Armed with a contract to build chips for Sony's PlayStation 4 gaming console, Advanced Micro Devices has now officially established a custom-chip business unit in an effort to break away from its heavy reliance on the slumping PC market. ...
Tags: AMD, Chip Business, PCs
The All India kappas arrivals have dropped to 70,000 bales per day. Local mills were very cautious in their procurement of cotton. Ginners holding cream quality are reluctant to sell their cotton in hope of better prices. As per CCI report ...
Tags: Seed Cotton, Textile
Pump Systems Matter (PSM) the 501(c)3 training subsidiary of the Hydraulic Institute (HI), announced the 2013 Board of Directors and Officers during HI?s Annual Meeting recently held in Fort Myers, Florida. The new Board will be primarily ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Pump
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported selected financial metrics and business highlights for first-quarter 2013 (excluding revenue and earnings, due to the firm's ongoing ...
The profitability of turning corn crops into ethanol in Europe surged to seven-month highs this week following a jump in the spot price of the biofuel, according to data compiled by Platts. The corn-to-ethanol crush margin, an indication ...
Tags: Crush Margin, Chemicals
The two-day international conference on low-carbon solutions for the textile industry in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies held in Taipei, Taiwan, saw several consensus being reached by the APEC members for green solutions ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
Sulzer Pumps and Sinopec Corporation have established a long term strategic partnership to develop their commercial activities within the hydrocarbon processing industry. Through this collaboration, both companies will benefit from joint ...
Tags: Centrifugal Pump, Sulzer Pumps
Salesforce.com, a pillow manufacturer and an employee of the pillow maker are caught up in a complex three-way legal battle, with a $125,000 American Express bill and an allegedly failed software implementation at the center of the dispute. ...
Tags: Salesforce, Pillow Maker, Computer Products
It is reported that Finnish steelmaker Rautaruukki announced to focus on its special steel business instead of a commodity steel business in order to increase the profitability of the entire group this year. It’s learned that the ...
Just weeks before the European Union and the United States are slated to begin historic free trade agreement talks, some U.S. manufacturers were jolted by the EU's recent decision to dramatically increase tariffs on specific US-made goods, ...
Tags: Denim Trousers, Apparel
The Hartford has reported net loss of $241m, or $0.58 per diluted share, against net income of $96m, or $0.18 per diluted share, during the first quarter a year ago. First quarter net income included a $541m, after tax, unlock charge due ...
Foreign banks continue selling stake in Chinese lenders due to uncertainties of the Chinese economy. Sources said recently that HSBC would sell an eight percent stake in Bank of Shanghai, a city-level commercial lender in the Chinese ...
Tags: Foreign Bank, bank, economy
Chinese coal miners plan to lobby concerned authorities to release tariff policies to restrict coal import of the nation. People in the know said in an interview on April 17 that coal miners in the market planned to lobby concerned ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
This year is the first year when Baosteel 2013-2018 development plan is implemented and it is also the new starting point and new journey. What kind of company of the future of Baosteel? Steadiness, concentration and sustainable are the ...
Tags: Baosteel, steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
LyondellBasell Industries announced earnings for the first quarter 2013 of $906 million, or $1.56 diluted earnings per share. First quarter 2013 EBITDA was $1,585 million, a 25 percent increase from the fourth quarter 2012 and a 29 percent ...
Tags: Textile