Investments in ICT are expect to increase in 2014 in Africa as both public and private spending rises and local content businesses partner with larger operators and tech companies, according to IDC. Adoption of data analytics and cloud ...
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Ascena Retail Group, Inc. reported financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended October 26, 2013. Fiscal First Quarter Results Net sales for the first quarter of Fiscal 2014 increased 5% to $1.197 billion, compared to $1.138 ...
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US construction employment increased in 39 states over the past 12 months, the most widespread gains since April 2012, according to an analysis released today by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. ...
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PLH Group, Inc. (PLH), a portfolio company of private equity firm Energy Capital Partners, announced today that a consortium of large petroleum pipeline companies has selected Snelson Companies, Inc., a PLH company, to build 163 miles of ...
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IT market research and advisory firm IDC has highlighted the potential for Application-Centric Infrastructure to benefit businesses and organisations in the Middle East. The ACI approach was recently announced by Cisco, and it aims to ...
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SuperGroup Plc provides a trading update covering the 13-week period to 27 October 2013 and the 26-week period to 27 October 2013. Group Total Group sales for ...
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China's main cement enterprises, such as Anhui Conch Cement are expected to resume profut growth this year due to infrastructure and property investments in eastern and southern parts of China. Large-scale cement enterprises are ...
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The official manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index is in for August and the numbers are rosy. Sell-siders are happy. China bulls just got one more boost from a lengthening list of comfortable economic figures. “It's a real ...
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Major Chinese industrial firms saw their combined profits rise 11.6 percent year on year in July, quickening from the 6.3-percent rate seen in June that points to further evidence of a firming economy, official data showed on Tuesday. The ...
Holcim Philippines Inc. will reopen this month its grinding cement plant in Mabini, Batangas that will boost the company s production by 1 million metric tons per year. Holcim Philippines chief executive Ed Sahagun said in a news briefing ...
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Toshiba Corp. says it has acquired a 76% interest in CyberGrid GmbH, an Austrian developer and provider of intelligent energy management solutions. Toshiba says it sees the development of its smart community business as a key strategy for ...
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Francesca's Holdings Corporation reported net income for the first quarter of 2013 of $10.9 million or $0.24 per diluted share, compared to net income for the first quarter of 2012 of $8.7 million, or $0.20 per diluted share. Adjusted net ...
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The Romanian cement market declined 0.2 percent in 2012 owing to bad weather and an unfavorable economic context, and this year seems no better as yet. Any growth by yearend will be small, and could only come from infrastructure investments ...
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Turkish pipemaker Ozbal Celik Boru has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. In the first quarter, Ozbal registered a net loss of TRY 897,314 ($486,238), compared to a net loss of TRY 948,916 in the corresponding ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo's subsidiary Volvo Trucks and Shell have agreed to jointly launch heavy duty trucks fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG). Under the collaboration, the vehicle manufacturer will use its MethaneDiesel ...
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