Having reviewed the retail footfall figures,sales reports and estimates for Q4 2012,Steve Reece reckons 2012 will go down as another tough year. Tough for retail,for the global economy and to a degree the toy and games industry. "For ...
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China Steel Corp.(CSC),the largest carbon steel producer in Taiwan is going to release its price policy for March on January 18th.Market participants forecasted that CSC might raise its list prices for March,driven by the firm's improved ...
George Adams is President of SA Recycling,located in Anaheim,California,and he has been in the family-owned scrap metal business(Adams Steel)since 1977.Originally started by George's father 35 years ago as a single scrap metal facility,SA ...
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Controversial Chinese firm Huawei has revealed its sales revenue for 2012 is to surpass the$35bn(£21.7bn)mark,with a net profit of$2.4bn(£1.4bn)–an increase of more than 10 per cent year-on-year for both figures. The ...
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Associated Press reported that aluminum producer Alcoa Inc launches the fourth quarter earnings season on Tuesday after the markets close. The sluggish global economy, including slower growth in China and the debt crisis in Europe, has ...
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Enterprises buying new mobile devices and investing in security and storage management will give IT spending a boost in 2013. Worldwide IT spending is projected to total US$3.7 trillion in 2013, a 4.2 percent increase from 2012 spending ...
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Yonhap reported that output of South Korea's machinery industry is expected to rise 5.1% YoY to KRW 453.7 trillion (USD 424 billion) next year, with its growth likely to turn around slightly on a possible recovery in the global economy. ...
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In a recent report,US based consulting firm Mcquilling Services attempted to forecast the course of bunker prices during the next few years,as this factor is among the most important ones when it comes to ship owning operating costs. ...
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The Australian dollar gained yesterday after US politicians agreed on a range of measures designed to avert sweeping tax hikes and about $US110 billion ($105bn) in spending cuts, known as the fiscal cliff. The agreement boosted sentiment ...
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Australian markets got off to a roaring start to 2013 yesterday, with the avoidance of the January 1 US fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts combining with rising iron ore prices to send the stockmarket on its biggest one-day ...
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The Australian dollar gained today after US lawmakers agreed on a range of measures designed to avert sweeping tax hikes and around $US110 billion in spending cuts, known as the fiscal cliff. After weeks of negotiations that had already ...
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China's sudden cuts to rare earth export quotas and domestic production marked the beginning of a Rare Earth Economic War, proposes Jacob Securities' Senior Mining and Metals Analyst Luisa Moreno. The good news is that partnerships between ...
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South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor is aiming to sell about 7.41 million vehicles worldwide in 2013, a 4.1% rise from the 7.12 million vehicles sold during 2012, marking a slowest growth since 2003. Hyundai Motor chairman Chung Mong-koo ...
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Hopefully,old planet earth is still spinning at this moment–due to a shortened Christmas schedule,this was written prior to Friday,Dec.21,2012,which is the ominous last day of the Mayan calendar,the December solstice and the first day ...
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IDG News Service - As a nine-person jury begins deliberations in the closely watched patent trial between Apple and Samsung, the companies and their lawyers are left waiting and wondering what the jury made of the three weeks of arguments. ...
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