In the first half of the year, to 31 October, the group said that its packaging business continued to gain further market share due to its "differentiated and strong customer proposition". Corrugated volume growth remains in excess of its ...
Air freight markets stabilised in September, after an extended period of slow increase. Global freight tonne kilometres were up 0.5% in September year-on-year, a slowdown on the 3.4% growth in August, and there was no increase in volumes ...
Tags: Global Market Transport, Service, Transport
During the opening ceremony of the Arab Steel Summit held in Dubai on October 26-28, Ezz Steel marketing director George Matta said he believes that both Ezz Steel and Egypt have come through the worst times and that the country is on the ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Judging by the designer shoes this young Chinese entrepreneur is sporting, his business, a cozy Italian restaurant in an upscale Shanghai neighborhood, must be doing rather well. The new car parked outside reinforces that observation. On ...
Tags: Bank Loans, Innovation
Commenting on the introduction of a new patent reform bill by House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Senior Vice President for Government Relations at National Retail Federation - David French said, “Patent trolls intentionally ...
Tags: NRF, Patent Reform Bill
In September 2013 the CEP-Indicator of Economic Sentiment for China reaches 18.8 points displaying an ongoing positive sentiment. The CEP-Indicator of Economic Sentiment captures the expectations of financial market experts regarding the ...
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Given that European households have deposits worth an impressive EUR 8.5 trillion, deposits are one of the cornerstones of the EU economic system. This represents one-third of total financial assets. Despite negative real returns in most EU ...
Tags: Deposits Business, European Banks
At the sixth China Iron and Steel Trade Summit Forum held on October 26 in Zhengzhou, Li Chuangxin, deputy secretary-general of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), stated that China's gross domestic product (GDP) and fixed asset ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
Mongolia on Friday unveiled a raft of new investment agreements with China--including an oil-exploration deal—that Mongolian Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag said in an interview would build up the landlocked country's ...
Tags: oil-exploration, crude-oil
About 30 percent of total textile mills in India remained non-operational in 2000-10 leading to huge job losses, a recent study conducted by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has found. The study ...
Tags: Textile Mills, Apparel
The outlook for the European steel market next year is for a cautious recovery from a low level, according to Jeroen Vermeij, director of market analysis and economic studies at European steel producers' association Eurofer. Speaking at ...
Tags: Apparent Steel, steel market
Rising domestic demand provides firm basis for expansion in the industrial sector British bank HSBC Holdings Plc said that China's manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index will rise to a seven-month high of 50.9 in October, up from 50.2 ...
Tags: domestic demand, Chemicals
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released its top ten list of trucking industry concerns this week. The 2013 survey, which was commissioned by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), had a 41 percent increase in ...
Tags: Trucking Industry, Transportation
Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2013, reporting an operating profit of €10 million in the third quarter, compared to an operating loss of 15 million in ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China's manufacturing hits 7-month high in October, according to HSBC's preliminary purchasing managers' index on Tuesday. China's PMI of October rose to 50.9, which is the highest since April. The reading compared with a final recording ...
Tags: China's PMI, economy