World 2013/14 cotton trade is forecast to decline 12 percent from a year ago, to 39.5 million bales, due to a combination of lower exportable supplies and China’s policy-driven lower demand for foreign cotton. The 2013/14 ...
As the PC desktop and laptop market slumps and the tablet market grows, it might seem obvious to tablet users why that's so. However, details shared by analysts dramatically highlight three reasons behind robust tablet growth. Tablets are ...
Tags: Tablet, PC, Computer Products
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering (CF) has signed a contract with Safair to place and operationally manage an L382 Hercules aircraft in Australia. Claimed to be the only rear-loading freighter of its kind in the country, the aircraft will be ...
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Better Work Indonesia (BWI) programme and Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE), programmes initiated by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), conducted a training programme in Jakarta-based garment manufacturing ...
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JOG Swimwear, the upscale and refined brand from France inspired from the charm of aquatic ballet, is continuing its development in Singapore. Jessica Othnin-Girard, a French former champion of synchronized swimming, has launched her ...
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PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo’s net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90 percent year-over-year. For the quarter ended March 31, Lenovo’s net profit was US$127 million, ...
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Last year the U.S. was the least riskiest place in the world to open a data center, according to a study released this week. The rankings, which were released by Cushman & Wakefield, Hurleypalmerflatt and Source8, were made after ...
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PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90% year-over-year. For the quarter ended March 31, Lenovo's net profit was $127 million, the company said on ...
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Global 2013/14 cotton mill use is forecast at 110.4 million bales, up 2 percent from 2012/13, reflecting a favorable world economic outlook. The World Economic Outlook of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts global economic ...
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According to the latest statistics, China’s export of baby strollers & bicycles in April exceeded US$ 230.47million, up 5.03% year on year and 15.9% month on month, taking about 18.98% of China’s total toys export this month, of ...
Tags: Baby Strollers, Bicycles
China's proposed ban on imports of low calorific value thermal coal will have a serious impact on Indonesian sub-bituminous coal prices, industry sources said Thursday. Platts, quoting well-informed sources, reported this week that ...
Tags: Low CV Coal, Indonesian Prices
Pacific Century Premium Developments Ltd. announces acquisition of a land lot covering 9277 square meters at USD 184 million in Djakarta, Indonesia. The land lot has a construction area of about 75,000 square meters, and a 32-storey office ...
China could be ready to deploy its proposed embargo on imports of thermal coal with a calorific value of less than 4,540 kcal/kg on a net-as-received basis, and on thermal coal with a sulfur and ash content of more than 1% and 25% ...
Tags: Low CV Coal Imports, Chemicals
Indonesia's textile sector needs to work on its efficiency to compete with the textile industries of other ASEAN countries, Ramon Bangun, director of textile and miscellaneous industries, at the Ministry of Industry of Indonesia, has said. ...
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Northeast Asian PET producers on Wednesday expressed concern about rising competition from Southeast Asian producers in the European market, after the EU Council removed antidumping duties on PET imports from five Asian nations. On ...
Tags: Dumping Duties, Pet Producers