Chinese smartphone owners spend nearly eight hours looking at electronic screens each day, the third longest in the world, with smartphones and laptops dominating their "screen time," according to survey results released on Wednesday. ...
Tags: Smartphones, Laptops, Electronic Screens
Gold is lacking direction ahead of key US employment data due Friday, with mixed views on physical demand. ANZ said in a gold report that "the $100/oz decline in gold over the past two weeks was largely the unwinding of the 'safehaven' ...
Tags: Service, employment data, Economy
EFIC has examined the dynamics behind Australia's trade surplus that reached $1.4b in January, its highest level in nearly 2 years. "Export values have surged, driven by increases in rural and resource export volumes. This is despite ...
Retirees are "more nutritionally aware" but still a enjoy a glass of wine As life after retirement often equates to more time spent at home, eating in can take on new meaning for older consumers who may now have more time to cook and may ...
Tags: Baking products, shopping baskets, Agriculture, Food
U.S. manufacturing grew at a slightly faster pace in March compared with February as factory output recovered from disruptions caused by severe winter weather. Manufacturers also received more orders, suggesting that production could ...
Tags: Manufacturing, factory output
NYMEX May crude settled $1.84 lower at $99.74/barrel Tuesday on expectations of another build in US crude stockpiles and bearish data from China and Europe. ICE May Brent settled $2.14 lower at $105.62/b. The Brent-WTI spread settled at a ...
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The number of businesses indicating they will hire staff in the months ahead has increased for a third consecutive quarter, supporting a view that underlying economic conditions are stable and that confidence is sound in spite of recent ...
Tags: Service, Employment
As part of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) routine testing of various food products, a survey released today found that all juice and bottled water tested for antimony were safe to consume. The CFIA tested 359 samples of ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Bottled Water
In February this year, Japan's industrial production decreased by 2.3 percent from January and rose by 6.9 percent from February 2013, according to the preliminary indices of the Industrial Production report published by Japan's Ministry of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel, crude steel, Iron
France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) has announced that the situation in French industry remained stable in March compared to February, according to a survey carried out among French business leaders, with ...
With the pace of U.S. economic growth seen speeding up later this year and next, many business economists expect the Federal Reserve to end its bond purchases this fall or even earlier. The consensus of the 48 economists surveyed by the ...
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January aluminum demand in the US and Canada -- measured as shipments by domestic producers plus imports -- totaled an estimated 2.018 billion lb, down 2.9% from January 2013, according to preliminary estimates from the Aluminum ...
Tags: semi-fabricated, aluminum, aluminum ingot
More Australians shopping for fresh vegetables at farmers' markets, 'local' food trend grows Taking the trend towards 'local' food to a new level, new national consumer research examining where Australians typically shop for their fresh ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Asia Pacific retailers are focused on expanding in the Asia Pacific region, a recent global report by CBRE Research has found. The How Active Are Retailers Globally? survey found that Asia Pacific-based retailers see significant potential ...
Tags: Asia Pacific Retailers, Region Expansion, mature retail sectors
Home prices continued to show solid growth in most of the country due to limited inventory conditions, but rising prices and severe winter weather caused existing-home sales to slip in February, according to the National Association of ...
Tags: Home Sales, Home prices