Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced Wednesday first quarter net income of $39 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, on net sales of $1.8 billion. By comparison, prior year first quarter net income was $48 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, on ...
Tags: Steel Dynamics, Midwest steel
The seaborne iron ore market reversed losses Thursday, as an influx of buying activity suddenly emerged in the spot market. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index at $116.25/dry mt CFR North China Thursday, up $1.50/dmt from Wednesday. ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Interest Resurfaces, spot market
The ToyNews Retail Advisory Board gives its views on the first major holiday of this year "Easter is the second biggest selling time behind Christmas," according to some of the UK's leading toy retailers. Traditionally a gifting period ...
Tags: Toys, Easter Toys
Following the relative improvement of real steel consumption in the second half of 2013, estimates for consumption in the first quarter of 2014 indicate that the recovery in final demand gained further strength, according to the Economic ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Warmer spring weather spurred continued consumer spending and activity this March. According to the National Retail Federation – the world's largest retail trade association – March retail sales, which exclude automobiles, gas ...
Tags: NRF, US Retail Sales
According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q2 2014 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), strengthening indicators and evidence of improving dynamics suggest that the EU economy is ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Big brands are launching "free-from" ranges globally The 'free-from' foods market is booming in many parts of the world, widening into new categories and increasingly moving into the mainstream with introductions from major food ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Zebra Technologies Corporation announced that it expects to report sales for the first quarter of 2014 in the range of $287,000,000 to $289,000,000, or 21 percent over the $236,937,000 in sales reported for the first quarter of 2013. ...
Corn planting is marching its way north, but once you head north of the Mason-Dixon Line, the progress quickly slows to a crawl. State ag statistics service reports from this week -- issued despite a lack of federal-level reports from the ...
Tags: Corn, Agriculture, Food
Firm becomes exclusive UK and Ireland distributor of the electronic play concept. Toy Essentials has been appointed as the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor of Popar. Popar is an award winning electronic play concept from the US ...
“Canton Sourcing Season” is a completely new model of activity based on 9 sessions of business banquet. Successfully held for the first time during the last autumn Canton fair, Canton Sourcing Season received high praise by ...
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From 9 to 13 March 2014, Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor China IV Quality Products Conference, organized by Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor, successfully completed its on-site activities for six stations, namely Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Chengdu, Suzhou, ...
Tags: Transportation, car, vehicles
Firm looking for three new faces for the brand for 2015. Munchkin Lindam has launched its nationwide 'Peek-a-Boo' competition to find three new faces for the brand for 2015. The current Peek-a-Boo faces feature across all Munchkin's ...
Tags: Toys
The revival, reconstruction and modernization of the Angolan textile mill AfricaTextil at Benguela, which began in March 2012, is about 85 percent complete, Koichi Nagashima, the director of studies and projects of the contractor told ...
Tags: textile mill, AfricaTextil
Strong market fundamentals lead to 30 per cent rise in investment sales volumes. Investment activity has surged to produce a $1 billion result in the first half of 2014, up from $661 million recorded in second half of 2013, according to ...
Tags: Service, Manufacturing, Economy