A worker examines the gas supply system at a specialty steel plant in Dalian, Liaoning province. From January to October, large industrial enterprises' profits rose 13.7 percent year-on-year. Liu Debi Industrial companies saw their profits ...
Tags: Industrial Sector, Mineral
The B.C. government fast-tracked FortisBC's Tillbury LNG facility's expansion by exempting them from a certificate of public convenience. "The government wanted to get out of the way and allow the transportation fuel component of the LNG ...
Tags: LNG industry, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
FortisBC, a subsidiary of Fortis Inc. (TSX: FTS) commends the B.C. government for changes announced today that will help to increase FortisBC's ability to rapidly and cost-effectively supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the B.C. ...
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It’s reported that the Chinese steelmaker Shagang announced to remain its list prices for Q235 hot rolled coils (HRC) and medium heavy plates unchanged for December. However, Shagang hiked its prices for SPHC HRC by RMB50/ton. ...
After six years of continuous decline due to economic crisis, sales of textiles in Spain, is estimated to grow by 2 to 4 percent year-on-year during the Christmas season, according to the Business Association of Textile and Accessories ...
Tags: textiles sales, Fashion products
US-based packaging products manufacturer Rieke has announced plans to invest about $7.5m to expand its Indiana facility by 2016. The investment will be used to install new equipment at the company's 73,360ft2 facility at Bellefontaine ...
Brazilian miner Vale has announced that it has agreed to pay R$22.3 billion ($9.6 billion) to the Brazilian government to settle a 10-year long dispute over back taxes. The company said it will pay the amount on the revenues from its ...
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Eroding sales in two of its critical product segments that include furniture, mattress and major appliances contributed to a weak fiscal third quarter for Sears Canada, even as the multichannel retailer declared a special dividend to ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Britvic was hit by 9.6M in costs through its abortive merger with AG Barr, but has shrugged this off with strong annual results and is targeting greater efficiencies and cost savings. Britvic's Fruit Shoot has recovered its market share ...
Tags: Britvic, streamline, production, supply, fizz, return
Accell Group expects revenue for full year 2013 to be up compared to 2012 despite lower preseason sales and rampant product discounting at the end of the season. The Dutch company, parent of Raleigh, Currie Technologies, Seattle Bike ...
Giant Manufacturing continues to rack up profits as it closed its third quarter thanks to sales in China, where revenue grew 28 percent and the average selling price per unit continued to improve. Giant has approximately 2,500 exclusive ...
Fourth Quarter Consolidated Operating Results Net sales for the fourth quarter were $291.7 million and increased $44.5 million, or 18.0%, compared to the prior year. Acquisitions, net of $0.3 million of intersegment eliminations, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The new taxes on mining in Mexico, as a result of recent tax reform, will increase the tax burden on companies, comprising 30-44 percent of accounting income according to KPMG and PwC specialists. As a result, Mexico will be amongst the ...
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With the robust growth in the women's innerwear line, Page Industries, the franchisee for Jockey International, continues to outperform peers in current fiscal. The Bangalore-based company had made a strategic move in 2009 by introducing a ...
A word of warning to local chambers of commerce, Rotary Clubs, United Ways and other groups and organizations that care about and work on behalf of local communities: Internet pureplays are stealing money from your city’s coffers. ...
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