PPG Industries reported third quarter 2012 net sales of $3.8 billion. Net income for the quarter was $339 million, including nonrecurring charges. Adjusted net income for the quarter, excluding the nonrecurring charges, was $348 million. ...
Tags: PPG Industries, automotive OEM, refinish coatings, Performance Coatings
This is the first in a three-part series of the behind-the-scenes story of the compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL). A Brighter Idea: The Untold Story of the CFL, originally featured in the October 2012 issue of Electricity Journal, is a ...
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(Reuters) - China's economy offered more evidence of a seventh straight quarter of slowing growth on Monday, with an official survey of factory managers remaining in contractionary territory for a second successive month despite improving ...
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CIO-There are a lot of myths about Canada-most related to the country's climate-but these misconceptions actually leave some wondering if Canada might be a good location for a data center. Why Canada Is on the Data Center Radar Michel ...
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The slump in global markets has depressed demand for Cambodian products,leading to reduced growth forecasts by the Asian Development Bank(ADB)for 2012 and 2013. "Falling global demand,especially in Europe and the US,means that the ...
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Luxury Remains Resilient in the Face of Economic Turbulence Affordable luxury–important ballast to growth in cash-strapped developed markets Driven mainly by strength in emerging economies,overall retail growth in 2012 is set ...
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A BT spokesperson has labelled today's allegations that the company has marked up the cost of rural superfast broadband installations by as much as 80 per cent as"quite frankly,untrue,"condemning the Daily Telegraph's apparently leaked ...
China's lackluster manufacturing sector will continue to struggle in the second half of the year, a newly released government report said, threatening to deprive the world's biggest manufacturing hub of a growth driver. The sector will ...
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Introduction There has been a gradual slowdown in the OLED lighting market and there are a number of reasons for that. One reason is the state of the global economy. The ultimate aim is to sell OLED lighting based on its energy ...
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Taipei, Sept. 21, 2012 (CENS)--In view of the inflationary pressure to be brought about by the third-round quantitative easing policy (QE3) of the U.S., the regular meeting of the board of the directors and supervisors of the Central Bank ...
Tags: Cbc, Discount Rate, Inflationary Pressure, NT Dollar
Dr. A Sakthivel Chairman, The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), an apex council under the Ministry of Textiles, on behalf of the entire Textiles Industry has welcomed the Government move to allow FDI in multi-brand retail. In his ...
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Developers across the country get into outburst mode when cement manufacturers increase prices. They blame the cement cartel of pushing up construction costs. While manufacturers have insisted that cement price hike has only a marginal ...
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Taipei,Sept.7,2012--In the face of the sluggish economy and rising inflation,the Central Bank of China(CBC)tends to keep the existing low rates,to bolster economic growth,while tightening fund control,to avoid its flow to the realty market ...
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Brazil will raise import tariffs on 100 foreign products to help struggling local industries,Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Tuesday,in a move that could amplify concerns over growing protectionism in the world's No.6 economy. This ...
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The National Lighting Bureau(NLB)reports that second-quarter 2012 NEMA Lighting Systems Index(LSI)performance gained almost 3%over first-quarter 2012's performance and 6.6%over second-quarter 2011's.NLB Executive Director John Bachner ...