The Australian dollar was lower yesterday as the US dollar strengthened after the Group of 20 industrial and developing countries fell short at the weekend of openly criticising governments that seek to deliberately devalue their ...
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The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has stated that in late January (Jan. 21-31) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.604 million mt, down 0.53 ...
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The US dollar lost ground versus major rivals Tuesday, while the Australian and New Zealand currencies gained after upbeat economic data from the two South Pacific nations. The ICE dollar index, which measures the greenback against a ...
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France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) has announced that the industrial economic situation in France has deteriorated again according to the industrial business climate indicator for January following a ...
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Ontario’s recent change to make Workplace Safety and Insurance Board coverage mandatory in the construction industry is an important component in combating the pervasive underground economy, says the Ontario Construction Secretariat. ...
The European physical naphtha market and forward spreads have come under heavy pressure in recent days as weak LPG values have led some petrochemical end-users to turn their attentions to cracking propane, traders said Friday. Platts ...
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IDG News Service - Weak economies in the U.S. and Europe together with a slowdown in manufacturing in China hurt semiconductor sales during the second quarter this year, and the market will deteriorate further in the coming quarters as ...
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Press Trust of India reported that Zinc prices fell by 0.13%to INR 113.35 per kg in futures market today after speculator off loaded their positions due to sluggish demand at spot markets. At the Multi Commodity Exchange,the January ...
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Growth in the storage market slowed down during the third quarter, but vendors such as Hitachi, EMC and Fujitsu still had a good three months thanks in part to sales of high-end systems. Revenue totalled US$5.3 billion in the third ...
As more than 12,000 unionized workers and supporters protested at the Capitol in Lansing, the Republican-led state House of Representatives gave final approval to a pair of "right-to-work" bills covering public- and private-sector unions. ...
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The differentials spread between Angolan crude grades Cabinda and Dalia has reached its widest point in more than a year, as the market shuns the heavier Dalia in favor of the lighter, more popular Cabinda, market sources said Friday. On ...
The Finnish firm said that the global economic slowdown had made its food industry customers cautious. The news comes as the firm announced its Q3 results. Sales for Q3 were €532m compared to €616m the year before. Its results ...
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IDG News Service-Intel is in final negotiations to invest up to$500 million in struggling Sharp of Japan,the Kyodo News agency reported Tuesday. Japan's largest news agency said the companies were discussing an investment of between 30 ...
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Japan's Sharp,a major supplier of LCD displays to Apple and other manufacturers,has warned that it may not survive if it can't turn around its business,an admission that caught few off guard. The Osaka-based manufacture said there ...
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Euro-area producer-price inflation slowed for a third month in December, adding to signs of easing cost pressure across the region as growth weakens. Factory-gate prices in the 17-nation euro region rose 4.3 percent from a year earlier ...