Despite a sharp decline in oil prices, the world economic outlook is subdued, weighed down by underlying weakness elsewhere, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook (WEO). Compared ...
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that the smart watch footprint at the 2015 International CES® will more than double in size from the 2014 CES. The Smart Watch Marketplace will return for a second year and ...
Economists are calling for more proactive fiscal policies to counter the deepening slowdown in growth, as China's annual Central Economic Work Conference is set to start on Tuesday. The meeting, usually held in early December, sets the ...
Driven by wholesale and direct-to-consumer segments sales, revenues at fashion retailer Vince Holding, surged 20 per cent year on year for the third fiscal quarter ended November 1, 2014. Vince said in third quarter of 2014, its net sales ...
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Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by 2.7% in 2014, an improvement from the previous forecast of negative 3.7%, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Although third-quarter results were a few points ahead of forecast ...
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New research by Beyond Zero Emissions, referenced by Ross Garnaut at the recent Melbourne Economic Forum, details what it calls “the vast gap between Australian government projections and the realities of trade in a carbon-constrained ...
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AAA Travel reports nearly 46.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving weekend, the highest number for the holiday season since 2007. This is a 4.2% jump from last year. Almost 90 percent of ...
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The analyst presentation that De Beers published this week on behalf of Anglo American was as revealing as the company’s much publicized Diamond Insight Report. Whether this was a once-off publication or not, the presentation was ...
Boreal Water Collection, a high-end private label bottled water company, today announced that the prestigious H&M Group (Manhattan) has agreed to begin purchasing Boreal's line of customized water products. Boreal will be bottling their ...
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“Global cotton output in 2014/15 is estimated at 119.4 million bales, which is similar from the previous season, as higher area is offset by a lower global yield,” the USDA informs in its latest October report. The agency ...
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Cabela's Inc. reported total revenue increased 4.1 percent in the third quarter, to $886.0 million. Retail store revenue increased 8.7 percent to $598.7 million; Direct revenue decreased 11.7 percent to $175.3 million; and Financial ...
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GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market for anticorrosion coatings in China was worth more than RMB 36 billion in 2013, with sales of roughly 1.4 Mn Tons. The study finds that growth in 2013 was only 2.8 percent, ...
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Armstrong World Industries announced that following its assessment of preliminary third quarter results and projections for the fourth quarter of the year, it is revising its full year expectations for sales and adjusted EBITDA. The company ...
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