Australian businesses have pulled back their profit expectations for the coming months as they anticipate modest sales activity, difficult trading conditions and subdued consumer activity. After showing signs of optimism leading into the ...
IDC said on Friday that Microsoft shipped an estimated 900,000 Surface RT tablets last quarter, barely missing the top five device makers, and illustrating that demand was “muted at best”. “There is no question that ...
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In December lest year, new commercial vehicle registrations in the European Union continued the downward trend which prevailed throughout 2012, amounting to 125,825 units. Demand reached its lowest level since October 2009, with a ...
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In China, Acetic acid prices showed mixed trends in the week ending January 19, 2013. Prices showed downward trend in South and East China regions and were assessed in the range of US$ 430-470/ton whereas they were steady in North China ...
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According to the Metal Industry Indicators report released by the US Geological Survey (USGS), the US economic recovery is supporting the growth of activity in the primary metals industry with modest metals demand from the manufacturing and ...
Though the spot market is oversupply and the glass futures appears an upward rend, it will not last long due to the heavy pressure. Analysis from the demand-and-supply market, in 2012, the new added production lines is 18; the new added ...
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Benzene prices continued the downward trend in Europe and US in the week ending January 12, 2013. In Europe, prices were assessed in the range of US$ 1390-1495/ton FOB Rotterdam, lower by 6% w-o-w. Prices showed similar trend in US as ...
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The latest figures issued by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) show that European Union (EU) new car registrations recorded in December 2012 totaled 799,407 units, down 13.7 percent compared to November and ...
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M-Xylene market showed downward trend in Asia while it was steady in Europe and US in week ending January 5. In Korea,M-Xylene trends went down,due to weak demand from the downstream market.In the early days of last week,prices were ...
“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” (Gordon Gecko in “Wall Street” by Oliver Stone) Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the ...
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The Australian large car segment continued its decline in 2012 with sales of large cars under $70,000 down by 20.4 percent compared to 2011, which it self was down significantly on 2010. The Holden Commodore ended 2012 with 30,532 ...
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Toluene market showed mixed trend in Asia whereas it surged up in Europe and went down in US in the week ending December 22. Toluene prices were stable in Korea due to sluggish downstream demand in the region. In the initial days of the ...
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P-Xylene prices went down in Korea due to weak support from the downstream buyers. Prices opened at US$ 1615/ton FOB Korea lower by US$ 10/ton, as compared to the same period of the previous week. During the week, P-Xylene prices were ...
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Negotiations on electro-galvanized steel sheets for Asia have started for shipment of February next year. The Japanese mills seem to have mostly offered USD 30 increase. It is said that Korea's POSCO reduced its prices to USD 730 to 750 ...
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Readymade garment exports from Bangladesh have risen while apparel exports from India continue to show downward trend. The exports of garments from Bangladesh rose by 8.8 percent year-on-year to US$ 1.36 billion in November 2012, ...
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