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The improvement was ascribed chiefly to a 3.6percentt rise in exports, with half of that gain coming from higher shipments of motor vehicles to the United States.
Farm-machine sales rose 35percentto to $2.7 billion in the quarter, helped by higher shipments and prices, a weaker dollar and a tax provision expiring next month that lets farmers write off a higher percentage of equipment purchases sooner.
Excluding Novelis, Alcan's pretax profit in the quarter rose by $4 million, to $725 million, from a year earlier because of higher shipments and selling prices for raw aluminum.
The company predicted its fourth-quarter earnings before interest, taxes and other items — the so-called "core" profit number that analysts watch — would be $2 billion to $2.4 billion, up from $1.6 billion in the third quarter, and said it expected higher shipments and average steel selling prices.
Higher shipments of wireless and consumer electronics products boosted semiconductor segment revenues, the company said.
Slower consumer spending dampened sales of personal computers in the U.S., but Lenovo barely felt it thanks to higher shipments to emerging markets.
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Last week Nissan UK, which employs 7,000 workers at its plant in Sunderland and exports more than 80% of its vehicles, warned that it would be forced to reconsider expanding production in the UK should it face higher shipment costs or restrictions on the supply of vital parts.
The analyst expects the price of 3D printers to be driven down by competitive pressures and higher shipment volumes over the next several years, helped by increasing numbers of large multinational retailers selling 3D printers through their physical and online stores.
The 2012 number will be the highest shipment figure on record in the HDD books at year-end--but the achievement will not stand for long.
The most pervasive use of the devices is by companies that track fleets of vehicles or high-value shipments.
They included stricter export controls on high technology shipments to Iran and revocation of visas for any Iranian officials linked to the nuclear program.
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