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‘Reshoring’ production from China to the US will benefit plastics industry – Reinforced Plastics

May 9, 2013

In reality, the savings, while sizeable, never matched expectations. Now that labour costs, tariffs and related production expenses in China are rising, manufacturing is moving again – this time back to North America in a trend called ‘reshoring.’ Reshoring was identified in 2012 as a growing transfer of select manufacturing operations from China and other […]

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The EU & the green battle – thenewfederalist.eu

May 9, 2013

About us The New Federalist is the magazine of the Young European Federalists (JEF). JEF is an organisation of young people from all over Europe who share a vision of a united, federal and democratic Europe. Disclaimer: articles published on this website do not necessarily reflect the views of JEF-Europe. Please read about JEF-Europe on […]

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Sony Posts First Annual Net Profit in Five Years – Fox Business

May 9, 2013

Sony Corp. (6758.TO) said Thursday it swung back to a profit in its fiscal fourth quarter, lifted by one-time gains from the sale of office buildings and shareholdings. The quarterly profit, reversing a massive loss from a year earlier, propelled the slumping Japanese electronics maker to its first annual profit in five years. Sony said […]

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Sony Swings to Profit – ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版

May 9, 2013

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Sony posts first annual net profit in five years – MarketWatch

May 9, 2013

Outside the Box Europe’s united states form an imperfect union Source Article from http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sony-posts-first-annual-net-profit-in-five-years-2013-05-09-2485195

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The irony of our post-industrial lives – Waterloo Record

May 9, 2013

Living in a post-industrial society can get complicated sometimes. I am reminded of that by two separate events: first, the April 24 factory collapse in Bangladesh that left more than 800 people dead; secondly, by a documentary I watched. As we all now know, the factory that collapsed was a hellhole of a sweatshop, […]

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Neenah Paper Reports 2013 First Quarter Results – Business Wire (press release)

May 9, 2013

ALPHARETTA, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Neenah Paper, Inc. (NYSE:NP) today reported adjusted earnings from continuing operations of $0.74 per diluted common share in the first quarter of 2013 compared to adjusted earnings of $0.77 per share in the first quarter of 2012. Without adjustments, reported earnings in the first quarter of 2013 were $0.73 per diluted share and […]

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BOK unexpectedly cuts key rate to 2.5 pct for May – Yonhap News

May 9, 2013

By Kim Soo-yeon SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s central bank slashed the key interest rate for the first time in seven months on Thursday as the yen’s weakness threatens to hurt the economy.    Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Kim Choong-soo and his six fellow policymakers lowered the benchmark seven-day repo rate by […]

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Neenah Paper Reports 2013 First Quarter Results – Fort Mills Times

May 8, 2013

“As we started the year, we are seeing benefits from optimizing our expanded Fine Paper business and in Technical Products, while we knew it would be a challenge surpassing last year’s record earnings given the challenging conditions in Europe, we were able to grow our top line with higher volumes and an improved mix,” said […]

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Peak Oil Revisited – Oil Limits Are Now Debt Limits – The Market Oracle

May 8, 2013

Commodities / Crude Oil May 08, 2013 – 09:20 PM GMT By: Andrew_McKillop LIMITS TO GROWTH Oil and energy limits are more complex than what we have imagined so far. The crossover from OECD Old World dominance of oil market demand, to Rest Of World dominance was more than 7 years ago, but the perception […]

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