The Chinese mainland has ranked 2nd on a list of the 10 hottest housing markets in the world, according to Fortune magazine's website. Home prices n the Chinese mainland rose 21.6% in the past year. Dubai ranked 1st, with home prices ...
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The BMW Group reported record monthly sales for November. With 174,996 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce vehicles delivered worldwide, sales were 2.7% higher than for the same month last year (prev. yr.: 170,461). Between January and November ...
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Michelin's strong ties to South Carolina are "a testament to the business-friendly climate in the state and the dedicated, productive and skilled workforce that serves as the engine behind our success," says Michelin North America Chairman ...
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Reportedly, the Brazilian mining giant Vale is planning to reduce costs and decrease capital spending by selling its minority interest of a 26.9% stake in its business of steel, coal and fertilizer in CSA Plant. The Plant is majority-owned ...
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A striking new bottle developed by Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) for cachaca spirit maker Yaguara has debuted in Brazil. The bottle was created for the new ultra-premium spirit through a design partnership between renowned UK artist Brian ...
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What do you know about glass, besides the fact that it is very difficult to collect the fragments if glass is broken? Glass is made ??from a mixture of sand, flint or quartz, which are mixed with non-evaporating under normal conditions ...
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Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers, has announced its expansion plans for Central and Latin America, including the startup of a steel fibre plant in Costa Rica, the acquisition of ...
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AEPC organized its annual export award function 2013 for outstanding export performance for the year 2012-13, at apparel house, Gurgaon. Dr. K S Rao, Union Textiles Minister, came to deliver awards in presence of Smt. Zohra Chatterji, the ...
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The largest medical device companies have had a good run on the stock markets this year, with many clocking in double-digit percentage growth in stock prices over the past 12 months. There are always exceptions to the rule, however. Here ...
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Global brand motherboard shipments are expected to reach 75 million units in 2013, down slightly from 80 million in 2012, while shipments in China are estimated to fall slightly to about 30 million units, according to sources from the ...
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Oil demand growth in the US this year is likely to exceed that of China's for the first time since the 1990s, skewing overall global demand in favor of developed markets, investment bank Goldman Sachs said in a new report released Friday. ...
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The 2013 in-cosmetics Asia show closed on 31 October with a palpable sense of success for exhibitors and attendees alike. The aisles seemed constantly busy with visitors eager to discover more about the latest ingredients and technology, ...
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Prosafe has been awarded a contract extension by Petrobras Netherlands B.V. (Petrobras) for the provision of the Safe Concordia semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. The firm period of the contract ...
Global IPO activity should remain on a firm footing in Q1'14, following a strong uptick in listings in the last quarter of 2013 to close the year with a total of 864 deals raising around US$163.0b, according to EY Global IPO Trends: Q4 ...
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Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 30.9 million mt in November this year, decreasing by 4.97 percent compared to October and down 5.13 percent compared to the same month of 2012, according to the information released by the ...
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