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May 27, 2008

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Monday Midday Business Report is your weekly market news briefing.

Check out this week's news and key trends:

• Aluminum-extrusion shipments are falling
• Magnesium prices are up due to strong global demand
• Crude oil forecasts get adjusted up
• And so do forecasts for natural gas
• But the price for bismuth has dropped—slightly
• Rhodium prices skyrocket
• The market is going up for multilayer ceramic capacitors
• Spot prices for DRAM fell again, but not contract prices
• Drybulk ocean freight rates hit a new high

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WEBCAST: Top Strategic Priorities for Procurement Executives at Mid-Size Companies, June 4, 2008 at 2 pm UD-EDT

With commodity and energy prices soaring, economic growth slowing, and global competition intensifying every day, NOW is the time for mid-sized companies to become strategic about how they manage spending, costs and compliance throughout their sourcing, procurement, and payment processes.

This special WEBCAST will present new research documenting the imperatives and challenges that procurement groups in midsize companies face. It will also feature a panel discussion—led by Purchasing Chief Editor Paul Teague—on what procurement executives for mid-sized companies are doing today to move toward more strategic spend management approaches that impact the bottom line.

Details and registration here.
 



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