New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd reported that the 9,500 bales on offer at this week's North Island sale saw a 93 percent clearance with a generally firm market. The weighted indicator for the main trading currencies eased 0.94 ...
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The wool market was softer at this week sale with the Cape Wools Merino indicator shedding 1.6% to close the day at R98.73/kg (clean). This is still 13% up on the opening sale but slightly lower than at the same sale last season. The ...
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If there was one lesson for political pundits from last week's presidential election,it was that basic statistical modeling techniques can be used to predict election outcomes with stunning accuracy. Quantitative analyst and New York ...
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Britain's food and drink manufacturers are bracing themselves for difficult Christmas trading,according to the Food and Drink Federation(FDF). Speaking after the FDF's latest business confidence survey,FDF's economic and commercial ...
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Lighting LEDs are a route to energy efficiency that also allow creative effects that were not possible with incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes. But the output spectrum, like that of fluorescent tubes, is nothing like the sunlight ...
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Australian Wool Industries Secretariat Inc (AWIS) releases wool sales report for week ending November 9. The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Regional Indicators finished 4.3% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle ...
Sept machinery orders -4.3 pct vs forecast -1.8 pct Govt maintains view on machinery orders Current account surplus -68.7 pct vs forecast -51.9 pct Analysts say economy has been weakening since spring Service sector sentiment index hits ...
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After a five-week rally, which saw the Cape Wools Merino indicator gaining 17%, wool prices softened at this week's sale with the indicator shedding 3.9% to close at R100.29/kg (clean). There were concerns that the huge hike in prices ...
Tags: Wool, wool prices, medium wools, Merino Wool
There are many indicators used to help us understand where the economy is going and where it has come from. One area of interest is the commercial building and construction sector. This sector impacts a few key areas. First, when the ...
New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd reported although the South Island sale saw several categories at slightly lower price levels than last week's North Island sale, there is still steady demand and a general underlying strength to ...
Tags: Wool, Merino Fleece, Fine Crossbred Fleece, Fleece
It is 50 years since laser scientist Dr Nick Holonyak and his team of researchers at General Electric made the breakthrough with a new type of alloy that allowed them to create the first practical, visible-spectrum LED and paved the way for ...
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While the risk of being hacked,conned or having sensitive information stolen is possible all through the year,most security experts agree that the holiday season brings a spike in fraudulent activity,both online and off. CSO compiled a ...
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The Philips Lighting Hue SSL retrofit lamp can provide 16-million colors and tunable white light with ZigBee-based control via smartphones and tablets. Philips Lighting has introduced a new solid-state lighting (SSL) retrofit lamp called ...
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Australian Wool Industries Secretariat Inc (AWIS) releases wool sales report for week ending October 26. The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Regional Indicators finished 4.1% higher, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle ...
We all love power tools, but let’s be realistic: Unless your tools are part of your job or you’re a serious handyperson, most power tools are overkill. Yes, I’ve been guilty of using a $400 cordless uber-drill to tighten a ...
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