Nonresidential fixed investment fell 4.4 percent in the third quarter of this year, according to the U.S. Commerce Department's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report. This quarter's decline precedes a 0.6 percent increase in the second ...
Chancellor George Osborne's Autum Statement today confirmed that a further 12 smaller cities will receive funding for superfast broadband,after the initial 10 were revealed earlier this year.Brighton and ...
Pipeline safety and cybersecurity will top the list of priorities for the American Gas Association in 2013, Ron Jibson, the incoming AGA chairman, said Friday. The US group will have a new emphasis on cybersecurity, said Jibson, the ...
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In 2012 Australian retail conditions continued to be difficult. Although the fundamentals of the Australian economy improved with growing GDP, declining interest rates and low levels of unemployment, consumer sentiment remained soft with ...
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The European automotive sensor market is expected to rise to $17.4bn in 2012 from $15.6bn in 2011, according to a new report. A new report from Strategy Analytics, "Automotive Sensor Demand Forecast 2010 to 2019: Strong Growth Despite ...
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Sealed Air has announced that the company’s Protective Packaging segment sales decreased 3% on a reported basis or increased 1% on a constant dollar basis with slightly higher volumes and relatively steady price/mix performance ...
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Reuters reported that London copper edged down after rising for two weeks in a row although signs of economic recovery in top consumer China and hopes for Greece to avert an imminent bankruptcy kept a floor under prices. Copper prices ...
China's manufacturing activity grew in November for the first time in 13 months, according to the latest industry data. The China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to a high of 50.4 in November, the latest ...
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Yonhap reported that the South Korean economy will likely expand at a lower than expected rate in 2013 due to the sluggish economic recovery in advanced countries. Morgan Stanley said that South Korea's gross domestic product is predicted ...
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Reuters reported that London copper was steady and set to log a second week of gains after recent data fuelled hope that the Chinese and US economies have finally turned a corner but the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States drained ...
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Taipei, Nov. 1, 2012 (CENS)--The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics (DGBAS) revised downward, for the ninth time, its forecast for Taiwan's economic growth this year to 1.05% yesterday (Oct. 31). The DGBAS alerted ...
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Far from tanking–or failing to live up to expectations–as many had speculated,Microsoft has sold some 40 million licences for its new operating system,Windows 8. The claims were made by Tami Reller,finance and marketing head ...
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The unabated volatility in gold price has forced India's middle-class consumers to try out a cheaper option and their obvious choice now is to opt for silver jewellery.After an initial poor performance,last monsoon season in India improved ...
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Britain's food and drink manufacturers are bracing themselves for difficult Christmas trading,according to the Food and Drink Federation(FDF). Speaking after the FDF's latest business confidence survey,FDF's economic and commercial ...
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Heavy equipment makers are pinning their hopes on a stimulus fuelled rebound in China in 2013, after suffering another bruising quarter as the global economy slowed faster than expected with little respite seen before the end of the year. ...