Will 2013 be the year the economy finally gets over the blues and gets in gear? At the moment, I'm watching business experts debate that point in my hotel room at CNBC. Many of the commentators believe the economy continues to just stumble ...
Despite bad weather that dragged down bike sales this spring, industry leaders speaking on a panel Tuesday at Eurobike are optimistic about the spark electric bikes and new technologies will continue to provide the German market.? ...
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Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months ended June 30 of the financial year 2012-13. For the third quarter, ThyssenKrupp registered a net loss of €238 ...
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US-based baking company Flowers Foods has reported that its net earnings for the second-quarter of 2013 increased 64% to $46.5m, compared with $28.4m for the same period in 2012 driven by acquisitions. For the quarter ended 13 July, net ...
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Sales of devices based on Apple's Mac OS and iOS will overtake those of products running all flavors of Windows in 2015, a Gartner analyst predicted Monday. The switch in leadership would come roughly 13 years after Steve Jobs reinvented ...
US food company Campbell Soup has reported that its net earnings increased 2.2% for the third quarter of 2013 to $181m, compared with $177m for the same period in 2012, due to double-digit sales growth in condensed, ready-to-serve soups and ...
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Australia-based mining and materials company Arrium Limited has announced that it produced a record 3.14 million mt of iron ore in the first quarter of the current year, up 22 percent compared to the previous quarter. The company's iron ore ...
Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced its financial results for the first half ended March 31 of the financial year 2012-13, registering a net loss of €822 million, mainly due to the impairment charge of €683 million ...
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Luxembourg-based energy pipe and tube manufacturer Tenaris has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013, registering a net profit of $423 million, down six percent compared to the corresponding quarter of 2012. In the ...
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Canton, Ohio-based The Timken Company reported Wednesday sales of $1.1 billion for Q1 2013, down 23 percent year-on-year. The decline reflects lower demand across most of the company's end markets led by oil and gas, industrial distribution ...
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Fast Retailing Group announces first half sale and income for the first half of fiscal 2013, or the six months from September 2012 through February 2013. Group Performance: The Fast Retailing Group achieved considerable gains in both ...
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At its 2013 Analyst Day event in New York, First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) ...
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The Ford Falcon, Holden Commodore and Toyota Aurion locally-built trio continued the large segment's sales slump through the first quarter of 2013. Ford's sedan from Broadmeadows fell to just 831 units in March, down 34.8 per cent ...
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For 2012, First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – has reported net ...
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France-based pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012. According to Vallourec's report, in the fourth quarter the company registered a net profit of €70 million, ...
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