In the January-April period of this year, the aggregate gross profits of large and medium-sized industrial enterprises in China amounted to RMB 1.61069 trillion ($261 billion), increasing by 11.4 percent year on year, according to China's ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Server sales fell by five per cent in the first quarter of 2013, with IBM, HP, Fujitsu and, especially, Oracle hard hit. Only Dell among the top five server makers increased sales and market share. Market leader IBM claimed a 25.5 per ...
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Google chairman Eric Schmidt has stated his firm would pay more taxes if future changes to British tax law required it to do so. Schmidt also told BBC Radio 4 that he is "perplexed" by the ongoing corporate tax debate, which includes ...
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According to data of the Japanese Ministry of Finance, the country’s exports of iron and steel products totaled 3.6 million tons in April, falling by 9.75% from a month ago but rising by 18.1% year on year. In April, the ...
The five new petrochemical projects that started operations since start of the current Iranian calendar year on March 21, 2013, are expected to boost the country’s petrochemical revenues by US$ 2 billion, National Petrochemical ...
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For fiscal third-quarter 2013 (to end-March), optical component, module and subsystem maker Oclaro of San Jose, CA, USA, has reported revenue of $141.6m, down 11% on $159.5m the previous quarter and up 60% on $88.7m a year ago (which was ...
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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 ...
Worst result since the second quarter of 2010. Global enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence equipment revenues dropped 13.2% during first quarter of 2013 to $563.4m, according to a new report from IDC. Said to have registered ...
European airlines and airports are facing fundamental changes: The increasing popularity of low-cost carriers and airlines from the Middle East is changing the competitive landscape. Leisure and business travelers' strong price sensitivity ...
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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently applauded Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) for introducing bipartisan legislation to encourage residential construction lending, spur job growth and keep the ...
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Telecoms network EE has confirmed that it will not be releasing the HTC First smartphone in Europe following a poor response to the Facebook Home interface in the US. The HTC First, often referred to as "Facebook Phone", is the first to ...
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The semiconductor revenues decreased by 2.2% in 2012. Worldwide semiconductor revenues are expected to increase by 3-4% during 2013, according to the report from International Data Corporation. According to the report, during 2012 the ...
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For first-quarter 2013, 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a producer of specialty metal and chemical products, has reported revenue of $118.4m, down 8% on $128.6m last quarter and 27% on $162.2m a year ago following a trend of ...
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Some Taiwan-based IC suppliers have been ramping their shipments of LED driver ICs to China thanks to the fledging LED lighting industry in the country and growing demand for LED backlight products from China-based smartphone, tablet and ...
Tags: LED Driver, IC Vendors
The 156 businesses with work forces of at least 20 and organised within the German Federal Association for Wooden Packaging, Pallets and Export Packaging (HPE ), were able to show year-on-year growth in turnover in the 2012 financial year ...
Tags: Wooden Packaging, Construction