A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds of ...
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Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Lextar Electronics had December consolidated revenues of NT$1.098 billion (US$36.6 million), a decrease of 5.84% on month but an increase of 51.88% on year, while LED packaging house Unity ...
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Tupelo Furniture Market organizers report that the event's 2.5 million square feet of exhibit space is almost sold out for the upcoming show, set for Feb. 6-9. Officials say the event has grown in the past two years partly because of an ...
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NEMA’s Lighting Systems Index subsided from a five year high posted in the previous quarter, decreasing by 1.6 percent on a quarter-to-quarter (q/q) basis during 2013Q3. However, demand remains robust compared to a year ago. On a ...
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The new year will look a lot like the old year for the mattress industry. That's the inference from the most recent bedding forecasts issued by the International Sleep Products Assn., whose statistics committee convenes as a forecast ...
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Japanese food maker Maruha Nichiro Holdings is recalling 6.3 million packs of frozen foods including croquettes and pizza after pesticide was detected in some of the products. The affected products were manufactured by the company's ...
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After seeing shipments rise to over one million compressors in October alone, Rechi Precision Co., Ltd. has sold?all?its capacity for November and December, triggering?the company's expectation to?meet?the goal of shipping 12 million ...
Major Taiwan-based LCD driver IC players, including Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies and Orise Technology, are set to enjoy continued sales growth in 2014 thanks to orders from China-based smartphone vendors, according to ...
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Frank Polich/Bloomberg News Construction spending rose 1% in November to the highest pace in more than four years, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 2. The increase brought spending to an annual $934.4 billion annual rate, the ...
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Reportedly, Vale SA is declaring force majeure on some of its iron ore sales contracts by reason of heavy rainfalls since December in southeastern Brazil, especially in the state of Espírito Santo where landslides and floods ...
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Worldwide computer monitor shipments increased for the third quarter, despite the market being depressed year over year, according to IDC. IDC reported that monitor shipments were up 4.5 percent, with 35 million shipped worldwide. This ...
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OFCO Industrial Co., one of the major manufacturers of fastener products in Taiwan, said the company’s sales performance improved in last November, as it has increased its capacity utilization rate in the month. Shipments in ...
Coal exports from the Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) terminals based at Port of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, totaled 9.50 million mt in December last year, increasing by 24.49 percent compared to November, according to the ...
Although the contraction of Taiwan's machine-tool exports slowed to 5.8% for the month of November 2013, the Taiwan Machine Tool & Accessory Builders' Association (TMBA) estimates that the island's overseas shipments of machine tools for ...
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Samsung said a 110-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea. The launch Monday of the giant television set reflects global TV makers' move toward ultra ...
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