Criminals no longer need to stake out a home or a business to monitor the inhabitants'comings and goings.Now they can simply pick up wireless signals broadcast by the building's utility meters. In the US,analogue meters that measure ...
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The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced Wednesday that construction spending during November 2012 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of USD 866.0 billion, 0.3% below the revised October estimate of USD ...
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Business Times reported that Oriental Group is looking to raise net proceeds of SGD 21.4 million in a placement of 179.2 million new shares at 12 Singapore cents each. The steelmaker said that the issue price is at a 9.16% discount to ...
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It is learned that Indian major steelmakers are to enhance production capacity for another 24 million tons per year before financial year 2017-2018. According to the Steel Ministry, the state-owned SAIL will ramp up its capacity from ...
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Rapha has launched its product line tied to its sponsorship of the Team Sky team, including defending Tour de France champion Sir Bradley Wiggins. Rapha has a four-year agreement with the team. The product line includes 60 new items in ...
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By John Lee. Twenty-two of Iraq’s 30 private banks made a combined profit of $366 million (427 billion Iraqi dinars) during the first nine months of the year, according to a study released by the Association of Private Banks in ...
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Mr Vajihollah Jafari deputy industry minister said that over the past 3 years, Iran has discovered over 11 billion tonnes of minerals. Between March 2010 and March 2012, about IRR 1.6 trillion was invested in the field of mineral ...
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In November this year, Japan's industrial production decreased 1.7% from the previous month, showing a month on month decrease after two months of upward movement, while a decrease of 5.8% was recorded compared to November of the previous ...
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Despite Christmas holidays fully underway, the Indian market still found the time to conclude a few deals at some impressive numbers The USA owned container vessel MADURA (7,381 LDT) was concluded for a very firm USD 44S.LT LDT (the ...
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A further step towards the development of the planned High Speed 2 north - south high speed rail network came on December 24, when the government’s development company HS2 Ltd announced the award of framework contracts covering ...
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Balkans.com reported that Copper rose for a second day in New York before a report that may show new home sales in the US, the second-biggest consumer of the metal, rose to the highest level in more than two years. Copper for delivery in ...
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Japanese buyers have agreed an aluminium premium of USD 240 per tonne with Rio Tinto Alcan for some January to March shipments, down from a record this quarter, reflecting easing demand as the world’s third largest economy slips into ...
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Steel Authority of India Limited’s Bokaro Steel Plant has registered a steady growth path both in production and projects in the year 2012. Commissioning of the rebuilt zero emission Coke Oven Battery 2 in March 2012 was one of ...
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The US rotary rig count was down 11 rigs at 1,763 for the week of December 28th 2012. It is 244 rigs (12.2%) lower than last year. The number of rotary rigs drilling for oil was down 13 at 1,327. There are 134 more rigs targeting oil than ...
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Bloomberg reported that Austrian steelmaker Voestalpine AG said on December 19 it may construct a EUR 500 million factory in the US to benefit from cheap gas. Nucor Corp also plans to start up a USD 750 million Louisiana project in mid ...
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