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Fueled by Strong Online Sales, Third-Quarter Net Income at Dick's Sporting Goods Rose 21%
Nov 28, 2012PITTSBURGH, PA (BRAIN) — Fueled by strong online sales, third-quarter net income at Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. rose 21 percent, to $50.1 million from $41.5 million a year earlier. Dick’s, which also operates golf ...
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Leisure Trends: IBD Sales Have Reached More Than $3 Billion, up 7% Through September
Nov 28, 2012BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Leisure Trends Group projects that IBD sales for the year through September have reached more than $3 billion, up 7 percent compared with the same period in 2011. However, the research firm also said that in ...
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Microsoft's Next OS Update Won't Be Available Until Sometime in 2013
Nov 28, 2012IDG News Service-Microsoft's next OS update for Windows Phone 7 handsets won't be available until sometime in 2013. The news,posted on a Microsoft blog Wednesday,led to a stream of frustrated comments from Windows Phone users,complaining ...
Tags: Windows Phone 7.8, next OS, Microsoft blog, Windows Phone 8
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Net Profit of Yeochun Naphtha Cracking Center Dropped 40% Year on Year
Nov 28, 2012South Korea's largest ethylene producer, Yeochun Naphtha Cracking Center, said Thursday its net profit dropped 40% year on year to Won 144.7 billion ($133.5 million) for the first nine months of the year, compared with Won 241.3 billion a ...
Tags: ethylene producer, Naphtha Cracking Center, Operating profit, profit
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Emerging Markets Are Forecast to Help Bring Stability to The Solar Industry
Nov 28, 2012Emerging markets are forecast to help bring stability to the solar industry,with up to 12GW of new photovoltaic capacity added in 2017,up from just 1.6GW in 2012,according to an IHS solar report. The study,which evaluated the potential ...
Tags: solar industry, new photovoltaic capacity, IHS solar report, markets
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The Average Cost of Going Solar in The US Continued to Decrease Significantly in 2011
Nov 28, 2012The average cost of going solar in the US continued to decrease significantly in 2011 and through the first half of 2012,according to a report released today by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.Solar ...
Tags: solar, energy, Tracking the Sun, report
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Combined Coal Stocks at Six Major Power Plants Averaged 13.777 Million Mt/Day
Nov 28, 2012Combined coal stocks at six major power plants in eastern and southern China averaged 13.777 million mt/day in the week ended Tuesday, up 0.5% from the previous seven-day period, Qinhuangdao Port said Thursday in a weekly report. The ...
Tags: Coal stocks, coal
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Germany's Chemical Trade Surplus in September Fell 4.7% Year on Year
Nov 28, 2012Germany's chemical trade surplus in September fell 4.7% year on year to Eur2.74 billion ($3.52 billion) as the value of exports fell faster than imports, an analysis of detailed data from statistics agency Destatis showed Thursday. ...
Tags: trade surplus, chemical trade
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Gas for Next-Day Delivery at The Dutch TTF Was Seen at Eur27.55/MWh at Midday UK Time
Nov 28, 2012Prompt gas prices on Continental Europe's trading hubs edged higher Friday morning, in line with the UK NBP, while rangebound oil kept later dated contracts stable. At midday UK time, gas for next-day delivery at the Dutch TTF was seen ...
Tags: gas prices, gas, EURO GAS
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Coal Consumption in The South and East of China Will Reach 880 Million Mt/Year by 2015
Nov 28, 2012Coal consumption in the South and East of China will reach 880 million mt/year by 2015, up by about 300 million mt from the current level, according to a consultancy report Friday. Most of the increase in consumption will be met by ...
Tags: Coal consumption, LNG
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Election Season About Bringing Back Manufacturing to North America
Nov 28, 2012There has been a lot of talk this election season about bringing back manufacturing to North America. More importantly, the political back and forth has been focused on bringing back high wage manufacturing jobs, also known as "good jobs ...
Tags: manufacturing research paper, manufacturing wages, manufacturing sectors
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Demand for High Impact Polystyrene in Asia Has Fallen Over The Past One Month
Nov 28, 2012Demand for high impact polystyrene in Asia has fallen over the past one month on plunging acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene prices, making it more attractive than HIPS for many customers, Asian HIPS producers said this week. ABS is a ...
Tags: high impact polystyrene, plunging acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
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Indian Copper Prices Rose by INR 1.15 to INR 434.80 Per Kilogram in Futures Trade
Nov 28, 2012PTI reported that Indian copper prices rose by INR 1.15 to INR 434.80 per kilogram in futures trade as speculators enlarged positions,driven by increased demand from consuming industries in the spot market. At the Multi Commodity ...
Tags: copper, copper price, Multi Commodity Exchange, futures trade, futures
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The Polish Chamber of Commerce of Timber Agreed on The Introduction of Roundwood Contracts
Nov 28, 201221.11.2012 − Representatives of the Polish state forest agency Lasy Panstwowe (LP) and the Polish Chamber of Commerce of Timber have recently agreed on the introduction of roundwood contracts with a term of up to three years for ...
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In 2008,Nationwide Set out on a Journey to Replace Ageing IT Systems
Nov 28, 2012Tony Prestedge is COO at Nationwide.He joined the building society halfway through a GBP1bn IT transformation which he then took charge of.He talks to Computer Weekly about the progress being made,the benefits already being seen and what ...
Tags: ageing IT systems, up to date, virtualise desktops, data warehouses
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