A Wearside firm specialising in water storing polymer technology and applications for the environmental protection and horticulture industries has been developing its export growth with the help of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). In the ...
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The Jeep Wrangler Ute is still very much under consideration, according to Jeep’s global boss, Mike Manley. Following on from CarAdvice’s report on the Wrangler ute back in August, it appears that discussion for a utility ...
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TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, announced it has completed a majority investment in Dutch, LLC, the parent company for leading fashion brands JOIE, Equipment and Current/Elliott. Terms of the investment were not ...
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Hitachi Consulting, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd and a leading provider of IT consulting and management consulting solutions and services, has acquired Celerant Consulting, a worldwide leader in business operations consulting. Among ...
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PTI cited Mr Kaushik Basu CEO of World Bank as saying that India's economy could expand by around 6% in 2013, attributing the current slowdown to global factors. Mr Basu at CD Deshmukh Memorial Lecture said that "It is very-very difficult ...
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Traditionally, the copper price is as good a guide as any to the progress of the mining sector. It’s a relationship that has worked in the past and did again this year as well, with copper adding 5% over 12 months while the general UK ...
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The sharemarket moved the dial a click further to boom conditions by closing at a 19-month high thanks to growing interest in blue chips and miners, and a strong tailwind from the US market's fiscal resolution-driven 2.35 per cent, ...
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Australian markets got off to a roaring start to 2013 yesterday, with the avoidance of the January 1 US fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts combining with rising iron ore prices to send the stockmarket on its biggest one-day ...
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Computerworld Hong Kong-General Electric(GE),founded 125 years ago,is one of the USA's iconic corporations.The firm has 300,000 employees working in areas ranging from aviation,healthcare,transportation,financials,and energy.The firm ...
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Trade Arabia News Service reported that exports from the GCC countries to China rose to USD 7.1 billion in October from a yearly low of USD 4.9 billion in August, marking a 45.6% increase in just Q1. Growth expectations in the Chinese ...
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The mining sector's bellwether companies were all beaten down on Monday after China's premier Wen Jiabao delivered a downbeat outlook for the world's second largest economy adding that there were "new problems" to deal with. China will ...
Tags: China, Coal, Copper, Finance, Iron Ore, Lead, Nickel, Potash, Rare Earth, Zinc
A new survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit finds when institutional investors interested in frontier markets were asked to choose two regions out of five, two-thirds see Africa as holding the greatest opportunity. Asia came ...
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Lightweight components made from fiber reinforced plastics make wind turbines more efficient, sports cars faster and aircraft stronger. At ThyssenKrupp too, promising areas of application are opening up for carbon fiber-reinforced plastics ...
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Reuters reported that Japan's aluminium premiums for January to March shipments were mostly set at USD 240 to USD 245 per tonne, down from a record in the current quarter, reflecting easing demand as the world's third largest economy slips ...
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Economic Times reported that global rating agency Standard and Poor's expects India to grow by 6.5% during 2013, amidst the possibility of global economic recovery continuing during the year. For China, S&P expects the growth rate to move ...
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