Ejnar Fink-Jensen, executive director of the California Tire Dealers Association (CTDA), one of the sponsors of California tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) legislation Assembly Bill 1665, provides MTD with an update on the bill (see ...
According to the Wall Street journal, after 12 consecutive months of weak growth in the euro zone economy, it stagnated in the second quarter, highlights in the Eurozone has concerns about high unemployment and low inflation dilemma. ...
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The National Retail Federation (NRF) has lowered its retail sales forecast for 2014 because of slow growth recorded during the first half of the year, but said sales are expected to grow significantly faster over the next five months. NRF ...
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Armstrong will now manufacture its scraped engineered hardwood flooring at its Somerset, Ky. facility. Armstrong World Industries announced it will transfer the manufacture of scraped engineered hardwood flooring from its plant in ...
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Jaguar Land Rover of North America is recalling around 144 units of its 2013-2015 model of Jaguar XK due to incorrect information about spare tire information. According to the US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard the vehicles do not ...
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Furniture was the best-performing product category in July, reporting its highest growth since January (excluding Easter distortions), according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Although GfK’s Climate for Major Purchase ...
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Brazil Fast Food Corp, one of the largest food service groups in Brazil with 1,235 points of sale, operating under (i) the Bob's brand, (ii) the Yoggi brand, (iii) KFC and Pizza Hut São Paulo as franchisee of Yum! Brands, and (iv) ...
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TOKYO (Kyodo) –The government on Tuesday cut its forecast for Japan’s economic growth in fiscal 2014 to 1.2 percent from 1.4 percent in real terms amid lingering fears that the April 1 consumption tax hike, the first in 17 ...
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The Japanese economy shrank an annualized real 6.8 percent in the April to June quarter, falling at its fastest pace since the March 2011 disaster, apparently due to the consumption tax hike on April 1, the government said Wednesday. The ...
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Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.4 percent in July this year, down from 0.5 percent in June, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In July 2013, the annual inflation rate was ...
Tire aging is an important issue, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). However, it does not need to be addressed with further legislation at this time. NHTSA recently released its 42-page report on tire ...
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Indian data released on Tuesday showed that consumer price inflation rose in July and in its previous month, factory output grew at a slower pace. This could dampen hopes of an early economic turnaround and increase the pressure on ...
· Second quarter net sales of $4.1 billion, up 5 percent versus prior year · All-time quarterly record adjusted earnings per diluted share from continuing operations of $2.83, up 24 percent year-over-year ...
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Honeywell announced its results for the second quarter of 2014. Highlights: -Organic Sales Growth 3%; Strong Execution Across The Portfolio -EPS Up 8% Reported, Up 12% Using Normalized Tax Rate -Raising Low-End Proforma EPS ...
On July 22, the Indian industry body ASSOCHAM has suggested the Indian Finance Ministry should review its budget proposal to increase the royalty rate on iron ore from 10 percent to 15 percent with a view to maintaining cost competitiveness ...
Tags: iron ore, domestic industry, Mineral