Reuters reported that Shanghai steel futures climbed more than 1%on Monday to their highest since October,after fresh data boosted optimism that China's economic recovery was gaining traction,boding well for demand for both steel and its ...
Tags: steel futures, economic recovery, industrial output, iron ore
Steel market in China got a jerk with slight improvement.More than the quantum it was the temperament which was encouraging.In the backdrop of healthy growth in manufacturing activity for the first time in 13 months in November,according to ...
Tags: steel market, PMI, HSBC, economic stability
Canadian retailer Couche-Tard has booked a jump in full-year earnings, as it benefited from higher sales, improved margins and an extra trading week. The Quebec-based forecourt operator said net profit in the 53 weeks to the end of April ...
Tags: Canadian retailer, margins, trading week
10-12-2012 China's manufacturing activity grew in November for the second month in a row,according to the latest industry data. China's purchasing managers'index(PMI)reached 50.6 last month,up from 50.2 in October and 49.8 in ...
Tags: electrical electronics, China's manufacturing activity
The mature European automotive paint additives market is being driven mainly by new technology and product innovation.Sizeable R&D investments are aimed at developing competitively priced,high performance additives that meet legislative ...
Tags: European automotive paint, technology, product innovation
Psychological assets like optimism and positive emotion afford protection against cardiovascular disease. It also appears that these factors slow the progression of disease, says a study was published 2012 in Psychological Bulletin. ...
Tags: optimism, positive emotion, protection, cardiovascular disease
As global jewellery market is set to grow faster than other luxury industries, Louis Vuitton is expanding its jewelry segment with a dedicated store on Paris' Place Vendome, the Heart and Soul of High Jewellery. The new Paris store will ...
Tags: Louis Vuitton, jewelry store, jewellery and watchmaking
Plastic packaging company Quinn Plastics & Packaging said it has acquired a Kiefel KMD 85 thermoformer in an effort to become a major player in rigid food packaging. The machine is the first major investment by the company into packaging ...
Tags: packaging, machine, packaging machinery
Almost seven years since Tesco first announced its plan to enter the US, the UK retailer has today (5 December) said it is "likely" to quit the market. Tesco said it would take too long for its Fresh & Easy chain to reach the "scale and ...
While its companion index on the manufacturing side fell for the fourth time in the last six months in November, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported today that things were better on the non-manufacturing side. In its ...
Tags: ISM, companion index, fell, new orders, manufacturing
Emirates Glass LLC (EGL), one of the region´s leading processors of premium architectural flat glass products and a subsidiary of Glass LLC, wholly owned by Dubai Investments (DI), has received Dhs20m worth of orders in Turkey for ...
Tags: architectural flat glass, glass, orders, Emirates Glass LLC
Sang Liangshu was once a typical Chinese housewife. That was before being inspired by her family's intense interest in art. She created a unique paper-cut art, which she called "Xiao Sang Paper-cut." Her style of paper-cut preserves ...
Tags: paper-cut, artworks, folk arts, handicraft
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA, which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, has reported its fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year results for the period ending 28 September 2012. Revenue for the ...
Tags: Skyworks, analog semiconductors, mixed-signal semiconductors
Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mohammed Sada, has expressed optimism that there would be a complete turn around for the minerals and metals sector next year. Speaking at a stakeholders' workshop organised by the National Steel ...
Tags: mineral, iron ores, mineral project funding schemes, NSRMEA
UK retail sales values were up 1.5% on a like-for-like basis from September 2011, when they were up 0.3% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 3.4%, against a 2.5% rise in September 2011. The recovery from last month was ...
Tags: retail sales values, clothing, footwear