U.S. productivity fell even more than previously thought in the January-March period while labor costs rose at a faster pace. The Labor Department says productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, declined at an annual rate of 3.2 ...
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Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Director General, said, “May has seen shop price deflation remain unchanged at 1.4 per cent, the thirteenth consecutive month of deflation." Highlights: -Thirteenth consecutive month ...
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Global specialty products supplier AMG Aluminum is curtailing its annual aluminum alloys capacity by 5,000 mt, or around 10% of its global demand, due to current market conditions, the company said Tuesday. AMG said in a statement its ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA has unveiled a new line of UltraCMOS monolithic phase & amplitude controllers (MPAC) for Doherty amplifiers used in wireless base-station transmission. The company presented its devices at ...
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Glo AB of Lund, Sweden, which provides light source solutions for displays, illumination, and automotive sectors using its proprietary nanowire-based LED (nLED) technology, has been named as one of Europe’s five Cleantech Companies of ...
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One of the downsides of pet ownership is the wear and tear they incur on your home, and no aspect of your home takes a bigger beating than your flooring. If you've noticed that your hardwood or tile floors are looking dull and scuffed, or ...
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Sociedade Central de Cervejas e Bebidas (SCC), a brewery in Vialonga near Lisbon, Portugal, has significantly reduced water usage by improving operating performance and reliability with help from GE’s (NYSE: GE) advanced membranes and ...
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The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced Monday that construction spending during April 2014 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $953.5 billion, 0.2 percent (±1.5 percent) above the revised March ...
Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from Europe is forecast to reach 10GW during 2014, down 7% on year, according to Solarbuzz. This will be the third consecutive year that solar PV demand in Europe has declined, after reaching a peak of 19.2GW ...
The U.S. economy took a beating from an especially harsh winter during the January-March quarter, skidding into reverse for the first time in three years. But spring has arrived and along with it, signs that the chill was just a temporary ...
China’s electronics manufacturers are expected to purchase US$34 million worth of components on average in 2014, representing a substantial increase of 26 percent from US$27 million in 2013. Manufacturers purchased 60 percent of ...
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Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has signed a resolution related to financing of the proposed gas-chemical complex for manufacture of polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene in Balkan province. The complex would be built in ...
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In 2013 shipments fell in most segments though remained on a relatively high level. In comparison to 2012 global shipments of new short-staple spindles rose by +10% while those of open-end rotors decreased slightly by -2% and those of ...
Chinese sportswear brand 361 Degrees (361°) would be investing 33 million real to enter the Brazilian market, Xinhua International reported quoting Sao Paulo newspaper. As per the report, 361 Degrees plans to set up 10 ...
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The bedding industry saw only modest growth last year, with units increasing 1.2% and the dollar value of wholesale bedding shipments increasing 2.4%, according to the industry’s official report of 2013 results. The 2013 Mattress ...