Dutch insurance firm ING Group has sold its 26% stake in ING Vysya Life Insurance Company to its joint venture partner Exide Industries for an undisclosed amount. The deal, which was originally inked in January this year, is a part of a ...
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Based on preliminary US Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Tuesday that the US imported a total of 2,441,000 net tons (nt) of steel in February, including 1,819,000 net tons (nt) of finished ...
Tags: Finished Steel Imports, Mineral, Steel
An overexposure law prohibiting women from wearing skimpy revealing outfits has been passed in South Korea. According to the law, signed by the sovereign state’s newly elected President Park Gyun-he, women who deemed to be ...
A PET line at a plant operated by South Korea-based KP Chemical is currently off-stream. “Line no-2 of the PET plant located in Ulsan has been shutdown due to technical reasons and is under maintenance since March 7, ...
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Summary: From 2009 to 2011, global valve import value appears an upward trend, which amounted to approximately $ 80.77 billion in 2011, with an increase of approximately 17.9%. As the world's largest valve importing country, the United ...
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Innovation performance in the EU has improved year on year in spite of the continuing economic crisis, but the innovation divide between Member States is widening. This is the result of the European Commission Innovation Union Scoreboard ...
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Tips: HS: 28, Inorganic Chemicals; precious metals, rare earth metals, radioactive elements and their organic or inorganic compounds are hereinafter abbreviated as "Inorganic Chemicals". 1. Chinese Inorganic Chemicals Industry Export from ...
The spot market for LPG cargoes loading out of the Middle East has softened amid weak demand from Asian buyers, according to market sources. This was reflected in the spot cargo price differentials, with Arcadia heard selling 44,000 mt of ...
Japanese refiner Idemitsu Kosan has nominated the April paraxylene Asian Contract Price at $1,600/mt CFR, sources close to the negotiations said Friday. There are four PX ACP sellers in Asia -- ExxonMobil, Idemitsu Kosan, Japan's JX ...
3doo Inc., a 3-D media and entertainment platform, today announced that LG has approved 3doo's Player App for download and installation on LG's line of smart TVs in 87 countries and territories on every continent. "This significant ...
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Textile associations of Vietnam and South Korea have signed an agreement aimed at furthering cooperation and effectively gaining from the ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Area (AKFTA). The agreement was signed by the Vietnam Textile and Apparel ...
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More subscribers, networks with better coverage and devices that can be used in more countries are converging to make LTE roaming a more viable proposition, with some operators already offering such services on a limited scale and more on ...
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Apple's premier glass supplier is Corning and Apple's iPhone has been using Gorilla Glass from day one. On page 472 of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, we read: "We produced a glass that had never been made," stated Corning's CEO Wendell ...
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Computer networks of banks and some broadcasters in South Korea were hit Wednesday in what is suspected to be a cyber attack, according to news reports. At least three broadcasters and two banks reported to the National Police Agency that ...
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According to Japanese media reports, the European business association (AEB) recently released statistics showing Russia's new car sales (including commercial vehicles) in February 2013, 210666 vehicles, up 2% from a year earlier, for four ...
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