US demand for high-performance flat glass products is forecast to rise 4.4 percent per year to 910 million square feet in 2017, valued at nearly $9.2 billion. This will represent a substantial improvement from the performance of the ...
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The shift toward smaller tablets will accelerate in the second half of the year when a slew of tablet makers, including Apple, introduce new models with screens 8-in. or smaller, said Richard Shim, an analyst with DisplaySearch. Although ...
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Nucor, one of the major steel manufacturers in the US said that d its sales profits in the second quarter might be lower than the market analysts' forecast due to decreased steel melting sales in the given period of time. The company said ...
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The Australian cane industry is enjoying a period of rejuvenation, helped by an increase in foreign investment. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen Source: The Australian This year's Australian sugarcane harvest has started in north Queensland ...
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USDA’s projection for the 2013 cotton crop was lowered to 13.5 million bales this month (from 14.0 million in May) as abandonment expectations were increased to reflect the continued drought in the Southwest. The latest crop ...
The Open Data Center Alliance, a customer group that shares tips about cloud deployments and tries to nudge vendors into supplying the products they want, has added big data to the list of IT topics it covers. The alliance was set up in ...
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U.S. demand for high-performance flat glass products is forecast to rise 4.4 percent per year to 910 million square feet in 2017, valued at nearly $9.2 billion, according to a report released yesterday by the Freedonia Group. This will ...
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Is the New Zealand equity market a bubble? With global short-term interest rates at close to zero and a number of central banks pumping liquidity into markets as fast as their printing presses allow, there are clear signs that asset bubbles ...
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According to the report from Taiwan Central News Agency, research institutes forecast that the global demand for LED commercial lighting (including office, retail store, hotel, etc.) in 2013 will reach $ 1.059 billion, a substantial ...
Wall Street reacted favorably by bidding the stock to a new high on the news. There were few surprises in the presentation as VF had already set targets for TNF, Vans and Timberland but the overall picture nonetheless projected an air of ...
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Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes hit a significant milestone in June, surging eight points to a reading of 52 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released ...
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The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projections for 2013/14 indicate that global cotton stocks are forecast to rise for the fourth consecutive season, reaching an alltime high. World ending stocks are now projected at 92.5 ...
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Canadian employers expect a moderate hiring climate for the third quarter of 2013, with employers in the Transportation & Public Utilities sector reporting the strongest 3Q job prospects, according to the latest results of the Manpower ...
Non-OECD Asia, especially China and India, will slowly but surely join the club of countries with underground gas storage facilities as gas demand grows and security of supply becomes imperative, a senior executive with Storengy, GDF Suez's ...
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When Tropical Storm Andrea roared up the East Coast recently dropping buckets of rain, it underscored the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's forecast that 2013 will have an extremely active hurricane season with 13 to 20 ...
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