Dr. Esmael Adibi, economist with Chapman University, was so popular when he addressed attendees of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) a few years ago that he was invited back this week to the association’s ...
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Singapore agribusiness giant Wilmar International has formed a joint venture with peer Noble Group to produce palm oil and its by-products in Indonesia. The companies said Wilmar's subsidiary Newbloom will hold a 53.74% equity stake in ...
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Net income in Q4 2012 shrank for global pipe and tube producer Tenaris but full year earnings improved. Q4 net income of $350.3 million was down 20 percent from $437.5 million in Q3 2012 and down 18 percent from $426.3 percent in Q4 2011. ...
The International Energy Agency remains largely in the dark over the real pace of China's surging oil demand despite long-running attempts to persuade the county to publish official data on consumption and oil stocks, the IEA's top energy ...
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Crude exports from OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia fell to 7.062 million b/d in December last year, the lowest level since September 2011 when exports averaged 6.813 million b/d, data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative, or JODI, show. ...
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The Australian sharemarket rose to a fresh four-and-a-half year high today as positive domestic earnings reports and further signs of improvement in the global economy encouraged investors to continue moving money from cash and bonds to ...
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The relentless rise in raw materials costs, which has been hitting European coatings producers over the last 2-3 years, has at last been easing. But the relief from the constant pressure of rising input prices may be short lived. The ...
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Prompt prices eased Tuesday morning on the UK's NBP gas trading hub as an uptick in demand was met by stronger imports. At 1200 GMT, the within-day gas contract was valued at 67.15 pence/therm, down by 0.70 p/th from Monday's close, and ...
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Emirates Fibre, a subsidiary of bedding material producer Safetex Group, recently commissioned its polyester staple fibre (PSF) plant. Emirates Fibre hopes to cater to demand from the domestic market and the region. “The US$ 10 ...
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Unipetrol recorded 10% increase of revenues at CZK 107bn in 2012. EBIT excluding one-off impairment reached positive result of CZK 372m in 2012. The volume of crude oil processed 3927 kt in 2012 similar to volume of 2011. EBIT negatively ...
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OPEC Secretary General Abdalla el-Badri said Monday that world oil markets were well balanced and likely to remain well supplied through the current year to meet expected growth in demand, but that the oil producer group did not envisage a ...
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Europe's chemical volumes' growth in 2013 will be "sluggish" with only marginal gains on 2012, global bank HSBC said Monday. "Our forecasts are not materially different to what the industry is expecting: the European chemical ...
Australian shares rose slightly yesterday as global equity markets remained supported by tentative signs of improvement in China's economy. Fund managers tipped continued yield-based demand for Australian equities in particular, although ...
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Prompt prices hit near month highs Wednesday on the UK's NBP gas trading hub with forecasts of colder temperatures the key driver, market sources said. The within-day contract was valued at 67.60 pence/therm at 1200 GMT, up 3.30 p/th from ...
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Gas for same-day delivery fell Friday on the UK's NBP trading hub due to low demand but is valued considerably higher for Monday, with temperatures expected to fall and demand rise. The within-day contract at 1200 GMT was valued at 62.10 ...
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