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		<title>Coal, Iron and Increasing Inflation Fuel Rise in Australian Export Prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Analyst comment from RNCOS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As per the ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics), export prices in Australia recorded a rise of 13.5% in Q2 2008, as reported by news.com.au. The export prices increased 13.3% in Q2 2008 &#8211; the highest quarterly increase since September 1974. This is due to a rise of 54.2% in prices paid for briquettes, coke and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Demand and Strong Investments saw the Global Steel Industry rise 5.7% in the First Half of 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Analyst Comment from Datamonitor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI), the world’s 66 steel manufacturing countries collectively produced 696 million tonnes of crude steel in the initial six months of 2008, a rise of 5.7% against January-June 2007.

China’s steel production surged 9.6% to 263.2 million tonnes in January-June 2008 over the same period last year. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Manufacturers’ spend on Warranty Management Solutions tipped to exceed $1bn</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investment in warranty management technology solutions in the manufacturing sector is set to grow as manufacturers globally seek out additional cost and revenue opportunities. This is according to a new report, “The Waking World of Warranty Management”. The most common benefit associated with warranty management solutions is their ability to increase the visibility of warranty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demand for Specialist Footwear Increases</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonna Dagliden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Maasai warriors from Tanzania managed to run the London marathon in shoes made from car tyres, a new report shows that Westerners increasingly demand specialist footwear designed for specific sports, activities and occupations.
In the case of sports footwear, one of the main market drivers is the ability of the shoe to improve the performance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Continued Hype over Organic Foods Drive Increased Focus on Organic Textiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonna Dagliden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are used to the idea of organic food, and even the organic cosmetic industry, but if that wasn’t enough to make us feel guilty- now we have to get used to organic and eco-friendly home textiles.
According to a new report the continued hype over organic foods in the US contributes to the increased focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America’s Top Companies to Invest in Competitive Intelligence says Fuld</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edwin Bailey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ According to Fuld &#38; Company, a Boston-based competitive intelligence (CI) consultancy, the USA’s top companies are likely to raise their budgets on information gathering and analysing over the next five years. Fuld’s predictions are based on data from the recent Global Benchmark Study of 141 corporations, which forecasts the amount that the top 1,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAE Arms Itself With An Ethical Woolf</title>
		<link>http://www.reportbuyer.com/blog/bae-arms-ethical-woolf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.reportbuyer.com/blog/bae-arms-ethical-woolf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nazleen Sheikh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ethical Business; it seems to be all the rage these days. So it was no surprise when BAE publicised their intentions to join the ethical bandwagon signing none other than ex Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, as their paragon of integrity.

Surely the companies&#8217; decision to implement an ethics committee has something to do with the [...]]]></description>
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