January 23rd, 2012
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mangpagesThere are a number of considerations that you'll need to think about before you install commercial carpet at your business premises. The main difference between commercial carpet installation and home carpet installation is the scale of the entire process. Home carpet installation may only be for a few rooms in a house, whereas commercial carpets may be for a number of floors in an office building. In addition, commercial carpets are targeted for businesses, and businesses will want an efficient process so as not to hamper their work and productivity.
Businesses will thus require a professional carpet installer, such as Empire Today, in order to get the job completed correctly and quickly. This would be the case not only for carpet installation, but for installing all kinds of flooring. From tile flooring, laminate flooring and hardwood flooring, companies such as Empire Today, for example, are experienced in these various flooring installations. You can even ask the carpet installers for their references and certifications, so that you gain greater confidence in their skills. If your commercial carpeting job will be a significant one, you can even ask the carpet installer to see examples of their previous work. It helps to visit jobs that were completed recently and a few years ago so that you can check the durability of their flooring installation.
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January 14th, 2012
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tkramerAn explosion at an Apple supplier from China killed three workers and injured 15 others last week. The cause of the explosion was initially unclear, but investigators now believe it was caused by combustible dust. The explosion occurred at a factory in the southwestern city of Chengdu, and led to a partial shutdown of the plat that is operated by Foxconn, one of the world's largest suppliers of contract electronics.
In addition to Apple, they supply major companies like HP, Dell and Sony as well. The shutdown has created some worries about supply disruptions for some Apple products including the iPad, which was being produced at the Chengdu plant. This is the latest in a string of problems for Foxconn, which last year had to deal with a lot of negative publicity for a rash of worker suicides at several of its Chinese facilities.
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January 6th, 2012
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lunarpersuasionBased on numbers for refined copper demand and output through January 2011, analysts at Barcalys Capital concluded that the copper market recently experienced a widespread supply chain compression. There was a refined copper deficit of 20,000 mt in January, despite the fact that total reported copper stocks jumped nearly 70,000 mt that month.
And demand for refined copper shot up by 11% the same year through January, while refined copper production only increased 3% over the same period. This supports the view that the key factor behind softer market indicators in Q1 such as rising LME stocks was not weaker demand but a large scale compression of the supply chain. Given that such a compression is finite and end-demand remains strong, then bullish fundamentals will likely be reasserted in the metal when the destocking effect winds down at the end of Q1.
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