From noodle bars to housekeeping services, personal spending is spreading cheer to the nooks and crannies of the Japanese economy. The Bank of Japan's December Tankan survey of business sentiment showed a major improvement in confidence ...
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LED industry’s supply and demand is likely to reach equilibrium sooner than predicted as price falls ease in price falls in 2013 due to exodus of Chinese LED manufacturers, said David Chung, Genesis Photonics Inc. (GPI) chairman ...
The chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) predicts that the construction industry will add as many as 300,000 new jobs next year to decisively rebound from a recession that had crippled it. This could mean ...
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China's economy is finally rebounding from its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis but the shaky recovery could be vulnerable to a new downturn in global trade. Growth rose to 7.9 percent in the three months ending in December, up ...
The National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) has named George Vorwick, Jr. as the incoming vice president-elect of the Eastern Region. Vorwick was elected by the Eastern Region Council, which represents NAED member companies ...
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Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes improved four points to a 58 reading on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for December. This gain reflected improvement in ...
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EnerJex Resources, Inc. (OTCMarkets: ENRJ) ("EnerJex" or the "Company") announced today an update on its operating activities in Morgan County, Colorado, where the Company owns a 100% working interest in approximately 19,000 acres covering ...
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PetroTech Oil and Gas Inc. (OTC: PTOG) (the "Company" or Petrotech") today announced that they are moving forward on plans to complete three new drills on their existing Nowata lease in Oklahoma. While reworking existing wells that are now ...
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The US Department of Energy announced $150 million in tax credits with Cree and Osram Sylvania winning awards for expansion of US-based manufacturing, while Philips Lighting and Toshiba announce new LED retrofit lamps. Cree and Osram ...
Tags: LED, LED Lighting, Retrofit lamps, lamps
The amount of money the Palmerston North City Council is making out of recycled glass looks likely to double since new glass collection trucks went on the road in January. The drivers of the trucks sort glass into colours at the kerb, ...
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Labelexpo Asia 2013 reached new visitor heights as it celebrated its tenth anniversary edition. Held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) during 3 – 6 December, the four day exhibition was attended by a huge number of ...
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France may be sliding back into recession after activity in its key manufacturing and services industries shrank for the second month running in December. French GDP shrank by 0.1% in the three months to the end of September and a second ...
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Relevant data show that from this Jan. to Nov, the shipbuilding orders in Jiangsu grow of 10% year-on-year. It is the first time to achieve positive growth after the deep investigation of 29 months since June 2011. The orders account for ...
In October this year, the output volume of Great Britain's construction industry in non-seasonally adjusted, constant (2005) prices increased by an estimated 5.3 percent compared to the same month of 2012, according to a report released by ...
Smart glass, which can vary the light transmittance and thermal properties of windows in response to changing conditions, is a premium building product. Prices to the end user are at least double those of static, high-performance window ...
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