Business conditions for trucking worsened in November from the previous month but were still positive overall,industry analysis firm FTR said. FTR's Trucking Conditions Index fell to 7.01 in November,a 20%drop,the group said. "While we ...
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DENSO Corporation today announced its third quarter global financial results for the nine months ending Dec. 31, 2013. Consolidated net sales totaled 3,016.6 billion yen (US$28.8 billion), a 17.4 percent increase from the previous year. ...
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Real steel consumption in the European Union is estimated to have fallen by slightly less than two percent in 2013, according to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q1 2014 Report from the Economic Committee of the European ...
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Australia's mid-market businesses are experiencing a sharp increase in confidence and renewed optimism around future performance, according to the Commonwealth Bank Future Business Index. The index reveals confidence reached the highest ...
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After six months of steadily increasing demand for design services, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) paused in November. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month ...
International credit rating agency Moody's has said that the outlook for the European steel industry is stable and reflects the expectations for the fundamental business conditions in the industry over the next 12 to 18 months. Moody's ...
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In the third quarter of 2013, order bookings in the German machine tool industry rose by four percent year on year, according to the German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW). Given the dominance of the German industry in the ...
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NEMA's Electroindustry Business Conditions Index (EBCI) for current conditions in North America slipped in November, falling from 56.3 in October to 53.1, but showed signs of improvement in the business environment by remaining above the ...
Carriers participating in the Ontario Trucking Association's (OTA) fourth quarter survey of business conditions reported improved freight volumes in three of the four lane segments, which are monitored by the OTA. But with the peak ...
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GateHouse Media Inc. CEO Kirk Davis says the company's shuttering of 10 weeklies in Eastern Massachusetts was necessary to shore up its stronger area publications. "There's no nobility in trying to cover every town in Eastern ...
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When you test the softness of a cashmere Brunello Cucinelli pullover or try on a pair of knee high boots from Manolo Blahnik, it's easy to forget that luxury retailers face the same distribution issues as mass merchandise merchants. They ...
DENSO Corp. posted net income of 150.1 billion yen on consolidated net sales of nearly 2 trillion yen for the first half ended Sept. 30, 2013. That compares to income of 78 billion yen on sales of 1.7 trillion yen for the same period in ...
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Air freight markets stabilised in September, after an extended period of slow increase. Global freight tonne kilometres were up 0.5% in September year-on-year, a slowdown on the 3.4% growth in August, and there was no increase in volumes ...
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Lectra’s Board of Directors, chaired by André Harari, reviewed the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the third quarter and first nine months of 2013. Highlights: - Revenues: €150 million (+5%) - Income ...
Total European Union steel tube production is expected to decline by almost four percent this year, according to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q4 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association ...
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