Major Chinese industrial firms saw their profits rise 13.5 percent year on year in the first three quarters, a faster pace than the 12.8-percent growth rate in the January-August period, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on ...
China's manufacturing hits 7-month high in October, according to HSBC's preliminary purchasing managers' index on Tuesday. China's PMI of October rose to 50.9, which is the highest since April. The reading compared with a final recording ...
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Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Group Co. (Ansteel) has announced its estimated financial results for the first three quarters of the current year. Accordingly, for the first nine months this year the ...
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based Americhem Inc. — a provider of custom color and additive solutions for man-made fibers and plastics — has debuted its mBRACE? softening additive for nonwovens applications including apparel, health and ...
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Executives representing members of the Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA)expressed cautious concern at their recent Fall Meeting, following a softening of the market after consecutive record years. Bob Reinfried, ...
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US biodiesel assessments plunged Monday to their lowest levels in at least two months on combined weakness from RINs prices and NYMEX ULSD futures. Chicago SME biodiesel and US Gulf Coast SME biodiesel were both assessed 14.5 cents lower ...
Hunan-based Chinese steelmaker Valin Group announced the financial results of its subsidiary Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Co. (Hunan Valin Steel) for the first half of the current year. In the first half, Hunan Valin Steel registered a net ...
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Hunan-based Chinese steelmaker Valin Group announced the financial results of its subsidiary Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Co. (Hunan Valin Steel) for the first half of the current year. In the first half, Hunan Valin Steel registered a net ...
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Preliminary data from FTR Associates is showing July Class 8 truck net orders at 17,307 the lowest level since September 2012. Orders were also down from June by 7 percent, but compared to the same month a year ago, were up a respectable ...
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A total of 247 metropolitan areas across 49 states and the District of Columbia qualified for inclusion on the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) for August, released recently. While this is ...
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Asian Paints has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2013. K.B.S. Anand, Managing Director and CEO, Asian Paints Limited, stated: "The Decorative paints business in India did well considering the challenging ...
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Marking the end of more than two years of sharp declines, pricing for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules achieved stability in the first quarter of 2013, paving the way for a rise in industry gross margins and return to profitability for some ...
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Kendal-based James Cropper, will tomorrow (30 July), officially open a £5m reclaimed fibre plant using the ground-breaking new technology at its Cumbria production mill. Until now, the 5% plastic content of cups has made them ...
Monro Muffler Brake Inc. reported net income of $13.6 million on net sales of $206.2 million for its first quarter ended June 29, 2013. That compares to net income of $11.6 million on sales of $169.2 million for the prior year’s first ...
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Amazon is offering to cover 95 percent of the cost of vocational training courses to help its warehouse staff pursue jobs in other careers,including many that Amazon does not offer,the company said Monday in a letter posted on its home ...
Tags: Amazon, fulfillment center, customer, vocational training