The sharemarket closed at its highest level in 20 months yesterday as consumer staples, consumer discretionary, financial, energy and healthcare sectors enjoying strong gains as investors were frustrated with a lack of significant dips in ...
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Wyomissing, Pennsylvania-based Carpenter Technology Corporation, a producer and distributor of specialty steel products, announced Wednesday that it expects net sales, excluding surcharge, of $431 million for its fiscal Q2 ended December ...
Technology applied to photovoltaic systems is making great strides ahead achieving noteworthy performance levels versus the recent past. For example traditional panels will be replaced by photovoltaic facades making large architectural ...
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UK charity Action for Children has chosen cloud provider Rackspace to tackle its big data challenges and scale up its IT infrastructure on demand. SAS launches academy to tackle demand for "52,000 a year" big data specialists Analysis: ...
Vitrum 2013 has already caught the attention of the international press and organized a dinner in Düsseldorf to present the first details about the event. In order to live up to and underline what that well-known Italian style is all ...
International food retailer Delhaize has reported a rise in sales for 2012, but charges and lower profits dampened its performance. Delhaize said in an interim statement today (17 January) that net sales rose by 7.7% in 2012 versus 2011, ...
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Performance, Ride & Handling 4 Comfort and Interior 3.5 Quality & Design 4 Value & Features 3.5 You’d be forgiven for thinking the BMW ActiveHybrid 3 is a car aimed at cashed-up members of the Greens Party, but what BMW ...
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The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) and the Window and Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) have jointly released the December 2012 update to the 2011/2012 U.S. Industry Statistical Review and Forecast. According ...
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Reportedly, Japanese Yen has touched the weakest level versus the US dollar since June 2010 while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to accelerate the currency’s decline. Japan’s currency slid beyond 120 per EURO for ...
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Definity(TM) Ranks Amongst the Best PAR 30 Reflector Lamps on the Market Today Lighting Science Group Corporation® (OTCQB: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting technology companies, announced that its DEFINITY™ PAR30 ...
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FY sales up 1.2% to EUR66.7bn (US$88.7bn) Momentum slows in Q4 Reconfirms EBIT guidance German retailer Metro Group has reported a slight lift in overall net sales in 2012, enabling the firm to reconfirm its operating ...
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Germany-based Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik recently tested the quality of lace fabric produced on a L 59/1 B Jacquardtronic Lace machine featuring Positive Patternbeam Drive (PPD) versus fabric produced on the same machine fed by a ...
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Fresh food marketer Ready Pac Foods, Inc., Irwindale, CA, is celebrating another achievement on its bowl salad line. In 2012, the company launched Ready Pac Bistro Organic bowl salads, new items for the conventional line and new private ...
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Tostitos, a leading brand from PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division and the brand known for making any time party time, recently partnered with global branding and design firm Hornall Anderson to launch their line of Tostitos Cantina, a new ...
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Global food commodity prices dropped back in 2012, with dairy and sugar showing the sharpest declines, new figures from the United Nations' Food & Agriculture Organisation show. Despite ongoing concerns around rising food prices, the UN ...
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