Author and humorist Mark Twain is given credit for the saying, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting.” It is unknown if Twain ever spoke those words. A bottle of whiskey makes for sipping. Water makes for a political ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in January this year Turkey's coking coal imports rose by 11.9 percent year on year but decreased to the lowest level recorded since January last year to 2 million ...
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Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 3/22/2013 8:31:30 AM For the second consecutive year, el Jimador, 100 percent blue agave tequila, has released limited-edition soccer bottles. As the official tequila sponsor ...
Apple's iPhone yesterday again took the top ranking in J.D. Power and Associates' smartphone customer satisfaction survey, the company said. Apple scored 855 out of a possible 1,000 points in the customer satisfaction survey, leading four ...
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According to Japanese media reports, the European business association (AEB) recently released statistics showing Russia's new car sales (including commercial vehicles) in February 2013, 210666 vehicles, up 2% from a year earlier, for four ...
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Oracle suffered the most as growth in the storage market continued to slow during the end of 2012. Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM also struggled while EMC emerged as the big winner. Revenue totaled $6 billion in the fourth quarter of last ...
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According to the data released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA), Japanese new ship export orders in February this year decreased 68.25 percent on tonnage basis compared to the previous month, to five ships totaling 167,470 ...
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In February, the Port of Charleston, South Carolina experienced its 12th consecutive month of year-over-year growth as container volume increased nearly 11 percent compared to February 2012 with 131,634 20-foot equivalent units (TUEs) ...
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Australian stocks have tumbled for a third straight day, led by hefty falls from the major miners in response to a bleak outlook for iron ore prices. At 4.15pm AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 20.1 points, or 0.4 per cent, at ...
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Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Steel Dynamics, Inc. said Monday that it anticipates Q1 2013 earnings to be in the range of $0.17 to $0.21 per diluted share, and excluding a Q4 2012 favorable tax adjustment of $0.07 per diluted share, the Q1 ...
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Crude futures settled higher Thursday, with the ICE April Brent contract bouncing off Wednesday's 2013 lows to expire 90 cents higher at $109.42/barrel. The May contract settled up 72 cents at $108.96/b. NYMEX April crude closed US ...
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As of March 15, inventory of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in the major steel markets in China totaled 22.508 million mt, up 192,000 mt week on week and ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in January this year Turkey's total hot rolled coil (HRC) exports amounted to 114,083 metric tons, up 2.8 percent compared to the previous month and more than ...
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South Africa - The 9th Annual Channel O Music Video Awards was held at the Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, Soweto, South Africa. It comprised of a mega dome structure and an enormous lighting rig. For control lighting designer Joshua ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in January this year Turkey's seamless pipe imports rose 20.8 percent compared to December last year and were up 26.8 percent compared to January 2012, amounting to ...