Stevia supplier PureCircle today (11 September) insisted it was still confident about the future of the natural sweetener despite its losses widening in the last 12 months. UK-listed Pure Circle reported a loss after tax of US$23.3m for ...
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In the latest sign of significant slowing in China’s plastics industry, the country’s largest injection press maker, Haitian International Holdings Ltd., said Aug. 21 that sales for the first half of the year dropped 14 percent ...
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The Australian operations of Corporate Express/Staples has contributed to an 18 per cent drop in second quarter international sales at Staples. Total international sales for the second quarter were US$1.1 billion. The decrease was ...
According to Yengst Associates and as indicated in the table below, growth in sales for tractors was about 2 percent in 2011 and it is expected to gain another 2 percent in 2012, with total tractor sales reaching just under 200,000 units ...
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UK confectioner Thorntons has maintained a cautious outlook, despite seeing some improvement in sales trends during the fourth quarter. The company, which sells chocolates through supermarkets as well as its own and franchised stores, ...
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The Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) reported December North American unit sales increased for row-crop tractors by 9% year-over-year. Compared to the December 2010, sales of utility tractors rose by 11% and compact tractor sales grew ...
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