With home prices and household formations rising and household balance sheets healing, the ongoing housing recovery is expected to gain momentum next year even as several challenges remain, according to economists who participated in the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which provides lasers and optical components, modules and subsystems for optical communications, has announced underwhelming financial results for its fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2013 (ended 29 June). ...
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China Steel Corp. (CSC), one of the major blast furnace mills and also the major carbon steel products manufacturers in Taiwan, said due to the company's price rise for October and November and the coming traditional hot market in this ...
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Maple Leaf Cement, has recorded an abnormal growth in profits, which was driven by higher cement prices, lower coal prices, dipping interest rates and tax reversal. According to a notice sent to the Karachi Stock Exchange, the ...
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The Markit Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index rose to a 27-month high in September, signalling the largest rise in activity since June 2011, according to the flash estimate. The flash PMI rose for the sixth consecutive month, up from 51.5 ...
In a recent statement, JCPenney said that it is pleased with its progress thus far in the Company's turnaround efforts and the traction its initiatives are starting to achieve. Moreover, the Company said it is starting to see greater ...
H.B. Fuller Company reported financial results for the third quarter that ended August 31, 2013. Net income from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2013 was $27.2 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, versus net income from ...
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Taiwan-based IC design houses including Macroblock, Nuvoton Technology, On-Bright Electronics, Pixart Imaging and Weltrend Semiconductor all expect to post sequential growth in September revenues, buoyed by a pull-in of orders coming from ...
Tags: Electronics, Semiconductor, LED bulbs
Chih Lien Industrial Co., Ltd., one of the major manufacturers in steel bars and wires in Taiwan, said due to the 4 days holiday and the company's incentive tour in September; the company's working days in September was less than in August ...
Tags: Construction, steel
The Cotlook A and the CIF Bremen Index quotations moved again more or less sideways like in most of the previous months. At the local market, the processing industry seemed to be well covered for the rest of this year. In part the inquiries ...
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At the announcement of the Q2 results in July, AkzoNobel indicated that it had identified further efficiency and cost saving measures that would require €120 million of restructuring charges in the second half of 2013. In addition to ...
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The third-quarter Transport Capital Partners survey reveals more U.S. carriers are expecting to see volumes and rates grow over the coming months. In this quarter's survey, more carriers are expressing optimism for increases in volumes ...
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Building off of a strong month in trade activity in July, data from Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers, showed that trend continuing into August. U.S.-bound waterborne ...
Global LCD TV shipments reached 90.2 million units in the first half of 2013, up 3.44% on year. Within the shipments, Samsung Electronics was responsible for 18.5 million units to hold the top spot in global shipments followed by LG ...
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China's gasoil exports in August hit an almost 17-month low of 70,000 mt, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs late Monday. The volumes were the lowest since March 2012, when China exported 60,000 mt of ...
Tags: Gasoil Exports, Chemicals