Tech companies are hanging onto record amounts of cash, and industry watchers want to see more of it reinvested in the companies or distributed to shareholders. FactSet, a financial research firm, tallied all the cash and marketable ...
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Bulletin on the Preliminary Verification Data of GDP in 2012 National Bureau of Statistics of China National Bureau of Statistics of China According to regulations of the NBS on the notice of print and distribute the reform of China's ...
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According to data released by the Ministry of Finance, Japan's steel exports totaled 3.64 million tons in July, down by 1.5% year on year and month on month. In July, the country's steel imports totaled 663,150 tons, falling by 3.1% from a ...
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According to statistic released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, the country's H-beam exports totaled 52,600 tons in July, rising by 18.7% from a month ago and jumping by 2.3 times year on year. Meanwhile, the country's export prices of ...
Credit constraints for German trade and industry edged downwards in August. 19.7% of the companies surveyed reported restrictive access to bank credit. The number of firms reporting credit constraints has not risen above a third in over ...
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UK retail sales values were up 1.8% on a like-for-like basis from August 2012, when they had decreased 0.4% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 3.6%, against a 1.6% increase in August 2012. While the growth was ...
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US-based food company Kellogg has re-located its Asia Pacific headquarters to Singapore where the company’s regional president, supply chain, HR, research and development (R&D), marketing and finance leaders will all be based. The ...
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Leading global network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is proved to have been badly affected by the disclosure of PRISM of the US in the Chinese mainland. China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (NYSE: CHA and SEHK: 0728), the biggest ...
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Shanghai Yunda Express Logistics Service Co., Ltd., a leading private Chinese express delivery service provider, is said to have begun making preparations for an IPO. People in the know disclosed in an interview on August 28 that Yunda ...
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Imagine your manager offered to eliminate much of the red tape, bureaucracy and distractions you encounter daily. Imagine eliminating the hours spent in meetings to discuss the need for more meetings. Imagine your manager were able to ...
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Chuka Umunna MP spent around two hours at Duo UK as he gained first-hand experience of how British manufacturers are coping in the current economic conditions as well exploring how the rising cost of living is affecting employees. Other ...
Pervatech BV, the producer of membranes, membrane modules and separation systems for pervaporation and vapour permeation applications, has secured financial support for expansion. Pervatech says that its investment plan comprises a ...
World Bank Group member International Finance Corporation (IFC) has approved a $120m loan to Singapore-based food processor Olam International under a five-year agreement to finance upgrades and expansion of five food processing facilities ...
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Esmark Inc. has announced management changes for its Esmark Steel Group subsidiary. As part of the management realignment, Esmark Inc. Chairman and CEO James P. Bouchard will reassume CEO duties of Esmark Steel Group. Esmark Inc. Chairman ...
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According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's iron ore imports amounted to 66.45 million metric tons in the first half of 2013, increasing slightly by 0.6 percent year on year. The ministry's data show that ...
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