Mexico's integrated steelmaker, Altos Hornos de México (Ahmsa), reported a net loss of 520 million Mexican pesos (US$40.3 million) in the third quarter of 2013. This compares with a net loss of 344 million Mexican pesos (US$26.6 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
Sony has slashed its profit forecast for 2013 by 40 per cent, meaning the technology giant now expects to make only £190m. The company had originally estimated it would make a profit of 50bn yen (£372.4m), but after its Q3 ...
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Incrediwear, a division of Star Nutrition, Inc., a California-based diversified health and wellness industry firm, has announced a new agreement with Laro Suplidora, a Costa Rica-based provider of health, wellness and sporting goods ...
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LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany, which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications, says that its spectroscopic photoluminescence (PL) system PearL has been ...
Tags: CIGS Spectroscopic photoluminescence, Electrical, Electronics
July - September 2013: -Consolidated revenue was EUR 454.4 million (EUR 485.1 million), down 4.6 per cent excluding terminated franchising operations. -Operating profit was EUR 10.7 million (EUR 17.1 million). January - September 2013: ...
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During the past month, Cotton Outlook's world cotton production forecast has been reduced by 108,000 tonnes, owing to reductions for China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and the African Franc Zone countries, which more than offset gains for the ...
The glow of the fire on a cold evening, spreading its warmth around people, is something we all enjoy. Such evenings are often looked forward to with great enthusiasm. The joy of cooking over the dancing flames in the patio, or while ...
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The volume of the mobile shopping market in China reached 34.1 billion yuan (5.59 billion U.S. dollars) in the third quarter of 2013, a major tech industry analyst said on Tuesday. The figure indicated a 17.1-percent quarter-on-quarter ...
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Samsung Electronics continued to dominate the smartphone market in the third quarter, which also saw quarterly shipments cross 250 million for the first time, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. The South Korean electronics ...
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The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has announced that in mid-October (Oct. 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.7117 million mt, down 2.97 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
Researchers in Taiwan have used a palladium oxide (PdO) gate interlayer to improve nitride semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) performance [Ray-Ming Lin et al, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol52, p111002, 2013]. In particular, ...
Tags: HEMT MOCVD GaN, Electrical, Electronics
Reversing the trend of recent years, the Americas region is the king of the luxury goods spending hill, estimated to grow at four percent in 2013 versus 2012, surpassing the estimated 2.5 percent growth rate for China, as luxury spending in ...
Tags: Luxury Goods, luxury market
Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort & Interior 4 Quality & Design 4.5 Value & Features 4.5 Safety 4 Green 3 The Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland is, at least for now, the top variant of the best-selling large SUV in the country. ...
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LG Electronics Materials and Components Laboratory in South Korea has used aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) superlattice structures (SLs) to improve lateral current spreading from the n-side of nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes ...
Tags: Nitride LEDs, Light
Europe's economy is in the doldrums. Yet companies are still looking to the future with a positive mindset. 76% of survey respondents expect a return to robust economic growth in 2015. But the prospects for European competitiveness are not ...
Tags: Competitive Edge, Europe's economy