Volkswagen Passenger Cars has reported a 17.4% increase in its deliveries to 491,900 units in January 2013, compared to 419,100 units for the same period in 2012. In Germany, Volkswagen Passenger Cars handed over 38,100 units in the ...
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Data from the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) today showed that January retail sales were up compared to December as well as on an annual basis. Commerce reported that January retail sales at ...
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But passing the half-way mark of this interim profit season, we now have proof that his real error was putting a super-profits tax on the wrong industry. While profits were sliding at Rio Tinto, OZ Minerals and Wesfarmers' coal division, ...
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Market sentiment was aided by news that China's Citic Resources was taking a big stake in Alumina. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.7 per cent at 5036.9. This year it is up 8.3 per cent after rising 15 per cent in 2012. Trading value ...
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The price of Chinese stainless steel is still steady this week during long holiday of the Chinese New Year. So far, the prices of stainless steel and ferro-chrome in China keep unchanged. It also affects the global stainless steel ...
As I reported last week, the Centurion Jewelry Show held a week ago was the first chance to gauge both the mood of the industry in terms of the business and trends for the coming year. The mood I wrote about last week. This week I am ...
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Weaker investor sentiment sent the Australian dollar to its lowest levels since October in thin trading conditions because of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Asia. The sharemarket was flat, also in thin trading, as investors remained ...
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The Australian dollar was half a US cent higher after the US dollar lost ground against the euro and the yen in overnight trade. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.05 US cents, up from 102.55 cents at yesterday’s local ...
The Australian dollar nudged higher in light trading today, with much of Asia closed for the Lunar New Year celebrations and a public holiday in Japan. By late afteroon, the Aussie was trading at $US1.0301, up from US$1.0299 late Friday. ...
Canada - The North American premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Wizard of Oz was set for the new year at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre, where a pair of grandMA2s is now on hand to control lighting and video for the new musical. A.C.T ...
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Adamson brought in the New Year with a big bang. Scheduled for 3-4 January 2013, Adamson joined forces with Sound Image to attract local and national engineers, production and hire companies, as well as a large group of the World's top FOH ...
International retailer Spar is to invest US$100m in the development of its store network in Russia. The retailer has said it will invest $30m in the reconstruction of its Moscow stores and another $70, on the opening of new stores. ...
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OLEDmodule LUREON REP – a breakthrough in the world of OLEDs At the beginning of the new year Tridonic landed a big breakthrough with OLED modules for professional lighting. Available in series, the new lighting module from the ...
Popular denim specialist Republic has joined the league of other British high-street fashion chains to buckle into administration post-Christmas. The Leeds-based youth fashion chain, which owns nearly 121 stores nationwide, has ...
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Solar wafer and cell makers in Greater China plan to increase capacity utilization rates to full after the Lunar New Year holidays and hope product prices will increase as well. Solar firms believe that solar module price trends will show ...