The United States and Brazil have agreed to settle their long-standing Cotton dispute in the World Trade Organization (WTO). As per the agreement, Brazil will relinquish all rights to countermeasures against US trade. In turn, the US ...
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Weak retail traffic and ramped-up discounts to clear merchandise, once again hit profits at denim jeans marketer - Levi Strauss & Co for the third fiscal quarter ended August 24, 2014. In the third fiscal quarter, Levis posted profit of ...
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Blue Nile is being challenged by rising diamond prices, forcing the online jeweler to seek out growth in other areas. As diamond prices rise, eroding Blue Nile’s competitive advantage that its lower online prices offer, consumers will ...
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The spot alumina price in China's Henan was rangebound Wednesday at Yuan 2,860/mt ($465/mt) for 70:30 cash and credit payment terms, unchanged from September 30, as the market returned from an extended break from October 1-7 to celebrate ...
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Macintosh Retail Group said Halfords Netherlands, the bicycle and automotive chain it sold last year, has filed for bankruptcy. Macintosh sold Halfords Netherlands to the chain's Managing Director on June 30, 2013. Following the ...
China-based PV module makers have drastically reduced orders released to Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers who are subject to US anti-dumping tariffs at an average rate of 24.23%, but some of them are willing to resume ...
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The SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting got underway in Berlin today, September 29, with the participation of almost 300 executives, including 82 representatives from 43 steel producer companies from a total of 21 ...
This is according to global credit research by Moody’s Investors Service, based on first half trading this year Moody’s notes that European paper demand is declining by 5% a year, and consolidation would aid the longer-term ...
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Weak demand saw China's imports of toluene plunged to a near six-year low in August, with market sources expecting the bearish sentiment to prolong for the foreseeable future. China's toluene imports in August fell 73% from the previous ...
Currently, most flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices are fabricated using organic materials. However, for these devices inorganic compound semiconductors such as gallium nitride (GaN) can provide advantages over organic materials ...
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The Consumer Action Law Centre has welcomed the Competition Policy Review Draft Report and its emphasis ‘on protecting competition and not competitors.’ But Consumer Action will be asking the review’s panellists to ...
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International credit ratings agency Moody's has announced that it has changed the rating outlook on Australian steelmaker Bluescope Steel to positive from stable. At the same time, Moody's has affirmed Bluescope's Ba3 corporate family ...
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Ferro Corporation has signed a definitive agreement with Milan, Italy-based Private Equity Funds' Management Company Star Capital SGR S.p.A. and two minority owners and founders Gianfranco Padovani and Sergio Zannoni to acquire Casola ...
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The Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, has approved setting up of 13 textile parks, which will involve a minimum investment of Rs. 1 billion each. Speaking at a book-launching event in New Delhi, Minister of State ...
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International credit rating agency Moody's has announced that the outlook for the European steel industry will remain stable until 2015, despite anticipated capacity utilization and profitability improvements. According to Moody's report, ...
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