However, producers may want to be more aggressive than normal in forward-pricing crops that provide acceptable profit. Projected crop budgets generally show some return to labor and management for 2014, although the price of most crops ...
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Daily exercise lessens many of the harmful physiological effects of short-term overeating and inactivity, British researchers say. "This new research shows that the picture is more sophisticated than 'energy' alone: exercise has positive ...
Benzene exports from EU countries sank by 64.4%year-on-year in October to 11,472 mt,according to Eurostat data. It was also a 32.6%decline in export volumes from September's 17,032 mt. The US remained the main destination for the EU's ...
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Retailers are extending store hours in the final days before Christmas to capture holiday holdouts. Related sales September Retail Sales Reports Vary sales Holiday Sales To Grow 3.9%: NRF sales Holiday Sales To Grow 4-4.5%: Deloitte sales ...
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People are taking more photographs than ever before, nearly 400 billion this year, yet sales of cameras are shrinking. Overall, global shipments of digital cameras have fallen 30 percent this year, according to Christopher Chute, research ...
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The exports of textiles and apparel from Pakistan grew by 6.02 percent to US$ 5.684 billion during the first five months of the current fiscal year 2013-14, as compared to exports of US$ 5.361 billion made during the corresponding period ...
Tags: Textile Exports, apparel
November saw a decline in spot market freight volumes in Canada, according to the latest data from TransCore Link Logistics. Month-over-month volumes fell 9% compared to October, and were off 2% compared to November 2012, TransCore ...
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The Central Asian country of Tajikistan has harvested 372,132 tons of cotton by December 1, 2013, which represents 93.1 percent of the target for the current season, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. This year, cotton was grown ...
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Russian mining and steel group Mechel has announced its consolidated financial results for the first nine months of the current year. In the January-September period, Mechel saw an operating loss of $393 million compared to an operating ...
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World crude steel production in November this year increased by 3.6 percent year on year to 127.36 million metric tons, while a 5.14 percent decline was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association ...
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Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area were unchanged in the third quarter of 2013 from the previous quarter, with growth in labour productivity (0.4%) only slightly outpacing a rise in labour compensation (0.3%). The pattern of ULCs ...
In December 2013 economic expectations for Central and Eastern Europe including Turkey (CEE) have slightly decreased. The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for the CEE region has lost 4.1 points and now stands at a level of ...
By Sana Moosa As provider organizations mature toward implementation of accountable care organizations (ACOs), manufacturers of biopharmaceutical products will need to stay abreast of changes, set the stage for innovative partnership, and ...
Tax revenues continue bouncing back from the low levels reported in almost all countries , at the height of the global economic crisis, according to new OECD data in the annual Revenue Statistics publication. The average tax revenue to GDP ...
Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the G20 area grew by 0.9% in the third quarter of 2013, up from 0.8% recorded in the previous quarter, according to preliminary estimates. Among G20 economies, China recorded the strongest growth ...