Hybrid Technology, led by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, has bid $55 million for Fisker Automotive's assets, just days after a bankruptcy judge in Delaware rejected Hybrid's plan to take over the failed electric-vehicle maker in a ...
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According to PGA PerformanceTrak, November 2013 rounds were down 11.0 percent and days open were down 9.3 percent compared to November 2012, based on paired data. November 2013 had the lowest average for rounds played and number of days ...
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Two thousand and thirteen marked a year of significant expansion of carton recycling. Thanks to collaborative industry efforts and support from communities nationwide, 48 percent of U.S. households now have access to carton recycling. ...
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Food safety advocates have launched a Change.org petition aimed at getting Congress to keep chicken from China off U.S. plates. The petition asks Congress and the Obama administration to ensure that Chinese-processed chicken is not ...
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Omnitracs Europe has been acquired by Astrata Group, a Singapore based IT firm, from Qualcomm Europe. Terms were not disclosed. "We are excited to significantly expand Astrata's presence in Europe with the acquisition of Omnitracs ...
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Many electronic payments will fail in Europe next month, unless the deadline for switching to the new SEPA payment system is extended, the European Commission warned Thursday. By 1st February, banks and businesses within the Single Euro ...
According to the latest statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), Turkey’s imports of stainless steel sheet increased by 31.74% to 39,445 tons in November of 2013 compared to the previous month. During the ...
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Japan's exports of galvanized steel sheet totaled 328,690 tons in last November, down by 8.1% and 18.3% compared to the previous month and a year earlier respectively. In November, Japan's exports of galvanized steel sheet hit 81,065 tons ...
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In December last year, Germany's crude steel output increased by 12.79 percent year on year to 3.46 million metric tons, though it decreased by 5.63 percent compared to November, according to the information provided by the German steel ...
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In November last year, India's industrial production decreased 2.1 percent year on year, according to government data. Industrial production in the April-November period this year decreased 0.2 percent year on year. Production in India's ...
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According to newly published results from a survey of pharmacy directors, drug shortages remain a serious problem for patient safety. Nearly half of the responding directors reported adverse events at their facilities due to drug shortages, ...
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In November last year, Japan's hot rolled plate and sheet shipments increased by 10.51 percent compared to October and were up 12.23 percent on year-on-year basis, amounting to 935,627 metric tons. 73.93 percent of shipments were made to ...
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In December last year, the value of Taiwan's iron and steel exports increased by 5.58 percent year on year and by 11.18 compared to November to $1.48 billion, according to the preliminary statistics issued by Taiwan's Ministry of Finance. ...
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Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 31.81 million mt in December last year, increasing by 2.91 percent compared to November and down 1.39 percent compared to the same month of 2012, according to the information released by the ...
France's manufacturing output in November last year indicated a slight increase of 0.2 percent compared to October, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In ...
Tags: Metal Industry, Mineral