Research by accounting software provider MYOB reveals the economic confidence and overall business outlook of small to medium business operators (SMEs) is finally on the rise. The March 2013 MYOB Business Monitor found over one quarter of ...
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According to LEDinside, a research division of Trendforce, investigation on the latest LED light bulb retail price showed that global LED light bulb retail price remained volatile in January 2013. The retail price of LED replacements of 40W ...
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In the 2012 financial year the flooring group Tarkett increased its turnover by 11% to €2.318bn. Organic growth (+4.6%), acquisitions (+3.6%) and favourable exchange rate influences (+2.8%) constituted some of the reasons for the ...
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BASF announces fourth quarter and full year 2012 results. Full year 2012: -Sales €78.7 billion (plus 7%) -EBIT before special items €8.9 billion (plus 5%) -Record year in Agricultural Solutions and Oil & Gas; earnings in ...
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Yieh Phui Enterprise (YP), one of the major coating steel mills in Taiwan, has announced its January combining sales revenue was NT$4.819 billion which has risen 8.12% Y-O-Y. Due to the dropping NTD currency, YP has become profitable ...
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The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 0.5% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne, and Fremantle this week when the US exchange rate rose by 0.3%. It was a mixed sale this week with a good start on Tuesday, an easing on ...
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The Australian dollar was lower yesterday as the US dollar strengthened after the Group of 20 industrial and developing countries fell short at the weekend of openly criticising governments that seek to deliberately devalue their ...
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Swiss meat processing company Bell Group has booked an increase in full-year profits, despite what it claims has been a "demanding" market environment. In the 12 months to the end of December, net profit climbed 5.9% to CHF75.8m ...
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The Venezuelan government announced the devaluation of its currency, the bolivar fuerte (VEF), on 8 February. The official exchange rate was changed from VEF 4.3 per US dollar to VEF 6.3 per US dollar. Smurfit Kappa said that as a result ...
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In the fourth quarter of 2012, consolidated revenue came in at €2.6 billion, up 17.5% on the same year-ago period as reported and 11.7% on a comparable Group structure and exchange rate basis. For the year as a whole, the main ...
Lectra’s Board of Directors, chaired by André Harari, reviewed the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year 2012. 2012: Financial Results Beat Company Expectations - Revenues: €198.4 million (-7%) - ...
Cake maker Finsbury Food Group has reported relatively flat sales for the half year to December 29, up marginally to 103.3M compared with 102M for the same period of the previous year and in-line with management expectations. Finsbury's ...
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The General Secretariat of Iraq’s Council of Ministers has ruled out the replacement of the currency or cancellation of three zeros “at this stage”, and it is seeking to raise the value of the dinar against the dollar. ...
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The premium for 50 ppm gasoil barges in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region has fallen to its lowest level since Platts began assessing it on January 4, 2011 as German demand for heating oil remains unseasonably low. The FOB ARA 50 ...
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Weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data sent the dollar lower today, ahead of all-important US employment figures due overnight. China's official Purchasing Managers Index fell to 50.4 in January from 50.6 in December, lower than ...
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