Post cotton season 2013-14, cotton prices in India are likely to decrease as demand slumps, says the latest DHL India Trade Outlook. The report says China is likely to discontinue its policy of procuring cotton at a minimum ...
Tags: Cotton Prices, Textile
Cotton plantings for 2014/15 will start in a few months in the northern hemisphere, which accounts for about 90% of world production. World area is expected to decline due mostly to the expected decline in China. In 2013/14, the ...
Tags: Cotton Market, Soybeans, Textile
The Detroit Three automakers posted sales gains during 2013, even as sales waned toward the year's end. For the year, General Motors Co. saw sales rise 7% to 2.8 million vehicles, even as December fleet sales declined 9% and retail sales ...
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Hypothyroidism, a condition that causes low or no thyroid hormone production, is not linked to mild dementia or impaired brain function, a new study suggests. Although more research is needed, the scientists said their findings add to ...
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Doctors may need to treat high blood pressure in women earlier and more aggressively than they do in men, according to scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. In a new study, published in the December edition of Therapeutic ...
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As we enter the year 2014, I am sure many of you have established personal or business-related goals for the coming year. I know the whole New Year's Resolutions issue can be very exciting to some as we set such lofty goals as weight loss, ...
Tags: Beef Industry, Food
Truckers using the B.C. Ferry system can expect to pay 3.5 percent more than the current fare come Jan. 17. B.C. Ferries stated Thursday they're hiking fares for all customers by 3.5 percent on most routes in order to cover the rising ...
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Since 2004, driven by agricultural machinery subsidies and other favorable policies, China's agricultural machinery industry has achieved rapid development, the gross output value of agricultural machinery exceeded RMB 300 billion, total ...
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Of the 1,093 million lb of feedstocks used to produce biodiesel in October, 50.41% was soybean oil, a 1.21 percentage point decline from September, US Energy Information Administration data showed Monday. Soybean oil remained the largest ...
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NYMEX February crude settled 87 cents lower at $98.42/barrel Tuesday in low volume, pre-New Year's holiday trade, with the rest of the complex mixed. ICE February Brent settled 41 cents lower at $110.80/b. In products, NYMEX January ULSD ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) released its ApparelStats 2013 and ShoeStats 2013 reports, serving as snapshots of the U.S. apparel and footwear industry market trends. ApparelStats and ShoeStats examine the latest ...
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Taiwanese Feng Hsin has announced to cut its rebar price by NT$200/ton in the beginning of this week. It is reported that some of southern Taiwan's rebar mills plan to cut is rebar base price to NT$17,200/ton to win more orders; however, ...
International credit rating agency Moody's has confirmed South Korea-based Hyundai Steel Co Ltd's Baa3 rating with a negative outlook. Moody's stated that the rating confirmation primarily reflects the positive impact that the merger ...
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In December last year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) of the Chinese steel sector stood at 47.7 percent, decreasing by 1.3 percentage points as compared to November and remaining below 50 for the fourth consecutive month, as announced ...
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Although the contraction of Taiwan's machine-tool exports slowed to 5.8% for the month of November 2013, the Taiwan Machine Tool & Accessory Builders' Association (TMBA) estimates that the island's overseas shipments of machine tools for ...
Tags: taiwan, Manufacturing, Processing Machine, Machine Tool