Canadian food and drink manufacturer Lassonde Industries has booked an increase in first-half profits. In the six months to the end of June, earnings climbed 16.8% to C$21.6m (US$21.7m). The acquisition of juice firm Clement and Pappas & ...
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Archer Daniels Midland has increased its takeover for Australian rival GrainCorp, which has so far rejected the US agribusiness giant's interest. ADM has tabled an offer worth A$12.50 a share, up from the A$11.75 GrainCorp turned down ...
Cigna has registered 35% growth in consolidate revenues for the second quarter of 2012, which stood at $7.5bn compared to $5.5bn during the same period a year ago. The growth in revenues was backed by rise in premiums and fees of 52% in ...
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Ambac Financial has posted a second quarter 2012 net loss of $811.1m, or $2.68 per share, against $102.4m, or a net loss of $0.34 per share during the same period earlier year. According to the company, second quarter 2012 results were ...
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LyondellBasell Industries announced earnings for the third quarter 2012 of $851 million, or $1.47 per share. Third-quarter 2012 EBITDA was $1,565 million, inclusive of a $71 million reversal of non-cash, lower of cost or market inventory ...
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First Point Minerals Corp announced the second batch of results for 15 of the 27 resource definition holes completed during this year's drilling campaign at the Decar nickel-iron alloy project in central British Columbia. The Decar project ...
Broder Bros. Co. announced its third quarter results for its quarter ended September 29, 2012. Third Quarter 2012 Results Compared to Third Quarter 2011 Results Third quarter 2012 net sales were $205.1 million compared to $220.5 ...
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Japan based Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus (MFTBC) has reported 64.6% rise in its sales to 92,944 units during the January to June (H1) 2012, when compared to 56,454 units sold in H1 2011. The company's domestic sales rose 73.7% in H1 to ...
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Avery Dennison Corporation announced preliminary, unaudited third quarter 2012 results. “In the third quarter, we delivered the strongest organic sales growth since first quarter 2011,” said Dean Scarborough, Avery ...
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Carter’s Inc., the largest branded marketer in the United States of apparel exclusively for babies and young children, reported its third quarter 2012 results. “We are reporting a record level of sales and earnings in our ...
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The Supervisory Board of AkzoNobel has announced that CEO Ton Büchner will resume his duties on Friday,December 7,following a full recovery. "On behalf of the Supervisory Board and the Executive Committee we welcome Ton coming back ...
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Guggenheim Life, the underwriting business unit of Guggenheim Partners, is gearing up to acquire some, or all, of Aviva US, for expected purchase price of 800m p ($1.25bn). With $160bn assets, Guggenheim has plans to increase its ...
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Specialty food firm The Chefs'Warehouse has acquired Michael's Finer Meats,a supplier of meat and seafood for$54.3m,as a part of its strategy to expand into Midwestern US. Michael's Finer Meats,based in Ohio,US,supplies a range of custom ...
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WhiteWave Foods has booked a drop in third-quarter earnings as an increase in expenses hit earnings. In the three months to the end of September, WhiteWave, which was spun off from Dean Foods last year, posted a profit of US$26.3m, down ...
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Gardner Denver, Inc. reported third quarter 2012 revenues of $548.5 million, down 11% compared to the prior year third quarter (down 7% excluding the impact of foreign exchange). Operating income for the third quarter of 2012 was $89.1 ...
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