Qualcomm has lowered its forecast of global cellular device shipments for 2012 due to a gloomy economic outlook, though it expects device sales to surge in the fourth quarter because of upcoming products, a likely reference to Apple's ...
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It goes without saying that China has proven it is a true heavyweight global contender. The herculean growth achieved by China over the past two decades is unprecedented in the annals of human history. China has overtaken Japan to become ...
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According to a Barclays Capital survey of producers,consumers,traders and investors,a total of 75%of players in the Chinese base metals market believe that 1H13 will see better economic conditions than the second half of 2012.Iin a similar ...
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28th International Apparel Federation (IAF) World Apparel Convention kicks off in style in Oporto, Portugal "The power of brands and the value of fashion is very much alive" ~ Harry van Dalfsen, IAF President The 28th IAF World Apparel ...
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European coatings companies must deal with the widening gap between mature domestic markets Mature Domestic Markets in Europe Present Challenges Nonetheless,the poor prospects for major parts of Europe underline the challenges for its ...
Grocers undoubtedly felt the economic pressures in 2012 with discounters enjoying buoyant growth as a result of an increase in value-seeking consumers. Shoppers' focus on value led to rising online sales and further investment in the ...
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The festive season has lost some of its sparkle for retailers,with growth in sales on the high street slowing in December,the CBI said. Responding to the CBI's latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey during the first two weeks of ...
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The European Commission (EC) wants to impose pension changes that would cost UK businesses £350bn (eURO440bn) and 180,000 jobs, according to research commissioned by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Describing the ...
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There were a lot of reasons for Gartner researchers to give a gloomy economic outlook at its Symposium/ITxpo conference here, especially after the latest round of quarterly reports from Intel, IBM and others. But the picture painted by ...
BS reported that gold inched up on Monday as a drop in the US unemployment rate did little to dampen expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain easy monetary policy when it meets later this week. Investors are watching ...
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Retail sales in November, which are typically viewed as the beginning of the holiday shopping season, showed a solid performance with annual and sequential gains, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce ...
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As the global economic outlook remains stagnant, LED industry's peak season performance may fall short of expectations. Thus, Taiwanese LED firms such as Epistar, Unity Opto, Lextar, and Genesis Photonics underwent setbacks in the stock ...
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Despite the global volatile economic outlook, the luxury goods market continues to prove resilient, according to the new luxury market research from Euromonitor International, one of the world's leading provider for global business ...
Reuters reported that hedge funds and money managers sharply cut their bullish bets on gold futures last week on profit taking while an improving US economic outlook prompted them to switch copper contracts to its first net long in 4 weeks. ...
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For fiscal second-quarter 2013 (ended 28 October 2012), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp, of Sunnyvale, Ca, USA, a global technology leader for subsystems and components for fiber-optic communications, ...