After a slowdown in demand in the second half of last year in many parts of Europe, coatings companies in the region have become less confident about the short-term future. However, despite economic forecasts of relatively slow growth in ...
China-based solar-grade polysilicon maker Tebian Electric Apparatus had net profit of CNY1.811 billion (US$294 million) for 2014 hiking on year by 31.49%, while fellow maker Daqo New Energy saw operations swing from net loss of US$70.9 ...
Even as most players in India’s e-commerce space are struggling to break-even, a recent report has estimated that the industry may turn profitable at an operating level by around 2020. According to UBS Securities, the Indian ...
In the six months to February 2015, revenue surged 24.2 per cent, while operating profit zoomed 40.2 per cent, both from a year ago periods, at Japanese apparel marketer Fast Retailing. Fast Retailing which owns the Uniqlo brand, said ...
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For the second quarter of fiscal 2015 ended February 28, 2015, net income per diluted share slipped 16 per cent year over year at NYSE listed Family Dollar Stores. In the second quarter of fiscal 2015, Family Dollar reported net income ...
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Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) will expand annual production capacity for solar-grade crystalline silicon ingots and wafers from 900MWp and 850MWp respectively in 2014 to 1.1GWp and 1GWp respectively in 2015, the company said at an ...
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General Motors is expected to generate $350m in profit over three years through the roll out of its 4G LTE mobile broadband in its cars and trucks. General Motors chief financial officer Chuck Stevens was quoted by Reuters as saying: ...
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PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$15.00 (US$0.476) for 2014 operations, accounting for 61.12% of the corresponding EPS of NT$24.54, according to the company. Giga Solar recorded ...
Fila USA saw revenues jump 29.2 percent in 2014, to $279.2 million, according to financial documents posted by parent Fila Korea. Sales were $216.2 million in 2013 and $158.8 million in 2012. The region's operating margin, however, eroded ...
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LED packaging service provider Unity Opto Technology has obtained orders for LED lighting products with shipments scheduled through June, with total orders exceeding its production capacity, according to the company. Unity Opto said it ...
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At its Investor Day held in Germany, the Adidas Group unveiled its new strategic business plan until the year 2020, which aims at further accelerating growth by significantly increasing brand desirability. “This is expected to ...
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ConAgra Foods has posted a higher-than-expected profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2015 and raised its full-year earnings forecast.The company's Consumer Foods Segment reported sales of about $1.8bn and operating profit of $274m. ...
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At its Investor Day in Herzogenaurach, the Adidas Group presented its new strategic business plan called "“Creating the New,” designed to accelerating growth significantly. Revenues are projected to increase at a ...
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LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics has acquired an existing factory in central Taiwan from optical disc maker Ritek at a price of up to NT$1.3 billion (US$41.3 million) to expand production capacity by 25%. Production at ...
John Lewis continued to outperform the market in year ended 31st January 2015 with gross sales up 9.2% to £4.43b (7.5% on a 52 week basis), beating the BRC by 4.9%, combined with growth in operating profit, up 10.8% to £250.5m ...