China's refined copper surplus is expected to widen in 2014, on lower demand from the collateralized borrowing sector, as well as a slowdown in the domestic private sector's construction activities, Chinese industry experts said Thursday. ...
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The average annual unit growth rate of analog ICs has increased to 8.9 percent for the forecast period of 2013 to 2018, outpacing all other major IC product segments and total IC shipment growth, which is pegged at 7.2 percent growth, ...
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Kemet Corp. reported higher net sales and narrowing losses in preliminary results for the quarter ended June 30. The Greenville-based supplier of electronic components said net sales totaled $212.9 million for its fiscal first quarter, up ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has shaved its forecast for U.S. economic growth this year, mostly because of a sharp contraction in the first quarter. But the global lending organization still expects that growth ...
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GREENVILLE, S.C. , July 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – KEMET Corporation (the “Company”) (NYSE: KEM), a leading global supplier of electronic components, today reported preliminary results for our first quarter ended June 30, ...
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TOKYO (Kyodo) –The government on Tuesday cut its forecast for Japan’s economic growth in fiscal 2014 to 1.2 percent from 1.4 percent in real terms amid lingering fears that the April 1 consumption tax hike, the first in 17 ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A gauge designed to predict the economy’s future health increased in June for a fifth consecutive month, supporting the view that economic growth should accelerate in the second half of this year. The ...
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The global OC market posted revenues of $6.8bn in 2013, up 3% from the 2012 level. The gain was due to strong datacom sales driven by hyperscale data centers, 100G coherent demand, and unexpected growth in sales of transceivers for ...
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Worldwide semiconductor revenue is on pace to reach $336 billion in 2014, a 6.7 percent increase from 2013, and up from the previous quarter’s forecast of 5.4 percent growth, according to Gartner, Inc. Sequential growth in the ...
The global chip market will be worth $336 billion in 2014, up 6.7 percent from 2013, according to market analysis company Gartner Inc. This is higher than the forecast of 5.4 percent growth Gartner gave three months before. The sequential ...
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Hibbett Sports Inc. lowered its earnings forecast for fiscal 2015 by roughly 5 percent Thursday based on preliminary estimates of results for the 13-week period ended Aug. 2. The retaile said it expects net sales for the period to ...
Import volume at major U.S. container ports is expected to hit an all-time record in August as retailers concerned about the lack of a West Coast longshoremen’s contract rush to bring holiday season merchandise into the country, ...
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In September this year, Ukraine's crude steel production is expected to decrease by 3.8 percent compared to the anticipated August result to 2.5 million mt, according to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom. ...
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According to the new report "Waterborne Coatings Market by Resin (Acrylic, Polyester, Alkyd, Epoxy, Polyurethane, PTFE, PVDF, PVDC, & Others), by Application (Architectural, Automotive, General Industrial, Protective, Wood, Marine, ...
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Bremen cotton quotes remained on a relatively stable level, without any identifiable direction awaiting the next USDA-crop-estimates. The current USDA-report did not show any important changes outside the U.S. According to the report, ...