The National Retail Federation lowered its retail sales forecast for 2014 because of slow growth recorded during the first half of the year, but said sales are expected to grow significantly faster over the next five months. NRF forecasted ...
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The market structure for FOB Korea toluene flipped into a backwardation Wednesday, supported by tight supply of prompt-delivery cargoes and keen buying interest, said market sources. Platts assessed the FOB Korea toluene marker at ...
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European ethylene spot prices jumped Thursday following a fire earlier in the week at Shell's Moerdijk site in the Netherlands, sources said Friday, adding that they expect olefin supply from the steam cracker at the site to be affected. ...
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With the US styrene monomer price hitting a six-month low this week, the arbitrage to send cargoes from the US Gulf to Far East Asia has opened, traders said Friday. Offers for cargoes loading in June in the US and arriving in Northeast ...
The US ferrous scrap import market was quiet in East Asia during the week, regional traders said Thursday. Importing mills were staying away because they believed US scrap prices were likely to soften after iron ore broke the $100/dry mt ...
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First quarter results, impacted by both currency and mix, went was planned for Puma as it continues to make improvements to its balance sheet and await the launch of its "Forever Faster" repoitioning strategy ahead of Back-to-School. Nwt ...
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The winning bid in the monthly auction held Tuesday for Japanese H2 scrap for export from Tokyo Bay was Yen 32,160/mt ($314.70/mt) free alongside ship, the organizer of the tender said. The bid was Yen 450/mt ($4.40/mt) lower than the ...
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Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the first half ended March 31 of the financial year 2013-14, stating that it has achieved all operating and strategic targets for the first quarter. In the ...
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Leather products are becoming more and more popular these days. In contrast with their previous hardness, integrating with bright color, leather products are designed much softer, which makes leather product more fashionable and essential ...
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Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motor's division Haval has introduced a new small size SUV, the Haval H2 at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show in China. Powered by a 1.5L turbo charged petrol engine paired to a six-speed manual ...
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Forland of Foton Motor Group held a launch ceremony for Forland Kangrui H2 equipped with Cummins engine China IV product, marked that Forland Kangrui H2 equipped Cummins engine China IV new product officially entered Guangzhou In the ...
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There was no shortage of news for the cotton market to digest this week as ICE futures lost over 300 pts basis the K4 contract. Losses on Monday were re-couped on Tuesday ahead of the USDA's monthly WASDE report, which contained few ...
With the rapid development of toy safety standards worldwide, it is important to have efficient and coherent audit systems in place for factories to ensure uniformity of audits. Intertek has established a network of international auditing ...
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How the apply for TCO Certification: To begin the TCO Certification process for Visual Display Unites (VDUs), download the TCO Certification Application Form (73kb PDF). Fill out the form and fax to Intertek Stockholm laboratory (fax ...
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Flying a radio-controlled replica of the historic WWII P-51 Mustang red-tail aircraft—of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen—NRL researchers (l to r) Dr. Jeffrey Baldwin, Dr. Dennis Hardy, Dr. Heather Willauer, and Dr. David Drab ...
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