Bell Bay plant manager Ray Mostogl has described market conditions as "extremely challenging", saying recent job cuts were part of an efficiency drive to make the smelter competitive. But workplace efficiencies and cheap power may not be enough to save …

In 2010, Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega warned of the possibility of “currency wars”, as countries sought to devalue their exchange rates to gain competitive advantage. Brazil's economy may currently be less in favor internationally, but that …

According to Mr. Theodore Ntalakos, Newbuilding and SnP broker, "surely among the biggest supporters of the “Abenomics” must be Japanese shipowners who have seen their asset values as well as charter earnings appreciating with the devaluation of the …

The higher dollar also increases production costs versus foreign rivals, making US products less competitive in international markets. Colgate's rivals such as Procter & Gamble also have vast international businesses, including in Europe where economic …

In reported terms, the evolution of the aforementioned items were particularly affected by exchange rate fluctuations, mostly by devaluation in Venezuela and depreciation of the Brazilian real and the Argentinian peso, which subtracted more than five …

Our strengthening market share in Europe is encouraging, especially in light of the economic situation, our competitors' promotional discounting and the introduction of additional models with low price points in that market. We remain concerned with …

"We will refrain from competitive devaluation and will not target our exchange rates for competitive purposes. We will resist all forms of protectionism and keep our markets open," the finance ministers and central bank governors said. Given that South …

The National Bank believes that devaluation of the national currency for the sake of a greater competitive ad-vantage of exporters in a certain industry should not be allowed to support exporters amidst short-term fluctu-ations at the global …

And we've now received the full results from the ANNAPURNA trial, which basically was successful, but given the way the field has moved in HCV, we don't see this as being as competitive as other agents in the marketplace. So as you know, we have a …