In response to developments in China's support policy, the current USDA estimate for 2012/13 is now dramatically different from the initial forecast published in May 2012. Consumption estimates for 2011/12 were lowered, resulting in ...
The ability of OPEC to influence the balance of crude markets is diminishing in the face of growing US oil production, with 2013 expected to be a rare instance of a year-on-year decline in the call on the producer group to maintain balanced ...
Tags: Chemicals
OPEC's share of the global oil market is set to diminish further next year as surging supplies of oil from the US and other non-OPEC producers outpaces an expected acceleration in world oil demand growth, the International Energy Agency ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Oil
The NYMEX August natural gas futures contract was slightly higher in early trading as the market attempts to evaluate the current heat wave with longer-term forecasts which call for normal temperatures, sources said. As of 10:41 a.m. EDT ...
Tags: Chemicals, natural gas
THE dollar was the best-performing currency in Asia yesterday, investors flocking to support the unit on news that China's economic slowdown in the second quarter was not as bad as some had feared. China's gross domestic product grew by ...
Infosys posted strong revenue growth in the second quarter as demand picked up in key markets including the U.S. However, the Indian outsourcer's net profit grew only 0.5 percent year on year as the company increased salaries for staff in ...
Tags: Computer Products
JDA Software Group the Supply Chain Company, announced that is has been named to the 2013 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100, an annual listing of supply chain solutions and services providers that demonstrate profound ability to move ...
Total revenue for Taiwan-listed LED makers fell from NTD10.96bn in May to NTD10.6bn in June, as the LED market was affected by declining demand for backlight application and stocktaking, according to LEDinside (a subsidiary of industry ...
Tags: LED Market, LED Backlights
Taiwan-based IC design companies have seen their order visibility for September remain unclear, predicting third-quarter sales will grow within a range of 10% sequentially, according to industry sources. Recent reports of slow sales of ...
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Strength in the resources sector has pushed Australian shares higher, although the market lost some ground after China's finance minister lowered expectations for the country's economic growth. The S&P/ASX200 index passed 5000 points in ...
Tags: China Gloom, Miners
Customers in Retail, Luxury Goods and Fashion, has recorded revenues in excess of € 26 million, with about 12% growth versus 2012. International revenues account for more than 50% of the total. Revenues from planning software for ...
SEMICON Taiwan is set to open in September amidst an improving global and regional outlook for 2013 and 2014 that sees Taiwan remaining the largest and strongest market for semiconductor manufacturing. SEMICON Taiwan 2013, to be held ...
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According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in August this year Ukraine's crude steel production is expected to increase by 1.1 percent compared to June to 2.760 million mt. According to Metallurgprom's ...
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According to a new market report "Petrochemicals Market by Product (Ethylene, Propylene, Butadiene, Benzene, Xylene, Toluene, Vinyls, Styrene and Methanol) -Global and China Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2012 ...
Tags: Petrochemical Market, Textile
Kenya s second-largest cement firm ARM Cement posted a 28 percent rise in first-half pretax profit helped by a rise in cement sales, and it forecast a strong performance for the second half of the year. The cement manufacturer, which ...
Tags: Cement, Construction