Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $7.99 billion for the month of January, the four weeks ended February 2, 2014, an increase of six percent from $7.51 billion during the similar four-week period last year. For the ...
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Against the backdrop of weak demand in Europe, Italian apparels and footwear company Geox Spa witnessed a dip in sales revenue in the first nine months of the year 2013 as clothing sales declined. Geox Spa, which is a holding company ...
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Australia's Western Areas Monday upgraded its nickel in ore production guidance by around 4% to 27,000 mt for fiscal year 2013-2014, from 25,000-26,000 mt previously. Production guidance for nickel in concentrate has also been revised up ...
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The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant in the week ending Friday fell 8.98 cents, or 15.04%, to a 28-week low of 50.73 cents/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data showed. ...
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Double and triple digit rises in searches for UK retailers from key export markets. Helen Dickinson, Director General, British Retail Consortium, said: “The UK is the world’s second biggest online retail exporter, beaten ...
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USDA reports combined old and new crop corn, soybean, and wheat export sales for the week ending January 23 were larger than expected, while soybean meal and soybean oil were within pre-report estimates. Physical shipments of corn and ...
National Beef Packing Company announced today that they will be closing their beef processing facility in Brawley, California in early April. The closure is the result of tight margins due to declining cattle numbers. The plant employs ...
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Platts margins reflect the difference between a crude's netback and its spot price. Netbacks are based on crude yields, which are calculated by applying Platts product price assessments to yield formulas designed by Turner, Mason & Co. ...
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Saturday, February 01, 2014: “Alessi in Love”, the meta project born on the initiative of LAURA POLINORO - LPWK DESIGN STUDIO in collaboration , the web platform for participatory design, is coming to an end with the selection ...
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Two Oregonians have tested positive for a rare strain of Salmonella known as Salmonella overschie, according to the Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division. The first patient was a 28-year-old Coos County woman who fell ill in ...
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With Gartner predicting the rise of sales of security software, one of the top security software houses, Symantec, appears to be struggling in the market it should be dominating. The firm’s latest quarterly results for the third ...
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Nam Cheong makes strong start in new year with contract win for five Vessels worth us$70 million Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 Nam Cheong Limited ("Nam Cheong", or together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), a leading global offshore marine ...
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GE Capital confirmed it is administering a $100 million multi-currency revolving credit facility for Billabong International that closed in December. GE Capital said the new credit facility will be used to refinance existing debt and ...
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(Phys.org) —Advances in light-sheet microscopy have led to impressive images and videos of the brain in action. With this technique, a plane of light is scanned through the sample to excite fluorescent calcium sensors which proxy ...
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According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending January 25, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,824,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 76.1 percent. Production was 1,832,000 net tons in ...