NIKE, Inc. reported financial results for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended February 28, 2014. Despite the negative impact of changes in foreign exchange rates, earnings per share for the quarter were up 4 percent due to higher revenues ...
Based on the Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of March total 3,485,000 ...
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China's exports of unwrought magnesium, with a minimum magnesium content of 99.8%, fell 33.7% year on year to 11,844 mt in February, data released Wednesday by the country's General Administration of Customs showed. February exports were ...
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Nike Inc. reported earnings rose 3.5 percent in the third quarter, to $685 million, or 76 cents a share. Revenues advanced 12.7 percent to $6.97 billion. Both earnings and revenues surpassed Wall Street targets. Nike Brand revenues grew ...
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Gold prices are expected to build on its recent gains this week, as concerns over China's economy and the crisis in Ukraine will keep pushing the precious metal up, say 84% of the experts interviewed in the latest Kitco Gold Survey. From ...
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U.S. beef, pork and lamb exports all opened the new year on a positive note, although market conditions suggest 2014 could be a challenging year for U.S. red meat exports, according to statistics released by the USDA and compiled by the ...
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Intertek Group plc (“Intertek”), a leading international provider of quality and safety services, announces its full year results for the year ended 31 December 2013. Highlights - Revenue growth of 6.3% to £2,184m; ...
In 2013, the total value of China's external trade for ships amounted to $31.046 billion, down 24.2 percent year on year, according to the Chinese customs authorities. The total value of China's ship exports in the given year amounted to ...
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For 2013, Rexam posted a 1% rise in sales to £3.9bn. Underlying profit before tax was up 4% to £372m. The group also hit 15.5% return on capital employed (ROCE), up on the 14.5% in 2012. Rexam’s total dividend is up 14% to ...
Stronger-than-expected growth in China's foreign trade last month has surprised the market and prompted many analysts to look for further hints of underlying economic strength. China's foreign trade volume climbed 10.3 percent year on ...
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VF Corp reported revenues rose 8 percent in its fourth quarter to $3.3 billion, compared with the same period of 2012, driven by double-digit growth in its Outdoor & Action Sports, Sportswear, international and direct-to-consumer ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel(NLMK)has stated that in January this year it shipped around 208,000 mt of hot rolled flat steel products,down eight percent month on month,including 102,000 mt of products for export and 106,000 mt for ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that in 2013 its Cherepovets Steel Mill produced 1,258,000 mt of long products,up 14 percent year on year,registering the highest production volume for five years.The company said that the increase ...
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Numbers reported by the DAT North American Freight Index were up for lthe final month of 2013. Compared to November, the spot market freight availability rose 10 percent in December. According to TransCore, the company that produces the ...
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Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 31.81 million mt in December last year, increasing by 2.91 percent compared to November and down 1.39 percent compared to the same month of 2012, according to the information released by the ...