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ICE Cotton Settled Slightly Lower This Week, Closing at 83.11 Basis Z3
Oct 21, 2013ICE cotton settled slightly lower this week, closing at 83.11 basis Z3. Growing cert stocks and lower YoY Chinese cotton imports in September prompted bearish headlines that, along with sagging technicals and ideas that the US crop may be ...
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Important Decisions on Financial Policy Are Due in The USA in The Coming Weeks
Oct 1, 2013Important decisions on financial policy are due in the USA in the coming weeks. Without the consent of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, the government can neither determine the budget for the coming fiscal year, ...
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ICE Cotton Futures Traded Unchanged on Last Week
Sep 24, 2013ICE Cotton futures traded unchanged on last week, with the main Z3 contract settling at 84.52 c/lbs. Physical supplies for delivery to mills through 2013 year-end are looking increasingly tight, as spot supplies of Australian, West African ...
Tags: ICE Cotton, Textile
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The Fiscal Policy Situation in The USA Stabilised Recently
Aug 2, 2013After deteriorating for a number of years the fiscal policy situation in the USA stabilised recently ; but risks remain. More economic policy adjustments will be required in the future as a result. In the latest issue of the CESifo Forum ...
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Worldsteel Committee Revised Down Global Apparent Steel Consumption Growth Forecast
Apr 12, 2013According to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) for 2013 and 2014, worldsteel Economics Committee revised down its global apparent steel consumption growth forecast to 2.9 percent from its October 2012 ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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US Fiscal Event Could Force The Us Economy Back Into Recession
Feb 28, 2013The Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) says caution is still warranted on the global economic outlook . In the latest issue of its World Risk Developments report, EFIC cites risks in the US and the euro area as “a ...
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Share Market Weakened Slightly Before Upcoming Events
Feb 19, 2013The share market weakened slightly before upcoming events including the release of European and US economic data, the weekend meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow, and Italian elections the following weekend. ...
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Allegheny Technologies Reports Q4 2012 Sales of $1.1 Billion
Jan 28, 2013Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based specialty steelmaker Allegheny Technologies Incorporated reported Q4 2012 sales of $1.1 billion and net income of $10.5 million, which includes a "special charge" or $8.8 million. The special charge reflects ...
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The Semiconductor Market Will Grow 7.9% Semi Growth This Year, Says Penn
Jan 23, 2013The semiconductor market will grow 7.9% this year, Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons, told IFS2013 in London this morning. However Penn added: “Last year I forecast 8% growth, and I said that was a safe bet and it turned out to ...
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Australian Dollar Barely Moved in Sleepy Asian Trading
Jan 17, 2013The Australian dollar barely moved in sleepy Asian trading yesterday but the outlook for the currency remained upbeat, with one major domestic bank sharply lifting its forecast for the currency this year. "It's very, very quiet," Rochford ...
Tags: Dollar, currency, Australian dollar
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Sharemarket Ended a Three-Day Losing Streak
Jan 10, 2013The sharemarket ended a three-day losing streak yesterday as the latest earnings results from US aluminium giant Alcoa reassured investors in the resources-heavy domestic bourse, with high-yield and defensive sectors of the market well bid. ...
Tags: aluminium, Alcoa, market well bid, aluminium market
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Sharemarket Fell The Most in Five Weeks as Global Equity Markets Lost Upward Momentum
Jan 9, 2013The Australian sharemarket fell the most in five weeks today, with financial, material and industrial stocks leading the decline as global equity markets lost upward momentum following strong gains last week on the resolution of the US ...
Tags: Australian sharemarket, global equity markets, Australia, Shares
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Sharemarket Had It Biggest Fall in Five Weeks Following Strong Gains
Jan 9, 2013The sharemarket had it biggest fall in five weeks yesterday, with financial, material and industrial stocks leading the decline as global equity markets lost momentum following strong gains last week after the resolution of the US ...
Tags: sharemarket, financial, material, industrial stocks, global equity markets
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Australian Dollar to Face Difficult Year, as Risks to World Economic Environment Ease
Jan 8, 2013The Australian dollar is expected to face a"difficult year"this year,as concerns about risks to the world economic environment ease and weak domestic factors come into play,according to a new report by HSBC's currency analysts. "While the ...
Tags: Fresh Headwinds, Australian dollar, risk, resilient performance
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Sharemarket Ended Winning Streak as Stimulus Measures May Be Scaled Back
Jan 7, 2013The sharemarket ended its winning streak yesterday on concerns that stimulus measures in the US may be scaled back sooner than expected. The minutes of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting of last month showed disagreement among members ...
Tags: sharemarket, stimulus measures, US, Federal Reserve