Analysts are sounding a proverbial death knell for e-readers,which have declined 36%in 2012 as buyers turned instead to multi-use tablets. Both IHS Suppli and IDC recently issued dire warnings,if not obituaries,for e-readers.IHS said ...
Arabian Business reported that Hydra Properties is being forced to auction three plots of land in Dubai to settle outstanding payments owed to homeowners who won legal cases against the developer for delayed and cancelled real estate ...
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Zouheir Tawil,director of Tawil Group,has responded to our questions and expressed his views on the current state of the scrap markets. Could you share with us your average business volumes in the markets in which you operate? With the ...
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Australian PV system registrations fell considerably in September,following a general downturn in the market. A downturn was expected after the reduction in solar multiplier drove installations into Q2,but registrations in Q3 were buoyed ...
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What were some of the general findings of the report? Luke Johnson, senior analyst at GCiS China Strategic Research: Although the report was released in July 2012, the base year of the study is 2011. The market study is broken ...
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Bursa,the north-western province of Turkey,exported textile and readymade clothing items worth over US$1.5 billion till November this year,according to the Uludag Exporters'Association(UIB)data.Registering a year-on-year rise of 9.8 ...
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Each year, car reliability trends begin surfacing as we look at data by brand and car type, with periodic spikes common around redesigns and new technology. As is often the case, the muscle and otherwise sporty cars are seeing much ...
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Following declines in the first two quarters, turnover of the Danish timber retail group, Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman (DLH) declined again in the third quarter by 4.4% to DKK586m. The EBITDA dropped drastically by comparison with the previous ...
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Stating that textile constitutes a major part of Pakistan’s exports, the Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) has called on the Government to expedite its efforts to resolve the power crunch, as the energy crisis would not ...
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Chinese bauxite supply concerns have eased recently on an ongoing rebound in shipments after having plunged in the summer on the back of export rule changes from major global bauxite producer Indonesia, importing refiners said Wednesday. ...
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Apple today said that the iPhone 5 will reach retail in South Korea on Dec. 7 and another 54 countries later this month. The announcement followed one last week about iPhone 5 sales opening on Dec. 14 in the People's Republic of China, ...
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Business Standard reported that the timing of the acquisition couldn't have been worse. Just days after TATA Motors bought Jaguar Land Rover for EUR 1.15 billion 4 years ago, the world's financial markets collapsed. While funds became ...
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ACE has reported that its net income for the first quarter of 2012 plummeted by 45% to $328m compared to a net income of $594m during the corresponding quarter last year. Net income was $0.96 per share compared with $1.74 per share for ...
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Computerworld-Tablet trade-in queries plummeted by 45%when Apple introduced its new iPad Mini,hinting that the smaller Apple device is not significantly cannibalizing sales of the larger tablet,an electronics recycling firm said today. ...
Tags: iPad Mini, Tablet trade, brick-and-mortar, retailers
Textile exports from Pakistan for the first four months of the current fiscal (July-October 2012) have been recorded at US$ 4.393 billion, up 4.78 percent compared to exports of U$ 4.192 billion achieved during the corresponding period of ...
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