US March propylene contract prices were fully settled 1.5 cents/lb ($33/mt) lower from February, market sources said Friday. The decrease is the second consecutive decline in contract pricing this year, and puts chemical-grade propylene ...
The money spent by advertisers on the desktop will decline this year as people continue to reach for their smartphones to search for information, according to new data from eMarketer. In the U.S., desktop search spending will drop by ...
Tags: desktop search, Computer, smartphone
Norwegian crude oil production totaled 1.546 million b/d in February, up 6.8% from 1.448 million b/d in February 2013, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The latest figure is down ...
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Projected 2013/14 world wheat production is up 0.8 million tons this month to 712.7 million, further raising the historical record. In Australia, 2013/14 production is up 0.5 million tons to 27.0 million this month. The harvest in Australia ...
Tags: Wheat, cereal, Agriculture
Total sales at Argos grew by 5.2 per cent to £526m in the eight week period to March 1st Home Retail Group has enjoyed a total sales growth at Argos by 5.2 per cent to £526m in the eight week period to March 1st. Electrical ...
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In the first two months of this year, motor vehicle sales in Turkey totaled 71,790 units, decreasing by 18 percent year on year, according to the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD). Meanwhile, in February of the current year ...
Tags: motor, vehicle, passenger car
The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has stated that 64 CEOs of European steel companies have urged the heads of state and governments in Europe to restore the balance between industrial, energy and climate policies in order to preserve ...
Tags: Steel, Mineral, Energy, industrial
The exports of apparel and clothing accessories from Philippines surged by 45.71 percent year-on-year to US$ 145.445 million in January 2014, according to the data released by the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA). The share of ...
In the January-February period this year, total real estate investments in China amounted to RMB 795.6 billion ($130 billion), up 19.3 percent year on year, with this growth rate down 0.5 percentage points compared to the year-on-year ...
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The apparel sector of Greece ended the year 2013 on a positive note with significant rise in exports, which is for the first time since 2006, as per the data released by the Greek Association of Knitwear-Hellenic Fashion Industry ...
Tags: Apparel, knitted garments
A diet high in animal protein may help prevent functional decline in the elderly, researchers in Japan suggest. Megumi Tsubota-Utsugi of the National Institute of Health and Nutrition in Japan, and her colleagues in Tohoku University and ...
Tags: protein, Identifying nutritional factors, absorb or process protein
The production of textile industry in Spain registered a fall of 4.2 percent year-on-year, for the month of January, 2014, as per the latest Industrial Production Index (IPI) data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). ...
A healthy supply has kept retail horse-hay prices in Texas steady in recent months, says Mitch Waters, of Master Made Feeds, Inc., Grapevine. For 50- to 65-lb small squares of coastal bermudagrass, he’s currently paying around ...
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The American Institute for International Steel reported Tuesday that US steel exports increased 10.5 percent in January 2014 compared to December 2013, but were down 10.6 percent compared to January 2013, according to US government data. ...
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With US refineries expanding their capacity to process more domestic light oil in the coming years, the US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday said it expects refinery crude inputs to reach 15.52 million b/d this year and 15.61 ...
Tags: US Refinery, Domestic Production, light oil