Fiscal 2013 Second-quarter Highlights(%cited vs.year-ago period amounts,where applicable): Diluted EPS from continuing operations of$0.51 as reported and$0.57 adjusted for items impacting comparability,up 19%as reported and up 16%on a ...
Tags: consumer foods, commercial foods, ConAgra Foods, profit
Suppliers of solar modules and balance-of-systems components are preparing for a potential first-quarter 2013 revenue windfall in the UK market.The windfall will be stimulated by anticipated downward revisions to Renewable Obligation ...
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The US hedge fund Strategic Value Partners(SVP)has submitted a take-over bid for the film producer Kl ckner Pentaplast(KP),the Financial Times has reported.Bank representatives feel that it is likely that the present owner,Blackstone,and ...
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Plexus Cotton Limited reported that New York (NY) futures rebounded this week, as March gained 190 points to close at 72.24 cents. With crops in the Northern Hemisphere coming off the field at a rapid pace and with the USDA issuing yet ...
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VistaOne Solutions,a UK financial data management,reporting and distribution service firm has launched vSolvencyII,a data governance platform to comply with Solvency II regulations. According to the solution provider,the offering will ...
Here's help in deciding how much rent you can afford for land. We've all heard the stories about land rents gone wild:$400/acre.$500.Even$550. Corn and soybean growers have been bidding those rents up,hoping to spread their fixed costs ...
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BS reported that gold inched up on Monday as a drop in the US unemployment rate did little to dampen expectations that the Federal Reserve will maintain easy monetary policy when it meets later this week. Investors are watching ...
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Reuters reported that hedge funds and money managers sharply cut their bullish bets on gold futures last week on profit taking while an improving US economic outlook prompted them to switch copper contracts to its first net long in 4 weeks. ...
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TOKYO–Japan Advisory did not show up for a hearing on Wednesday called to allow the Tokyo-based hedge fund to contest charges of insider trading,increasing the likelihood the securities regulator's case against it will be upheld. ...
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Reuters reported that Brazil's Vale SA expects a huge derivatives market in iron ore to eventually take shape as players seek hedging instruments to minimize risk from increasingly volatile prices. Mr Jose Carlos Martins who runs the iron ...
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Slovenian retailer Mercator has warned of rising raw materials costs and "profound recession" in many of its key markets after swinging to a net loss in the first half of 2012. For the six months to the end of June, Mercator reported net ...
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When Encana Oil and Gas gets its new "gas for cash" drilling program underway, it will be producing fuel for a steel making company that boasts of making recycled steel products using significantly less energy than other steel manufacturing ...
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US own-label group Ralcorp Holdings, which today (27 November) agreed to a takeover bid from ConAgra Foods, returned to profit in its fiscal 2012 year, boosted by acquisitions made during the year. In the 12 months to the end of ...
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Canadian food manufacturer Maple Leaf Foods has booked a drop in first-half profits. In the six months to the end of June, net earnings amounted to C$33.3m (US$33.2m), a 5.2% decline on the prior year. Adjusted operating earnings, ...
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Lighting consultancy Office of Light has recently completed projects for newly opened branches of Burberry and Victoriaa Secret. As Burberry opened its largest ever London store in Regent Street,Office of Light director Russell Lipscombe ...