Qualcomm has announced a new processor and modem combination that will open the door for cheaper LTE smartphones. The chip maker has expanded its Snapdragon 400 family with the introduction of a quad-core processor with multimode 3G and ...
The recent announcement by Alliance Boots that it was to cut 200 jobs at its Beeston factory in Nottinghamshire over a two-year period has raised questions about its longstanding involvement in contract packaging. The factory, which until ...
India-based Tilaknagar Industries (TI) has signed an agreement with Mohan Breweries and Distilleries to manufacture and bottle its brandy brands for the Tamil Nadu market. Mohan Breweries' manufacturing and bottling facilities will be ...
Tags: Tilaknagar Industries, Bottling
Sysco, one of the major coating steel mills in Taiwan, said its joint venture coating steel plant which located in Hefei, China is going to start its official operation in the end of May. There are lots of home electrical product's ...
Tags: Sysco, H2 Sales, Coating Steel
Retail sales fell at their fastest rate in more than a year in May, according to the CBI's latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey. The survey of 69 retailing firms saw the steepest fall in sales since January last year – showing ...
Tags: Apparel
Argentina's production of polymer and synthetic rubber fell 14.7% in April compared with the year-earlier period but was 4.1% higher than March, the government statistics office, Indec, said Thursday. Production of these petrochemicals in ...
Tags: Polymer Output, Chemicals
Realtors who practice commercial real estate have reported an increase in annual gross income for the third year in a row, signaling the market is on the road to recovery. According to the National Association of Realtors 2013 Commercial ...
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Voestalpine, an Austrian international successful corporation has signed MOU with AHMSA who is the largest integrated steel plant in Mexico in extraction of coal and iron ore along with producing hot rolled coil, wide plate, cold rolled ...
Tags: HBI, steel, Construction&Decoration
Despite depressed prices for seaborne metallurgical and thermal coal, Peabody Energy expects global coal demand to grow nearly 4% in 2013, and 13% in China and India combined, according to an investor presentation made Wednesday at the ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, coal
Looking at historical trends and performance benchmarks, a team of researchers in Spain have concluded that smartphone chips could one day replace the more expensive and power-hungry x86 processors used in most of the world's top ...
Tags: Smartphone Chips, Computer Products, Consumer Electronics
Japan's solar installations surged by 270% (in GW) in the first quarter of 2013, positioning the country to surpass Germany to become the world's largest solar market in terms of revenues in 2013, according to market research institute IHS. ...
Tags: Solar Revenue, Lighting
Synthetic diamond materials firm Luxembourg-registered Element Six (part of the De Beers Family of Companies, and co-owned by Belgian materials group Umicore) has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Group4 Labs Inc of Menlo ...
Tags: diamond materials, Electronics
China's coastal ports enable the transportation of coal, containers, imported iron ore, and grain; roll-on-roll-off operations between mainland and islands; and deep-water access to the sea. In port construction, China has especially ...
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Petroleum futures were slightly bearish Monday, with ICE July Brent settling 2 cents lower at $102.62/barrel. Volumes were low and markets rangebound for the most part because of holidays on both sides of the Atlantic. Electronic trading ...
For first-quarter 2013, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, RFIC, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8.3m, down 18.6% on ...