In 2012, the number of Japan corporate bankruptcy was 12,124, a decrease of 4.7% compared with 2011, decreased for four consecutive years, a record low of recent 20 years. The liabilities totaled 38,345 billion yen, a growth of 6.7% over ...
Nestle's chairman, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, has backed those who criticise the use of food crops for biofuels. Speaking at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin, Brabeck-Letmathe said that food should be for people, not for ...
The Laker Carriers' Association (LCA) reported Tuesday that shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 61.6 million tons in 2012, a slight improvement over 2011. The increase, 245,000 tons, is equal to about four cargos in a ...
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After a disastrous third quarter of 2012 featuring extremely low factory utilization rates across the entire solar supply chain, a surge in demand was seen in the final quarter of the year for solar modules. A new solar module shipment ...
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Chinese state-owned shipbuilding conglomerate China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has announced that its net profit is expected to decrease by 95-100 percent year on year in 2012, due to declining volumes of ships under ...
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Despite record low temperatures in China, the country's gas companies say they expect to be able to cope with increased winter gas demand in the coming weeks. Sinopec said Tuesday on its website that it had been implementing several ...
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The global polysilicon industry will return to the path of growth and increase its production by 6.5% in 2013, according to Bernreuter Research. The polysilicon market research firm projects the global polysilicon net demand - including ...
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The global polysilicon industry will return to the path of growth and increase its production by 6.5% in 2013, according to an analysis by Bernreuter Research. The polysilicon market research firm projects the global polysilicon net ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA says that RFMD fellow Kevin W. Kobayashi has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers by the IEEE board of directors. The IEEE grade of fellow was conferred ...
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As in a Sherlock Holmes novel where the telling clue is the dog that didn’t bark the significant features of the cotton industry at the start of 2013 are those that are not happening. In most seasons, the range between the highest and ...
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After a disappointing Wall Street debut, all eyes will be on Facebook on Thursday when it makes its first quarterly earnings report as a public company. The world's largest social network is under a lot of pressure to show strong numbers ...
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The construction industry shed 2.2 million workers between January 2007 and last year. So now there's an overabundance of them eager for jobs, right? Wrong. Contractors are struggling with shortages of workers as the home-building market ...
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In its latest attempt to boost advertising revenue as uses move to mobile devices, Facebook is trialling ads for apps in the social network's mobile news feed. The ads will appear in a limited number of beta users' feeds during the trial ...
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Computerworld - Facebook may be the biggest social network in the world, but rival Google+ wins when it comes to user satisfaction. Facebook users have become increasingly unsatisfied, according to a report from the American Customer ...
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Facebook appears to be losing users in the U.S. and other major markets, though its user base in parts of Asia is growing, according to an investment company report. Facebook saw its U.S. user base drop by 0.7% over the past three months ...