A 10th-consecutive monthly sales record has seen Nissan bump Holden off Australia’s new car sales podium for the first time in modern history. The burgeoning Japanese manufacturer sold 8212 new vehicles across the country in ...
Microsoft today backpedaled from a sweeping change in its licensing for retail copies of Office 2013, saying that customers now have the right to move the software from one machine to another. "We received customer feedback that they ...
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European Union antitrust officials today hit Microsoft with a $732 million fine for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a choice of alternate browsers. The announcement made by Joaquin Almunia, ...
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The all-conquering Toyota HiLux has yet again led the way for ute sales in February, in a month that saw four commercial vehicles make it into the top seven highest selling cars list. While the gap from the Toyota HiLux (3319) to the ...
Michael Setterdahl from Nucor, chairman of the traders' committee at the SteelOrbis Spring 2013 Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting held on March 3-5 in Doha, stated that it was the view of traders' committee that customers worldwide currently ...
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During the speakers' forum at the Port of Tampa 24th Annual Steel Conference on March 1, Patrick McCormick, Managing Partner with World Steel Dynamics, explained that in recent years, scrap demand has been relatively flat--and during ...
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According to data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the fourth quarter of 2012 the index of the number of hours worked in construction in Turkey decreased by 1.1 percent year on year. While the number of hours worked ...
AIXTRON SE has been awarded the 2013 Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Award for its latest development, the AIX G5+ reactor for gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si). The Award recognizes key areas of innovation surrounding the chip ...
Philips Electronics North America has kicked off a long-anticipated price war in home lighting, with a 10.5-watt LED bulb for just under $15 at Home Depot. And by the end of the year, Philips expects to market a similar bulb for a little ...
Speaking at the SteelOrbis Spring 2013 Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting taking place on March 3-5 in Doha, Adel Al-Mughram, senior marketing manager at Saudi Arabian company SABIC, underlined that oil is critical of Saudi Arabia and crude ...
Following the dissolution of a proposed merger of cycling's most powerful advocacy groups, the League of American Bicyclists used the opening of its annual National Bike Summit to rebrand the organization and set a new course for the ...
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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 ...
March 6, 2013 - Several electrical industry players are among 145 companies recognized in the 2013 edition of the Ethisphere Institute’s World’s Most Ethical Companies. Congratulations to ABB, Enmax, General Electric and ...
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Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces a game-changing series of LED bulbs at a retail price point that gives consumers a reason to switch to LED lighting. The long-lasting Cree LED bulbs showcase Cree's commitment to LED lighting ...
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At the SteelOrbis 2013 Spring Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting held in Doha on March 3-5, Phil Eglin from World Steel Dynamics (WSD) has said that the recent slowdown in Chinese steel demand is a result of the slowdown in fixed asset ...
Tags: steel demand, steel, Steel Dynamics