According to the customs statistics provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in 2012 Turkey imported 7.8 million mt of iron ore, increasing 18 percent compared to 2011. The value of Turkey's iron ore imports in 2012 was $1.15 ...
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Wolverine Worldwide reported financial results for both the fourth quarter and full year ended December 29, 2012.During the fourth quarter, the Company completed the $1.25 billion acquisition of the Performance+Lifestyle Group ("PLG") from ...
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Taiwan's solar industry needs to improve from its weakness of lacking brand recognition and control over distribution, said Ellick Liao, chairman of Taiwan Solar Energy (TSEC). Currently, the total supply of solar products is about ...
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On February 20, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced that in January this year the country’s exports of mechanical and electrical products saw a month-on-month rise of 25.1 percent to $105.81 billion. In the same month, ...
Japanese demand for heating kerosene appears to be passing out of its peak annual period, as the country starts to experience warmer temperatures against the same time of last year, industry sources said Friday. Japan's kerosene ...
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Britain’s biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods could be forced to compromise its recovery plan by selling key power brands to boost its troubled balanced sheet, according to a leading City analyst. Not for sale: Premier’s ...
According to data released by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), from January to November last year, the number of new car registrations in Europe was 11.25 million, fell by 7.6%. Germany was relatively better with a ...
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As of February 16, 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 18.016 million mt, up 1.851 million mt week on week and ...
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Weakness among the big miners was offset by gains in finance companies and defensive sectors. Despite the flat trade, Australian stocks have posted their fifth consecutive weekly gain. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down three ...
Optus has declared that its strategy to increase its business and return to revenue growth is the right one despite Telstra beating the No 2 telco by a factor of 10 in the past year in adding new mobile phone customers to its network. For ...
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Global snacks giant Mondelez International has affirmed confidence in its ability to increase sales by at least 5% on an organic basis in 2012 amid concerns on Wall Street. Better management of input costs and higher sales in emerging ...
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Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, is pleased to announce that its Halo brand of recessed, track and surface lighting products ...
USA - As football fans gathered at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and in front of television sets around the world for Super Bowl Sunday, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound Company and experts in supplying and supporting ...
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Cooper Lighting announced that its Halo brand of recessed, track and surface lighting products has once again been named the Brand Leader in lighting by Builder magazine. Awarded for the fifteenth consecutive year, Halo was given top ...
For the fourteenth consecutive season, Estethica, founded by the British Fashion Council (BFC), will be promoting sustainable fashion at The Exhibition at London Fashion Week. Housed in the West Wing of Somerset House it will showcase 14 ...
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