Banks, property trusts, consumer staples and energy companies pushed the sharemarket to its highest close since September 2008, as investors digested earnings reports while awaiting the overnight release of minutes from the US Federal ...
Tags: Banks, property trusts, consumer staples, energy companies
The sharemarket has closed at a fresh four-year high as gains by financial stocks offset falls by the big miners. At close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index had risen 16.8 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 5098.7 points, while the broader ...
Tags: sharemarket, financial stocks, big miners
Pure Via, the all-natural, zero-calorie sweetener that's made from the sweetest part of the stevia plant, now has a sweet new look. Moving forward, both the brand's packaging and website will feature a natural look and feel that better ...
Tags: Pure Via, sweet new look, Packaging Mirrors
DAK Americas and Nan Ya Plastics intend to raise polyethylene terephthalate prices for March by 2 cents/lb, according to a pair of letters obtained Tuesday by Platts. Both companies cited higher raw materials costs as the reason for the ...
Tags: polyethylene terephthalate prices, PTA, PET
Dell has reported another quarter of declining revenue and profit as the company's CEO continues his battle to take the PC maker private. It was the fifth consecutive quarter in which Dell's profits shrank, and the fourth in which it ...
Tags: Dell, desktop, laptop PCs
According to the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in January this year the crude steel output of 62 countries surveyed across the globe reached 124.8 million mt, increasing by 0.8 percent on year-on-year basis. Total global crude steel ...
The Australian dollar rose after stock markets gained ground overnight, helped by the release of better than expected German economic sentiment data. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.69 US cents, up from 103.29 cents at ...
The latest freight rate indications as issued by Banchero Costa are as follows: Products: - 15,000-20,000 mt from the Black Sea approx. $15-16/mt FIO to Mediterranean ports of Turkey and Egypt approx. $16.5-17.5/mt FIO to Italy ...
Tags: Raw materials, Raw materials price, Freight Rate Indications
"It has been a slow path to commercialize smart packaging. Despite strong needs such as the aging population, tougher legislation, huge waste, more demanding consumers and concerns about safety and crime; commercial success has been mixed. ...
Profit after tax and before significant items was up 5.7% to $322m for the six months up to 31 December 2012. Amcor managing director and chief executive Ken MacKenzie said: “The first half result represented a record underlying ...
Tags: Tobacco Packaging, Specialty Folding Carton Operations
exports of steel pipes and tubes totaled 20,655 tons in January, surging by 30% from a month ago. Among them, 2,214 tons were welded steel pipes and tubes, falling from 2,726 tons in a month ago; 18,441 tons were seamless steel pipes ...
Tags: Steel Pipe, Steel Pipe Export, Tube Exports
In December 2012, iron ore production in Peru amounted to 634,343 long tons (644,522 mt), decreasing 13.9 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and up 17.7 percent compared to November 2012, according to Peru's Energy and ...
In the week ended February 15, rising price movements have been recorded in the London Metal Exchange (LME) billet market, after the generally stable trend observed in the previous week. The following prices were recorded in LME billet ...
Dual interface shipments to exceed the 1 billion mark in 2015. The number of dual interface and pure contactless smart cards is expected to make up 30% of all smart card shipments in 2018, rising from 16% of the 8.6 billion smart cards ...
Tags: Contactless smart cards, smart cards, contactless cards
The share market weakened slightly before upcoming events including the release of European and US economic data, the weekend meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow, and Italian elections the following weekend. ...