AOKI Holdings Inc. has revised its consolidated earnings forecasts for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 that was announced on February 7, 2014. Reasons for revisions As shown in the above table, sales are likely to exceed our ...
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Inflation is picking up in Japan, with growing expectations that the nation is headed for a 3% year-on-year rate in April or soon after. Price rises in Tokyo, a leading indicator of the nationwide trend, have been far exceeding the ...
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Recently, the Society of Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) announced in February the Indian commercial vehicle sales data. Data show that in February, the Indian commercial vehicle sales fell to 47,982, compared with the same period last year ...
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According to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel), apparent steel consumption in China is expected to slow to three percent in 2014 amounting to 721.2 million mt, after growth of 6.1 percent in 2013 on the ...
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According to the Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI), Japanese demand for crude steel in the second quarter of the current year is expected to total 27.01 million mt, decreasing by 1.2 percent from the first quarter output forecast, with an ...
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Ever since the Japanese government passed the Act on Special Measures concerning the Procurement of Renewable Energy in July, 2012, the amount of grid-connected installation in Japan continued to increase. A research division of TrendForce, ...
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China's recent move to digitally tag fuel cargoes to clamp down on the widespread practice of declaring crude purchases as fuel oil to evade taxes is already seen to be curbing demand for heavy Venezuelan Merey crude from teapot refiners in ...
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While the Japanese government struck a more upbeat chord in its January economic report, measures of consumer confidence paint a grimmer picture of things further on, as a tax hike in April threatens to put the breaks on household spending. ...
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Anticipation of higher earnings in fiscal 2014 is buoying Japanese electronics stocks, with Hitachi, Panasonic, and many others outstripping their own 2013 market performance in the new year. On Wednesday, 178 issues on the Tokyo Stock ...
It is reported that Japan's Trade Ministry said the 2014 season Japan finished steel demand is expected to 0.6% up slightly. If this prediction were able to accomplish, it means that Japan’s steel demand would drop slightly by 0.1% ...
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According to the Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI), Japanese demand for crude steel in the first quarter of 2014 is expected total 27.85 million mt, decreasing by 1.4 percent from the fourth quarter output forecast made in the third ...
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According to the forecast made by the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (Meti), Japan’s steel demand will be at 27.85 million tons in the first quarter of 2014, up slightly by 0.6% year on year and increasing by 1.4% from a ...
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Six in 10 heads of Japanese companies expect the economy to have recovered half a year after this coming April's consumption tax hike, a Nikkei survey finds. The quarterly poll of presidents or chairmen at key domestic corporations found ...
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Japan's economy will grow 1.4 percent in fiscal 2014 on the back of healthy domestic demand, amid inflation of 1.2 percent — excluding the effects of the consumption tax hike in April, the government projected Saturday. The ...
From noodle bars to housekeeping services, personal spending is spreading cheer to the nooks and crannies of the Japanese economy. The Bank of Japan's December Tankan survey of business sentiment showed a major improvement in confidence ...
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