Gasoline demand up 1.3 percent last week: MasterCard
22 May 2012, 2:17 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline demand rose last week from the previous week as pump prices continued to slide ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, MasterCard said in its SpendingPulse report on Tuesday. Gasoline demand in the week to May 18 rose 1.3 percent against the week to May 11, the report showed, after a 20 cent drop in retail prices over the past six weeks. Consumption typically picks ...

Metamarkets Streamlines Ad Ops for demand Media
22 May 2012, 8:00 am
Metamarkets, a leader in big data analytics for web-scale companies, announced demand Media is using its service to optimize advertising revenue across its digital media network.

Gold demand muted as rupee drops to record low
22 May 2012, 7:38 am
MUMBAI (Reuters) - demand for gold in India, one of the world's top consumers, stayed muted on Tuesday after prices in the local market rose as the rupee fell to a record low, increasing the cost of imports. ...

Xstrata sees China copper demand rebounding
22 May 2012, 3:40 am
Global miner Xstrata is betting sluggish copper demand in China will pick up in the second half as it makes plans to boost production of the metal by 60 percent, shrugging off more cautious approaches ...

Xstrata Says Chinese Copper demand To Pick Up
21 May 2012, 11:59 pm
Copper demand from China, the world's largest consumer of the industrial metal, is expected to pick up in the second half of the year, although the outlook in Europe remains concerning, the head of Xstrata PLC's (XTA.LN) copper division said Tuesday, adding that future investment decisions may be affected by continued global economic uncertainty.

Hertz On demand Goes Mobile
21 May 2012, 2:50 pm
PARK RIDGE, N.J., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) and its Hertz On demand car sharing service announce today the launch of its new mobile website, mobile.hertzondemand.com ...

How Strong is Global Gold demand?
21 May 2012, 1:14 pm
According to the latest Gold demand Trends report by the World Gold Council, the world continues to have a strong appetite for the precious metal, despite higher prices in the first-quarter of 2012 when compared to a year earlier.First-quarter global gold demand totaled 1,097.6 tonnes ($59.7 billion), which represents a 5 percent decrease from 1,150.7 tonnes ($51.3 billion) in the same period ...

Lowe's cuts profit outlook as demand weakens
21 May 2012, 12:10 pm
(Reuters) - Lowe's Cos Inc , the world's No. 2 home improvement chain, cut its fiscal-year earnings outlook and said demand slowed toward the end of the traditionally strong first quarter, sending its shares down nearly 10 percent. The lackluster forecast came just days after larger rival Home Depot Inc missed Wall Street's quarterly sales estimates as demand weakened in April following a jump ...

P&WC Sees Regional Turboprop demand Flying High for Next Decade
21 May 2012, 9:00 am
RAA - MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA-- - Pratt & Whitney Canada continues to see a sustained demand for regional turboprop aircraft and estimates a market for 3,000 regional turboprop aircraft in the next 20 years, ...

Gold demand In India Supported by ETFs
21 May 2012, 5:00 am
According to the Word Gold Council, demand in India for gold through exchange traded funds is likely to double this year. The Indian gold market is expected to exhibit the greatest growth in the near future.“The ...