Excluding $51 million in pre-tax transaction charges and a net $69 million tax benefit related to certain U.S. foreign tax credits in the fourth quarter of 2012, net income was $638 million, or $1.49 per fully diluted share, down two ...
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Hasbro plans to cut back in order to save $100 million per year by 2015. The toy giant made the announcement as part of its preliminary full-year financial results for 2012, following weaker than anticipated consumer demand for toys ...
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The government of Kaohsiung City, southern Taiwan, is in the administrative process to procure 60,000 LED street lamps through an open-bid. Lite-On Technology and Everlight Electronics are believed to stand a relatively high chance of ...
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Taiwan-based LED chipmakers have been trying to return to profitability but due to continuous price falls, it has been difficult. Market observers believe LED chipmakers such as Epistar, and Formosa Epitaxy will see net losses in 2012. ...
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HP has reported almost across-the-board declines in revenue in its fourth-quarter and full-year results,which were capped by claims of accounting irregularities at Autonomy,the intelligent-search software vendor it acquired ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany has seen its third-quarter 2012 equipment orders pick up by 15% sequentially to €34.5m. The company says that current Q4/2012 quotation levels suggest a continuation of ...
The Company will not Return to Profitability within the Current Year. AIXTRON SE(ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6),a leading provider of deposition equipment to the global semiconductor industry,wrote down EUR 51.5m of inventory due to a ...
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UniFirst Corporation announced results for its fiscal 2012 fourth quarter and full year ended August 25,2012.Fourth quarter revenues were$312.4 million,up 7.4%from$290.9 million in the year ago period.Net income for the quarter was$22.5 ...
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Microsoft is taking a massive$6.2bn hit on its fourth quarter revenues,following a failure of its online business to generate advertising revenue. The write-down is a result of the$6.3bn acquisition of advertising network aQuantive in ...
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Taiwan-based LED companies have held different views over the outlook for the first quarter of 2012 after most of them posted a decline in revenues in December. Taiwan-based LED firm Unity Opto reported 2011 total revenues of NT$5.76 ...
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The solar market is going to be better by second-quarter 2012, said Chi-jen Chen, chairman of Taiwan-based conductive paste maker Giga Solar. Due to the falling of utilization rates in the market in fourth-quarter 2011 and price drops of ...
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The LED industry continues to feel low demand in fourth-quarter 2011. Despite there being some urgent orders for backlight products, the price drops and high inventory will likely push tier-two firms into losses, according to industry ...
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Wavin, the plastic pipe supplier, has warned that revenue growth in its fourth quarter will be “limited”, thanks to the impact of Europe’s financial market woes on the construction sector. The Netherlands-headquartered ...
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After a fiscal year that Cree CEO Chuck Swoboda called "successful and challenging" for the the LED lighting developer, the company's fourth quarter revenues ultimately landed at the top end of expectations. Revenues for Q4 reached $243 ...
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After a fiscal year that Cree CEO Chuck Swoboda called "successful and challenging" for the the LED lighting developer, the company's fourth quarter revenues ultimately landed at the top end of expectations. Revenues for Q4 reached ...
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