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  • New Report on Chinese Markets for High-Density Polyethylene

    China's demand for high-density polyethylene (HDPE) has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow. This new study examines China's economic trends, investment environment, industry development, supply and demand, industry capacity, industry structure, marketing channels and major industry participants. ...

  • Australian dollar drops below parity with US dollar mainly due to US positive gains

    The Australian dollar fell below parity with the US dollar and stayed down during the whole week, which is widely attributed to positive indicators in the US economy.On Friday, the Australian dollar took another step lower, falling as low as 97.33 US cents, a level not seen since June 2012.The Australian dollar tumbled to 98.3 cents late on Thursday, breaking through its 11-month low of 98.5 ...

  • Asian Markets Weekly Update Broad Gains in Asia While Nikkei Breaches 15000 Mark

    Nikkei breached the psychologically important 15,000 mark and closed the week's trade with a 2.5% gain, at 15,138.1. A tumbling yen that hit a 4-1/2 year low at the beginning of the week boosted Japanese stocks, which shot up to a 5-1/2 year high mid-week as exporters' stocks rallied on the back of a weakening yen. Other Asian stocks opened lower but posted gains towards the close of ...

  • China stock index futures end sharply higher

    China's stock index futures closed sharply higher on Friday, with the contract for May 2013, the most actively traded, up 1.46 percent from the previous trading day to 2,576.6 points.The June 2013 contract jumped 2.16 percent to 2,572.6 points. The September 2013 contract rose 2.15 percent to 2,581.4 points, while the December 2013 contract went up 2.21 percent to 2,602.8 points.The ...

  • Sanyo may cease to exist under Panasonic reorganization Nikkei

    (Reuters) - Sanyo Electric Co may cease to exist under a reorganization by Panasonic Corp that includes global jobs cuts, Nikkei reported on Friday.Panasonic will cut 90 percent of Sanyo's global workforce of about 2,500 in around three years, the daily reported.About 1,000 workers at Sanyo's headquarters will be reduced to around 100 this fiscal year, leaving just a skeleton crew for ...

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Office Space

"Office Space" should have started with a brief dedication: "This film is dedicated to anyone who has ever worked in a cubicle." This film, the first live-action offering from Mike Judge, creator of "Beavis and Butt-head" and "King of the Hill," is a wry tale of vengeance against cubicle culture, and anyone who has ever worked in one will find much to laugh about. I, for one, have worked in a cubi ... ...

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  • Sony to name Chugai Pharmas CEO as chairman Nikkei

    Chief Executive Osamu Nagayama as chairman, the Nikkei reported.Nagayama's appointment will be finalized on June 20 at a board meeting to be held immediately after a shareholders' meeting, the business daily said.Outgoing chairman Howard Stringer, who served as Sony's CEO between 2005 and 2012, will retire in June, the Japanese paper said. (Reporting by Aditi Shrivastava in ...

  • Police say Corbin man tried to hire killer on Topix

    A Corbin man used the web site Topix to solicit a killer, Kentucky State Police have charged.Detective Richie Baxter arrested Tristan James Hall, 29, on Thursday on a charge of solicitation to commit murder.Hall allegedly posted an item on Topix saying he would pay someone to kill another person. The intended victim saw the post and contacted police, said Trooper First Class Don Trosper, ...

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