up 15.8 ...
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An episode of "Dr. Phil" this week that focused on elder abuse—both financial and physical—struck a chord with a number of people, if the show's comments section is any indication. Numerous commenters reported abuse of their own ...
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A big jump in China's trade surplus buoyed the Australian dollar as dealers bet that the world's second-biggest economy was recovering faster than expected. China's monthly trade surplus widened to $US31.6 billion ($29.9bn) in December, ...
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The Entertainer has enjoyed another record Christmas, recording a like-for-like sales increase of 9.5 per cent in the five weeks to December 29th. The specialist toy chain told Retail Week that it maintained margins as total sales boomed ...
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For fourth-quarter 2012, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical components enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks) has reported ...
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ATIRA is hosting 54th Joint Technological Conference jointly with BTRA, NITRA and SITRA. These conferences are prestigious annual features in which the latest R&D work of the Textile Research Associations is communicated to the industry. ...
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The expanded AUTOSERT family of hot melt glue outsert applicators can be configured to apply side-serts or top-serts. The 277 Sidesert and 277 Topsert feature a new rotating three-arm pick-and-place system and hot melt glue adhesion, and ...
DATA showing only modest growth in US jobs during December dampened expectations that the Federal Reserve will bring its bond-buying program to an end sooner than expected, weighing on the greenback and helping lift the Aussie dollar in the ...
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd's Farm Equipment Sector, a part of the UDS 15.9 billion Mahindra Group, maintained its leadership position in the tractor industry in December 2012. Domestic sales in December 2012 stood at 13712 units, as against ...
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A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit revealed that the GCC population will soar by 30% to 53.5 million people who will form an increasing strain on the region’s supplies of electricity, food and water. The report said that ...
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