Archive for September 1st, 2005
Japanese Tariffs on U.S. Steel Take Effect
September 1, 2005 11:30 a.m. EST
Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff ReporterTokyo, Japan (AHN) - On Thursday, Japanese tariffs on U.S. steel imports took effect as part of Tokyo’s bid against American steel industry protection measures.The 15 percent tariffs, approved in August by the Cabinet, could amount to as much as 5.7 billion [...]
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Le “searchengine”
The telegraph.co.uk reports that French President Jacques Chirac wants to go to war with Yahoo, Google, MSN and other US-based search engines, defending his country against the threat of “Anglo-Saxon cultural imperialism.” “We’re engaged in a global competition for technological supremacy. In France, in Europe, it’s our power that’s at stake,” Chirac said in a [...]
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Indian Steel Expansion
Whilst Chinese Steel production has been the subject of concern in the West for some time now, as it becomes a net exporter, an interesting article published recently at MEPS, raises the issue of recent developments in India.
If demand within India does not increase in line with production, then yet again the worldwide marketplace may [...]
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Corus bid for Salzgitter?
Rumours are circulating that UK/Dutch steel group Corus is about to make a bid for Salzgitter.
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Steel & Other Metals topped the sector risers today after reports began circulating that Anglo-Dutch steel maker Corus is planning a takeover of German rival Salzgitter.
The news pushed shares in the steel maker higher, though traders remained [...]
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