According to the latest quarterly economic forecast from the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation(MAPI),deceleration in the U.S.manufacturing recovery in the second quarter of 2012 foretells slow economic growth in coming ...
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Insurers are seeking rate hikes of 5%to 15%for primary casualty construction business,Marsh Inc.said in a special report on the sector published Thursday. But,"risks with high loss ratios typically are experiencing higher increases and ...
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Computerworld-NASA has decided to take a much deeper look inside Mars to try to figure out why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth. The space agency announced late on Monday that it will launch a new mission in 2016,named ...
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Kosher food specialist G.Willi Food has said it will pursue acquisitions after seeing profits plunge in the first half of its fiscal year. Israel-based G.Willi's chairman,Zwi Williger,said on Wednesday(15 August)that the firm sees an ...
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Islamabad: Pakistan cut interest rates by a greater-than-forecast 1.5 percentage points, seeking to bolster faltering growth with the first reduction since 2011 after inflation slowed to a more than two-year low. The State Bank of Pakistan ...
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Tesco is starting to regain ground on its rivals in the UK, industry analysts Kantar Worldpanel claimed today (14 August) as they issued their latest sales data on the country's grocery sector. The UK grocery market grew by 3.9% in the 12 ...
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GIA announces the release of a global report on Aerospace Fasteners market. Sales in the global market for Aerospace Fasteners is projected to reach US$6.8 billion by the year 2018, encouraged by increased shipments of Aerospace Equipment ...
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French cement giant Lafarge SA (LFRGY. PK, LFGEF. PK) Friday reported an 80 percent plunge in profit for the second quarter, hurt by charges. Adjusted profit was flat with last year, amid a 5 percent rise in revenue. Net income group share ...
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Hershey has lifted its forecast for underlying earnings today (26 July) after managing to increase prices more than expected in the first half of 2012. The US confectioner said price increases had boosted margins and, with selling, ...
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Ireland's grocery sales have seen their biggest fall for two years as shoppers reign in spending in the face of "tough" economic conditions, the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel reveal. According to Kantar, the grocery market fell by ...
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South African retailer Shoprite Holdings has booked an increase in full-year like-for-like sales. In the 12 months to the end of June, the group saw like-for-like sales climb 8.5%. Total turnover increased 14.4% to ZAR82.7bn (US$10.04bn). ...
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In the first half of 2012, faced with the complicated and volatile economic environment at home and abroad, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council committed to the general tone of progressing steadily, correctly handled the ...
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Sudan has opened its much-delayed$1bn sugar plant in White Nile state,as part of its effort to achieve self-sufficiency and boost sugar exports. The new plant,known as White Nile Sugar,has an initial white sugar output of 150,000 tons ...
Ofcom today set out proposals to cap the prices BT can charge for leasing its telecoms infrastructure, which it claims will lead to real-time price reductions for most customers. The regulator said the lines, which are rented by companies ...
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UK food sales have jumped as consumers splashed out for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, but the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel show that Tesco and Morrisons struggled to take advantage of this market growth. Both Tesco and Morrisons ...
Tags: food, Tesco, retailer, grocery inflation, frozen food