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Sharemarket Hit Fresh 17-Month High Today as US Lawmakers Inched Closer to a Deal

Dec 19, 2012

THE Australian sharemarket hit a fresh 17-month high today as US lawmakers inched closer to a deal on the fiscal cliff problem. Utilities, energy, industrials, telecommunications, materials and financial stocks mostly rose despite some ...

Tags: Investor Sentiment, fiscal, cliff problem

AkzoNobel Announced on Friday The Sale of Its North American Decorative Paints Business

Dec 19, 2012

AkzoNobel announced on Friday the sale of its North American Decorative Paints business to PPG Industries at a value of$1.05 billion.The deal includes cash proceeds of$875 million which will be used for investment and debt reduction by ...

Tags: Decorative Paints, Akzonobel, PPG

Great Northern Iron Ore Properties Announced a Quarterly Dividend of December 17th

Dec 19, 2012

Great Northern Iron Ore Properties announced a quarterly dividend of December 17th. Stockholders of record,December 31st will be paid a dividend of USD 5.25 per share on Thursday,January 31st.This represents a USD 21.00 annualized ...

Tags: GNI, dividend, Stockholders

SSINA Released Statistical Data on Imports

Dec 19, 2012

The Specialty Steel Industry of North America has released statistical data on imports,US consumption,and import penetration for YTD August 2012.The data represents US consumption,imports,and import penetration for August 2012 compared to ...

Tags: SSINA, Market Data, Stainless steel

The US Department of Commerce Announced The Final Results of Its Administrative Review

Dec 19, 2012

On Monday,the US Department of Commerce announced the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping order on oil country tubular goods from China. The review covered the Chengde group of companies Jiangsu Chengde Steel ...

Tags: oil country tubular goods, DOC, Dumping Duty

CPIA Released a New Report That The Amount of Post-Consumer Plastic Recycled in Canada

Dec 19, 2012

Posted by Rick Lingle,Technical Editor--Packaging Digest,12/19/2012 4:26:01 PM Canadian Plastics Industry Association(CPIA)released a new report that the amount of post-consumer plastic recycled in Canada has increased in 2011.An ...

Tags: CPIA, plastic recycled, packaging, polystyrene

Australian Dollar Is Lower on Speculation About Chinese Growth and Further Rate Cuts

Dec 19, 2012

THE Australian dollar is lower on speculation about Chinese growth and further rate cuts by Australia's central bank. At 07:00 AEDT,the currency was trading at$US1.0530,down from$US1.0534 yesterday afternoon. BK Asset Management ...

Tags: Australian dollar, China, BK Asset Management, PBA, US

A New Nielsen Category Shopping Fundamentals Study Explores The U.S.Consumer's Mindset

Dec 19, 2012

A new Nielsen Category Shopping Fundamentals study explores the U.S.consumer's mindset when it comes to purchasing alcoholic beverages.The study's findings,which span beverage categories and cover different demographics,can help drive ...

Tags: Alcohol Beverage, Consumer, Mindset

Presidential Election Day Unfolded on Tuesday

Dec 19, 2012

As presidential election day unfolded on Tuesday, people spent time posting photos of long lines at polling places, tweeting about casting a vote and commenting on a viral video of a malfunctioning voting machine. This year marked the ...

Tags: America, Barack Obama, Election, social media, Twitter

EC to Impose Pension Changes That Would Cost UK Businesses £350bn and 180,000 Jobs

Dec 18, 2012

The European Commission (EC) wants to impose pension changes that would cost UK businesses £350bn (eURO440bn) and 180,000 jobs, according to research commissioned by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Describing the ...

Tags: EC's Pension Proposals, Health, UK Business

The Average Prices of The US's H1 Scrap in Pittsburgh Remaining Unchanged From a Week Ago

Dec 18, 2012

It’s reported that the average prices of the US’s H1 scrap in Pittsburgh, Chicago and Philadelphia were at USD 347.50 per long ton on December 3rd 2012, remaining unchanged from a week ago. Also, the US H1 scrap average prices ...

Tags: US H1, H1 scrap, average prices

IBWA's Consumer Website Has Released a New YouTube Video

Dec 18, 2012

The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA)'s consumer website has released a new YouTube video, Meet Norman, that shows how bottled water bans are having an unintended effect by shifting consumption to less healthy drinks packaged ...

Tags: Bottled Water Bans, consumer website, Meet Norman

Sharemarket Finished on 16-Month Closing High as Negotiations Led to Across Board Gains

Dec 18, 2012

THE Australian sharemarket finished on a 16-month closing high as progress with the US fiscal cliff negotiations led to across the board gains for local stocks. At the close,the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 21.8 points,or 0.48 per ...

Tags: benchmark, stocks, share, market

Dollar Was Little Changed Against Its US Counterpart

Dec 18, 2012

THE Australian dollar was little changed against its US counterpart yesterday,but it hit a 19-month intraday high against the yen as investors predicted Japan's new government would encourage a return to reflationary policy by the Bank of ...

Tags: Bank of Japan, Australian dollar, LDP, Japanese election

Border Agency's Pound 385m ICW Project Runs Pound 28m Over Budget & a Year Behind Schedule

Dec 17, 2012

The Border Agency’s pound 385m Immigration Case Work IT (ICW) project is running pound 28m over budget and one year behind schedule, the National Audit Office has said. The agency is undertaking transformation of immigration and ...

Tags: Border Agency, ICW, National Audit Office

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