The Spanish textiles Export Price Index (IPRIX), for the month of March 2014 showed a decline of 0.3 percent, compared to the same month in 2013, as per the data released by National Institute of Statistics in Spain. According to the INE ...
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Adidas announces first quarter 2014 results. Highlights: -Group sales stable on a currency-neutral basis -Results significantly impacted by negative currency effects -adidas Group confirms full year guidance -Retail sales ...
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The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant for the week ended Friday lowered by 15.2 cents, or 14.01%, to an eight-week low of 93.34 cents/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data ...
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China's Jiuquan Iron & Steel has cut its high carbon ferrochrome purchase price by Yuan 100/mt ($16/mt) on the month to Yuan 6,500/mt (80 cents/lb), including 17% VAT, for May deliveries, industry sources said Monday. The drop was larger ...
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Iraq exported 2.509 million b/d of crude in April, all from its southern oil terminals as the country's northern export pipeline remained inoperable. April exports were 112,000 b/d more than the 2.397 b/d exported from the country in ...
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Global demand for kaolin is forecast to rise 3.3 percent per year to 28.7 million metric tons in 2017, valued at $4.4 billion. Growth in kaolin sales will accelerate as economic conditions improve worldwide, especially in ...
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The market for large-sized liquid-crystal display (LCD) panels is set for a moderate seasonal decline in the first quarter after a busy end-of-year in 2013 that saw record shipments for TV and tablet panels, according to a new report from ...
The arrival of cotton increased by 3.69 percent to 13.391 million bales at ginneries in Pakistan as on May 1, 2014, compared to the arrival of 12.915 million bales during the corresponding period in previous season, according to the ...
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Domestic sales of apparel and textiles in the central South American country of Paraguay has declined by 40 percent last year, compared to 2012, owing to the massive influx of clothing from Argentina and China entering the country at ...
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In the first four months of the current year, Turkey's steel exports totaled 6.3 million mt, down 7.6 percent year on year, while the value of these exports decreased by 7.1 percent year on year to $4.7 billion, according to the data ...
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The volume of US natural gas traded during bidweek is poised for its fourth straight year-on-year decline as banks and other large players pull back from the monthly baseload market, according to a Platts examination of ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 (ended 29 March), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported revenue of $256m, down 11.3% on $288.5m last quarter and 8.8% on $280.6m a year ago. Fiscal Q4/2013 Q1/2014 Q2/2014 Q3/2014 ...
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. reported net sales of $796 million for its first quarter of 2014, a decrease of $65 million compared with the same period a year ago. Operating profit for the quarter was $81 million, which is $16 million lower than ...
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Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, a leading sporting goods retailer, reported financial results for the fiscal 2014 first quarter ended March 30, 2014. For the fiscal 2014 first quarter, net sales were $231.3 million, compared to net ...
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While industrial behemoth General Electric (Fairfield, CT) is overall doing well, with earnings peer share one cent above the average of analysts' expectations according to a New York Times article, GE Healthcare posted worse-than-expected ...