A new forecast by market researchers at ElectroniCast Consultantssuggests that the market for devices used in commercial free-space optical (FSO) communications systems will near-double by 2018. However, such is the niche appeal of the ...
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A further step towards the development of the planned High Speed 2 north - south high speed rail network came on December 24, when the government’s development company HS2 Ltd announced the award of framework contracts covering ...
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Economic Times reported that iron ore is rallying the most in about 2 years as analysts predict that China, the biggest buyer, will import a record amount in 2013 as its accelerating economic growth spurs demand for steel. According to ...
According to experts interviewed by Gulf News, the UAE economy is expected to grow at a rate between 3.25% to 5% in 2013 in a world still grappling with economic and financial challenges. And much of that growth is a result of government ...
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It is reported that Hyundai Steel Company issued a USD 17.2 million letter of credit to Australian iron ore company Pluton Resources against the purchase of four shipments commencing in August 2013. Mr Tony Schoer MD of Pluton Resources ...
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Australian markets got off to a roaring start to 2013 yesterday, with the avoidance of the January 1 US fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts combining with rising iron ore prices to send the stockmarket on its biggest one-day ...
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Market watchers predict the local sharemarket will forge further ahead this year after surging almost 15 per cent last year, the result of a second-half recovery that defied concerns about sovereign debt in Europe and the US and a Chinese ...
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Strong Chinese manufacturing data was not enough to shake the Australian dollar from its slumber yesterday, with traders glued to any news from Washington as talks over the so-called fiscal cliff went down to the wire. The Aussie ...
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“The most valuable commodity I know of is information.” (Gordon Gecko in “Wall Street” by Oliver Stone) Commodities have experienced a renaissance after the bursting of the internet bubble at the end of the ...
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Dana Gas, the Sharjah based producer, has made two new gas discoveries in the Nile Delta basin. Successful drilling at the two wells, located near existing Dana operations, will increase the company's proven reserves by at least 17 ...
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CII has welcomed the announcement of the New Industrial Policy for the State. The Industry has been eagerly awaiting the new policy since the last 5 year industrial policy was announced in November 2006. Unlike the previous policy that ...
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Raises its overall projection, but lowers estimate for devices including tablets Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2013, a 4.2% increase from 2012 spending of $3.6 trillion, according to the latest forecast by ...
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Thursday that the country will aim for an economic growth of over 3.5 percent in 2013,compared with 1 percent in 2012,according to Xinhua.The prime minister made the forecast on the country's ...
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US agribusiness giant Cargill is to invest US$15.8m in the expansion of its case-ready meat facility in Marshall, Missouri. The investment will include the addition of a new production line for its value-added food products. The move ...
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According to preliminary government data,steel imports increased in November compared to October by 2%.Mr David Phelps president of AIIS said that"Steel arrivals continue to limp ahead with demand essentially unchanged when the November ...
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