Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced a record Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) of $36.9 million for the 2014 financial year, an increase ...
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In the first eight months of the current year, Turkey's steel exports totaled 11.8 million mt, down 5.6 percent year on year, while the value of these exports decreased by 4.3 percent year on year to $9 billion, according to the data ...
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US-based global food marketing and distribution company Sysco has agreed to pay a settlement of US$19.4 million with the State of California, for claims related to the Company’s use of drop sites in California. The $19.4 million ...
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Members of the US steel threaded rod industry are appealing the final determinations of the US International Trade Commission (ITC) that imports of threaded rod from India and Thailand are not causing injury to the US industry. The ...
The United Steelworkers union (USW) has won round one in its fight to increase tariffs on consumer tire imports from China. On June 15, the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) announced it had initiated investigations into dumping ...
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NEWARK (CN) – Hitachi, Panasonic, Sanyo and a host of other electronics manufacturers conspired to fix prices of capacitors, a Silicon Valley company claims in a federal antitrust class action. eIQ Energy, of San Jose, named 27 ...
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The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has determined that consumer tire imports from China may or may soon be "materially" injuring the domestic tire industry. The ITC says there is "a reasonable indication" that the ...
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The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has announced the educational sessions for the Global Tire Expo - Powered by TIA at the Specialty Equipment Market Association Show Nov. 4-7, 2014 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The tentative ...
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Law360, New York (July 21, 2014, 2:52 PM ET) — Panasonic Corp. along with units of Hitachi Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. were slapped with an antitrust class action in California federal court Friday alleging they participated ...
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Tactical Holdings, a major supplier of military footwear, has filed a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware, and is seeking a quick sale of its businesses. The company’s footwear ...
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SAN FRANCISCO — Bay Area plaintiffs attorney Joseph Saveri has launched price-fixing allegations against more than a dozen electronics manufacturers over tiny electrical components found in nearly all household technology. Among the ...
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The National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) has asked the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to exclude specialty trailer tires in the case it is investigating relative to unfair trade practices surrounding tires produced in ...
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The raid of electronic capacitor companies in Japan this week is a further indication that antitrust enforcers may be pursuing a worldwide cartel involving the small, but ubiquitous product, antitrust attorneys said. “This has the ...
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The U.S. Golf Manufacturers Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group (The Golf Group) announced results of its latest raids of China-based counterfeiting targets. The operations, which were executed over the last two months by Chinese law ...
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The US Department of Agriculture has announced new procedures that would enable the agency to quickly detect and remove unsafe ground beef from grocery outlets and suppliers. In addition to detecting and removing the contaminated ground ...