Law360, New York (July 21, 2014, 2:52 PM ET) — Panasonic Corp. along with units of Hitachi Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. were slapped with an antitrust class action in California federal court Friday alleging they participated ...
Tags: Circuit Board, Electrical, Electronics
SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area plaintiffs attorney Joseph Saveri has launched price-fixing allegations against more than a dozen electronics manufacturers over tiny electrical components found in nearly all household technology. Among the ...
Tags: Suit, Price-Fixing, Electrical, Electronics
After US announced its preliminary determination on the CVD and AD duty, the momentum in the market has turned weak rapidly. Module and cell manufacturers were the first to be challenged by the decreased capacity and increased inventory. In ...
The monsoon has set in over all the agriculture belts in India and has covered the water scarcity faced by the farmers in very little time. The cotton markets are seeing a clear drop in prices in spite of the very low good quality unsold ...
Tags: Indian Markets, Drop, Textile
China's price support program, introduced in 2011/12, raised internal market prices for cotton substantially above world prices. Consequently, yarn, fabric, textiles, and apparel made from domestic cotton became less competitive compared ...
Tags: China.Apparel, Accessories
The reversal of Chinese cotton policy and import of cheaper yarn from India led to a slowdown in yarn production in the country, according to a report released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). ‘The State of Pakistan’s ...
Tags: SBP, Apparel, Accessories
After the US announced its preliminary determination on the CVD and AD duty, PV makers in both China and Taiwan have been confronted by high tariff rates. Module and cell prices shipped to the US have started to increase substantially, and ...
Prices in China's domestic thermal coal market slumped dramatically in Monday's Asian trading session as the effect of Shenhua's cut to its thermal coal prices late last week and depressed buying interest among Chinese power plants took a ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Coal Prices, coal
Lululemon Athletica Inc. reported a drop in profit for the fiscal first quarter amid a tax charge tied to a share-repurchase plan and lowered its outlook for the year. Comparable-store sales for the first quarter decreased 4 percent on a ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Northwest European spot styrene values rallied $45/mt or 3% Wednesday morning in reaction to the fire that broke out at Ellba's styrene monomer/propylene oxide plant at Moerdijk, the Netherlands. Styrene end-users and consumers stepped ...
Tags: spot styrene, specific material
Global specialty products supplier AMG Aluminum is curtailing its annual aluminum alloys capacity by 5,000 mt, or around 10% of its global demand, due to current market conditions, the company said Tuesday. AMG said in a statement its ...
Tags: AMG Aluminum, aluminum alloys, Soft Market
China-based polysilicon and solar wafer maker LDK Solar has obtained syndicated loans of CNY2 billion (US$321 million) from 11 local banks to ease its financial troubles, according to a report. State-run China Development Bank arranged ...
Tags: polysilicon, solar wafer
PVC market prices across Asia are expected to rise as of June offers on reduced market supply from Taiwan, Japan and India, market sources at the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference in Pattaya said Thursday. Market participants said ...
Tags: PVC Prices, VCM Shortages
US recycler Metalico expects domestic ferrous scrap pricing to remain under pressure until the American scrap export market improves, it said Thursday. First-quarter US scrap exports were at an eight-year low, leading domestic exporters ...
Tags: Steel Scrap, ferrous scrap
Argentina will retroactively cut the duty for biodiesel exported in March from 21.75% to 11.07%, according to Claudio Molina, executive director of the Argentina Association of Biofuels and Hydrogen. The official announcement has yet to ...
Tags: Biodiesel Export, export market