The man responsible for designing the first all-new Land Rover Defender in more than six decades says his creation will be the "dog's bollocks". Land Rover design director Gerry McGovern told a small group of Australia's automotive media ...
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The UK economy is set to avoid a triple dip recession as business confidence grows, according to the latest Quarterly Economic Survey from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). The weakness of the pound helped to boost exports in the ...
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Leeds council could potentially save over 1m Leeds City Council is consulting residents on proposals to turn off street lights at certain times of the night to save 1.3 million over 10 years. The local authority has more than 92,000 ...
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Fewer executives are planning to make a capital investment in their business during the coming months, with investment expectations among Australian businesses fading in the lead-up to the middle of the year. Amid a broad drop-off in ...
The global diamond industry has been passing through a 'Transformation Stage' since the severe economic recession hit it in 2008. The diamond prices too have become highly volatile since then, and are expected to grow at an accelerated rate ...
The downturn in the euro zone manufacturing sector deepened as business conditions deteriorated in all euro nations in March this year. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) was at 46.8 points in March, down from ...
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US stocks started the second quarter down, pressured by disappointing manufacturing data, after the Dow industrials and S&P500 capped off the first quarter with records. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 5.69 points, or less than ...
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While some of its key metrics saw sequential declines, manufacturing growth continues to head in the right direction, according to monthly Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index ...
US-based pharmaceutical company Zogenix has extended its co-marketing partnership with Battelle, for the DosePro needle-free drug delivery system through 29 March 2014. The partnership is focused on advancing out-licensing opportunities ...
US spot monthly natural gas prices for March increased by 57 cents, or 17% on average, to $3.92/MMBtu, compared with the previous month's $3.35/MMBtu average, Inside FERC's Gas Market Report said Monday. The NYMEX April gas futures ...
NYMEX May crude settled 16 cents lower at $97.07/b on Monday, as the complex came under pressure from a combination of weaker-than-expected US manufacturing data and the closure of ExxonMobil's 96,000 b/d Pegasus crude pipeline on Friday. ...
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In February this year, Japan's industrial production decreased 0.1 percent from the previous month, showing a month-on-month decrease for the first month in three months. Japan's industrial output showed a decrease of 11 percent from ...
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From January to February, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 709.2 billion yuan, an increase of 17.2 percent over the same period last year. From January to February, the profits of state-owned and ...
Furniture factories got off to a quick start this year as January orders were up 7% and shipments up 10% from the same month in 2012, Smith Leonard reported. The accounting and consulting firm said its monthly survey of residential ...
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FACEBOOK has fuelled fresh talk about its interest in mobile phones after the leading social network scheduled a press announcement for next week. Shortly after the Facebook invitation went out for the April 4 event, the technology news ...
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