After adjusting for seasonal factors, the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) posted an eleven-month low of 47.7 in July, down from 48.2 in June, signaling a deterioration of business conditions for the third consecutive month, a company ...
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Fox Factory Holding released more details on its planned IPO Tuesday, but it still has not set a date for the auction.? The company plans to offer 2,857,143 shares of common stock, and its current stockholders will offer up an additional ...
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An Android tablet brought back from North Korea by a tourist has provided a glimpse at some of the restrictions placed on IT users in the famously secretive country. The Samjiyon is the third tablet to have gone on sale in North Korea. It ...
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The Philippines is planning to propose a mandatory insurance bill as the country is more prone to earth quakes due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire. The proposal, which is backed by Asian Development Bank with a $70m loan, aims ...
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With the increasing competition in the global textile and apparel industry and with the binding provisions of international regulations imposed by local market, several textile and apparel manufacturers worldwide are focussing on trade ...
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The Central Asian country of Turkmenistan is expecting to harvest around 1.05 million tons of cotton this season from an area of 550,000 hectares, mainly in Mary and Akhal provinces. Exceeding the Government’s estimates by 11 ...
Go Fusion Foods, a company based in Frankfort, Michigan, US, has introduced a new frozen sandwich filled with gourmet Asian fusion flavors. Go Fusion provides the market with a gourmet, Asian, and fusion options to consumers. Go Fusion ...
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Australian establishment Accord United has recalled strawberry and chocolate biscuits as they may contain milk, egg, wheat and soy, which is not mentioned on the label. The products associated with the recall include, 54g Glico Collon ...
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In March 2013 the European Union and Japan began negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement. In the framework of a study entitled: "Economic effects of a free trade agreement between Japan and the EU" researchers from the Ifo ...
The Australian share market has outperformed others in the Asian region, as strength in the banking sector pushed it higher. Commonwealth Bank shares closed at a record high, and its three rivals also posted strong gains. That helped ...
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Four well-known industry veterans are launching a direct container bedroom furniture specialist called Napa Home Furnishings at this week's Las Vegas Market. Serving as president of the company is Marc Madnick, who has worked extensively ...
Automotive supplier Continental has broken ground on the new research and development (R&D) extension building in Singapore. The automotive supplier will invest EUR17.5m in the new extension building to expand its R&D capabilities in the ...
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Asian styrene monomer prices rose $8/mt from Wednesday's assessment, with Thursday morning pegs assessed at $1,808.50/mt FOB Korea and $1,837.50/mt CFR China amid market talk that Saudi Petrochemical Co, or Sadaf, has shut its 580,000 ...
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The global smartphone market showed healthy growth in the second quarter, but Apple's iPhone was squeezed by competition from Samsung and other Asian manufacturers, surveys showed Friday. Apple's share of the global smartphone market fell ...
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Record-high styrene prices in Asia are likely to begin attracting regular US export deliveries away from Europe, where demand has been cooling, European sources said this week. Rising prices in Asia mean that the region has now overtaken ...
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