China imported 379,000 mt refined copper in February, down 29% from January but up 27% from February 2013, General Administration of Customs data released Monday showed. Industry analysts Tuesday attributed the month-on-month fall to ...
Based in Eskisehir, North West Turkey, OMK employs 260 people with sales of approximately €20m. Saica is forecasting the corrugated market in Turkey to grow strongly with the potential to be one of the largest in Europe, driven by ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, corrugated market
The leading apparel and textile associations in the United State and Europe urged their respective trade commissioners March 10 to negotiate a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) that will end all apparel and textile ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Apparel, Footwear
Copper cathode inventories at China's Shanghai Futures Stock Exchange warehouses rose for the eight straight week to 207,320 mt as of March 7, up 4.6% week on week, according to SHFE data released late Friday. SHFE copper cathode stocks ...
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Following the boom in expansion of the Chinese LED market in 2011, many industry insiders and analysts speculated on whether China would be able to sustain the growth, or if many companies simply ordered an excessive amount of metal-organic ...
Tags: LED market, LED industry
National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay and NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz issued a response to the organization's February jobs report. "While there are signs of modest momentum in the economy, now is not the time ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Retail Industry
Twice as many businesses intend to increase their levels of capital investment in the months ahead compared to those which will reduce their spending, with Australia’s record low borrowing costs and steady levels of confidence about ...
Tags: Economic Growth, logistics
U.S. workers' productivity rose in the fourth quarter at a slower rate than previously estimated, the Labor Department reported. Productivity increased at a 1.8% annual rate from October to December, down from a previously estimated 3.2%, ...
Tags: Transportation
In the past two months, both the United States (the largest exporter in 2012/13) and China (the largest producer and consumer in 2012/13) announced changes to their agricultural policies, including cotton. On February 7, 2014, President ...
Tags: Cotton Policies, Apparel
Thanks to China's abundant cheap labor resources, the Samsung has established the Smartphone Empire, but as costs soaring, Samsung in order to maintain profits have gradually shifted its production base in Vietnam. After doing business in ...
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U.S. productivity grew at an even slower annual rate than previously thought in the final three months of last year. Economists are hoping productivity growth will revive in 2014, reflecting a stronger economy. The Labor Department says ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Americans spent more in January, but the increase came from a surgeA transient variation in the current and/or potential at a point in the circuit. in spending on heating bills during the harsh winter. Spending in areas such as autos and ...
Tags: Energy Costs, durable goods
"The result for the first half of the financial year reflected solid growth in emerging markets, ongoing operating improvements and the benefits from recent acquisitions. Earnings per share, for the continuing operations, increased 22% to ...
Tags: Packaging&Printing, Amcor
Dairy is the health food of the nation because its export sales potential, mostly to China and the rest of SE Asia, will help to keep our economy in good shape... ...So long-life milk manufacturer, Pactum Dairy Group, has developed a ...
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The front-month Brent-WTI spread settled at a fresh five-month low of $6.48/barrel Friday, as steady drawdowns in crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub have lent upside support to WTI, while Brent remains subdued. NYMEX ...
Tags: crude, Brent futures