Microsoft today said that it will close the $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's handset business on Friday, about eight months after revealing the deal. Microsoft announced the acquisition of Nokia's devices arm?- and an associated patent ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft, Nokia
A market report on "Baby Diaper Market - Global Scenario, Trends, Industry Analysis, Size, Share and Forecast, 2011 - 2017" by Transparency Market Research, shows that the global market for baby diapers is expected to rise by 46.6% from ...
Tags: Baby Diaper, Baby Product
The annual value of US market sales of LED-based production lighting will double over the period 2013-2020 forecast period, according to market analyst ElectroniCast Consultants. The market forecast considers the use of LED-based lamps in ...
Tags: LED Lighting, LED Market
The International Photovoltaic Equipment Association (IPVEA), the premiere trade organization supporting and enabling Upstream Solar and energy storage professionals worldwide, has announced a new initiative – "IPVEA study on ...
Tags: Global Solar PV Supply Chain, Solar PV, Solar, Energy
American automaker General Motors (GM) will expand its presence in China with investments of $12bn between 2014 and 2017 through its domestic joint ventures. The investments will be used to open five new manufacturing facilities by ...
Tags: General Motors, Chinese Market
According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q2 2014 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), first estimates for construction sector activity in the first quarter of this year signal a ...
Tags: Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The estimated cotton crop of India is 3 crores 75 lakh bales of which approximately 3 crore bales have arrived in the cotton market. Out of this 85 lakh bales have been registered for exports as per trade sources and 80 lakh bales of cotton ...
Tags: Cotton Crop, cotton market
Seoul-based LG Innotek, a subsidiary of Korea's LG Group, has begun mass producing UV LED chips that deliver what is described as world-class output of 560mW (at a drive current of 500mA) on a single chip. LG Innotek has developed the ...
UK spot gas prices were sliding again Thursday morning, compared with Wednesday's close, as the system remained well supplied and demand low, and with regular deliveries of Qatari LNG recently. By 09:25 UK time, the NBP within-day had ...
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World cotton trade is forecast at 39.6 million bales for 2013/14, 15 percent below the previous season. Over the last 2 years, imports by China have driven the trade as China imported more than 20 million bales in both the 2011 and 2012 ...
Tags: cotton, import demand
A lack of investment interest in gold is starting to take its toll on the price, with an average of $1,225/oz forecast for 2014 and heading lower in 2015, GFMS said Thursday in its Gold Survey 2014. The price forecast is 13% lower than ...
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Following the relative improvement of real steel consumption in the second half of 2013, estimates for consumption in the first quarter of 2014 indicate that the recovery in final demand gained further strength, according to the Economic ...
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China’s gross domestic product rose 7.4% year over year in the first quarter–down from 7.7% growth in the fourth quarter of last year, China’s National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. The increase was more than a ...
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One of America's leading manufacturers of personal hygiene and diaper products (who wishes to remain nameless so let's guess - Pampers, Huggies or ...?) has doubled its monthly orders of Cardia Biohybrid hygiene film. The order is ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Biohybrid Packages
US investment bank Goldman Sachs said Wednesday it has upgraded its three-month and six-month nickel price forecasts on the back of the Indonesian ban on nickel ore exports. The bank notes that following a fragmented Indonesian election ...
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