Ultra low sulfur diesel cracks are at a 6-week high on strong buying interest for cargoes in the region and a rise in the front-month 0.1% ICE gasoil futures contract. The crack for physical FOB Rotterdam ULSD barges rose to a $17.04/mt ...
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Standard Apparel is proud to announce the addition to its showroom of heritage denim brand Lee 101 USA, and UK based luxury slipper and accessory brand Ruby + Ed. Standard Apparel will be the Canadian sales representatives for the ...
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Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Director General, said: "More shoppers were out and about in January, with a solid 1.6 per cent in overall footfall across the country. It’s good news for retailers and it helps to explain ...
Tags: UK Retailers, Footfalls
Global demand for refined lead metal exceeded supply by 22,000 mt in 2013, according to preliminary data compiled by the International Lead & Zinc Study Group. "Overall global demand for refined lead metal increased by 4.5%. This was ...
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The BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor has repoted that footfall in January was 1.6% higher than a year ago, up on the 2.4% fall in December – the best footfall performance since December 2011. High streets reported the only fall – ...
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Mattel commissions British designer to dress the new Barbie based on her own collection. Barbie has taken to the London Fashion Week catwalk to celebrate the launch of the new Barbie Style doll. The popular doll brand has partnered with ...
Clerkenwell Design Week (20-22 May 2014) is in its 5th edition this year and the event looks set to yet again, encompass the true spirit of the design community in one of the world's most vibrant, creative hubs. Housed in Clerkenwell's most ...
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Children exposed to cigarette smoke at home have lower levels of an enzyme that helps them respond to asthma treatment, a study has found. Passive smoking is known to worsen asthma symptoms in children and impair their response to inhaled ...
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Prices of copper – the bedrock industrial metal and a benchmark for gauging the strength of the global economy – are likely to soften further in the coming year as production growth is expected to exceed that of consumption. ...
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This year's Top Drawer, Home and the new Craft show, held together at London's Earls Court 2 in January, attracted a record number of buyers and exhibitors, presenting over 1000 British and international brands and designer-makers to buyers ...
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Smith & Nephew plc (London) announced on February 3 the "execution of a definitive agreement" to acquire the U.S. medical device company ArthroCare Corp. (Austin, TX) for a cash price of $48.25 per ArthroCare share, a total of about $1.7 ...
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Government incentives for a pair of proposed nuclear reactors could cost U.K. taxpayers as much as £17.62 billion, thus exceeding the reactors' projected cost. The EC figure is a preliminary estimate included in an initial report to ...
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An historic British ship is now benefitting from efficient and reliable sewage handling thanks to the installation of new equipment from NOV Mono. The new duty and standby Mono Mutrators installed on the sloop, HQS Wellington, replaced its ...
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Uruguayan President Jose Mujica announced Thursday that the massive$3 billion Valentines open-pit iron ore mine project will go ahead,despite increasing local opposition. The project,which is also known as Aratarí,was proposed by ...
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Norway's Statoil on Friday postponed its 2020 output guidance of 2.5 million barrels/day of oil equivalent by up to four years, as it reported a fall in fourth quarter output and an 8% cut in planned investment to $20 billion/year for the ...
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