Nigeria’s textiles traders are a worried lot over the increasing Chinese footprint in the country. While the proliferation of Chinese-made textiles is a boon for low income consumers, traders in Kano, northern Nigeria’s biggest ...
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Chinese researchers have used 3D printing technology to make a safer space suit for astronauts while spacewalking. A research center under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation used a 3D printer to create the vent pipes ...
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On a GAAP basis, operating profit surged 25 per cent to $90 million while earnings per share (EPS) rose higher by 30 per cent to $0.13, both up from the year ago quarter at HanesBrands in the first fiscal quarter ended April 4, 2015. ...
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PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has introduced the VERSABOND pretreatment system, a fast kinetic-efficient zinc-phosphate pretreatment formulation that improves the corrosion resistance of mixed-metal substrates while ...
Dutch brewer Heineken has agreed to purchase 51.11% stake in Slovenian brewery Pivovarna Lasko in a deal that will value the company at around $237m. Heineken and Lasko's largest shareholder Bank Asset Management Company (DUTB) ...
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Wheat futures told the story best early Monday morning: An 11-cent drop in the nearby futures contract in overnight trading was a surefire sign that it rained in the Plains . . . or that the trade thinks it did. Rain did fall, but it ...
Australia’s packaging company Amcor will be acquiring the internal tobacco packaging operations of Souza Cruz in Brazil for $30m (BRL96m). Majority-owned by British American Tobacco, Souza Cruz is considered to be one of the ...
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Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings Inc. reported same store sales decreased by 5.3 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with a 6.2 percent decline in the prior quarter and an 8.4 percent decline for the full year. The Utah-based retailer ...
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The Finish Line reported earnings declined 5.4 percent to $40.4 million, or 87 cents in its fourth quarter ended Feb. 28, but adjusted earnings topped Wall Street's consensus target. Sales improved 6.3 percent to $551.3 million with comps ...
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Coles says it will absorb price impact after cyclone wipes out Carnarvon banana crop Australian supermarket Coles has indicated it will offer assistance to banana growers in the Carnarvon region of Western Australia, after Cyclone ...
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Quiksilver Inc. reported its losses narrowed on a 13.7 percent decline in sales for the first quarter ended Jan. 31, but of the "revenue cut-off issue" the company cited two weeks ago as the reason for postponing the release of the ...
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It’s been a long wait, but Xperia users will finally be able to get their hands on Google’s latest OS. “We’re starting out Android 5.0 Lollipop upgrade from today for Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact,” said ...
Vaio’s first ever smartphone seems almost assured to be real now, after two new reports from Japan out retail certification and images of the handset’s packaging. Just last month we reported that the Vaio smartphone was set to ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA - a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) – has teamed with Murata Manufacturing Co Ltd of Kyoto, Japan (its parent ...
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Valentine's Day brings bonanza for boxed bouquets of blossoms Florists recorded a surge in sales of roses in the week leading up to Valentine's Day, with more people ordering luxurious bouquets of roses packed in boxes. Flower retailers ...
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