Image courtesy of Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. The import supply chain will feel the sting of the Federal Budget, writes director of advocacy body Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) Paul Zalai. The government will ...
Indian steel giant Tata Steel has announced that it expects to register an impairment charge of $1.6 billion for the financial year ended March 31, 2013, as a result of its review for the period in question. The company attributed the ...
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Carter’s, Inc., the largest branded marketer in the United States of apparel exclusively for babies and young children, announced that its Board of Directors has approved a $300 million share repurchase authorization and instituted a ...
Perhaps it's the growing network of bike paths, trails and green lanes. Or Chicagoans coming to the realization that it takes longer to drive somewhere than to bike. But retailers we visited on day two of the Dealer Tour report a growing ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2013 (to end-March), LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $348.9m, up 1% on last quarter and up 23% on $284.8m a year ago (and at the high end of the ...
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For first-quarter 2013, 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 ...
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For its fiscal second-quarter 2013 (to 29 March), analog semiconductor maker Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $425.2m (split 40% in linear products ...
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Australian businesses will keep cutting their spending this year, with expectations for capital investment, employment and new credit set to fall further. The deteriorating outlook for the September quarter suggests that despite pockets ...
In the first quarter 2013, Dufry’s turnover grew by 1.7% to CHF 736.4 million. EBITDA for the period reached CHF 85.3 million and EBITDA margin reached 11.6%. Net cash flow from operations in the first quarter 2013 was CHF 94.5 ...
Cleveland, Ohio-based Olympic Steel, Inc., a national metals service center, announced Friday financial results for the Q1 ended March 31, 2013. Q1 net sales of $338.1 million were down 11.5 percent versus the record $382.1 million ...
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Pentair Ltd. announced first quarter 2013 sales of $1.8 billion. Sales were flat compared to pro forma sales for the same period last year excluding the unfavorable impact from foreign exchange. Adjusted first quarter 2013 earnings per ...
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Clariant reported first quarter sales 2013 from continuing operations of CHF 1.526 billion compared to CHF 1.513 billion in the previous-year period, an increase of 2% in local currencies and 1% in Swiss francs. Organic growth of 2% was ...
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G&K Services, Inc. reported operating results for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2013, which ended on March 30, 2013. Third quarter revenue grew by 3.6 percent to $226.6 million, up from $218.8 million in last year’s third ...
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Sulzer Pumps and Sinopec Corporation have established a long term strategic partnership to develop their commercial activities within the hydrocarbon processing industry. Through this collaboration, both companies will benefit from joint ...
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Lectra’s Board of Directors, chaired by André Harari, reviewed the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the first quarter of 2013. Highlights: -Revenues: €48.3 million (+2%) - Income from operations before ...