The Navigators Group has set up a new professional liability unit and named Henry Lopez as its president. The new professional liability unit will continue to underwrite existing E&O products of Navigators for its clients. Based in the ...
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China saw the increment of funds outstanding for foreign exchange (FOFE) reach a new high of CNY 1.2 trillion in the first quarter of this year. According to data released by the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, on April ...
April 25, 2013 - Ontario's Green Energy Act (GEA) will soon put the province at or near the top of North American electricity costs, concludes a new report from the Fraser Institute, with "serious consequences for the province's economic ...
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The value of Pakistan s cement exports has certainly picked up thus far this fiscal, with the latest figures showing a 22.79% increase in the first three quarters of the current financial year. In the period July 2012 C March 2013, exports ...
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Global demand for robots is forecast to increase nearly 11% per year through 2016 to $20.2 billion, outpacing both the world’s economy and overall manufacturing activity. The United States is projected to grow at more than 15% per ...
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Brit Global Specialty USA (BGSU), a US based service company of Brit Insurance, has completed a temporary 100% quota share reinsurance of Maiden Holdings' Excess and Surplus (E&S) division, Maiden Specialty. As part of this arrangement, ...
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Defra, the Environment Agency and British Glass are also working on the project. According to the trade bodies, the key drivers for this project are to gain a better understanding of the volatility experienced in the market in 2012 and ...
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Reportedly, China's Anshan Iron & Steel (Angang) announced to decrease its May hot rolled coil list prices by RMB150/ton and its cold rolled coil and hot-dip galvanized coil by RMB100/ton but hold plate and color coated coil prices remain ...
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The Etam Group generated sales of €1,216.9 million in 2012, including a positive currency impact of €40.3 million relating mainly to the appreciation of the yuan against the euro. This represents an increase of 2.8% versus 31 ...
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Due to significant expansion in manufacturing capacity, falling prices, environmental concerns and government incentives, the LED lighting market will double from 16 million units in 2012 to 33 million in 2013 and then nearly triple by ...
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It is reported that the oil country tubular goods (OCTG) market in the US expects to remain competitive due to weak demand for domestic market at this moment. Some of participants said that the market was quiet and it's difficult to make ...
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In June, Harvard's Clean Energy Project (CEP) plans to release to solar power developers a list of the top 20,000 organic compounds that could be used to make cheap, printable photovoltaic cells (PVCs). The list, culled from about seven ...
Demand for LED lighting is growing rapidly thanks to significant expansion in manufacturing capacity, falling prices, environmental concerns, and government incentives. According to DisplaySearch, this new opportunity for LED lighting ...
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The looming retirement of Windows XP won't stem the dramatic drop in PC sales this year, but it may help bolster Microsoft's revenue, analysts said today. Although experts expect some business laggards to buy new hardware as they try to ...
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Vietnam: Cement producers in Vietnam lost at least US$80m in 2012 in a bid to undercut each other, according to Tran Van Huynh, Chairman of Vietnam Building Material Association. Huynh made the comment as he warned that producers face huge ...
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