Lenovo reported record sales of $8.4bn during its fiscal third quarter 2012, an increase of 44% year-over-year, in its latest results. Lenovo said it experienced increased demand in commercial PC opportunities across Western Europe and ...
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NORCROSS, GA (BRAIN) — Steven Harad is crafting a business plan to bring Blue Competition Cycles back to profitability as its new chief executive officer. Lake Rudd Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Rhode Island, ...
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Marks & Spencer, one of the UK’s leading retailers offering high-quality, great value clothing, will quicken up its India expansion plan, according to a company official. M&S, as it is popularly known, currently has 25 stores in ...
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Reuters reported that London copper eased as traders took profits after prices hit a near 2 month top in the previous session but signs of a revival in China's growth and hopes the United States would be able to avoid a fiscal disaster ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reaffirmed its mid-term guidance, depsite booking a drop in full-year profit. In the 12 months to the end of August, the company reported a net profit of CHF142.6m (US$151.7m), down from CHF178.6m ...
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Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, a French supplier of construction materials, could give investors something to build on in the next 12 months. Its shares (ticker: SGO.France) could rally more than 20% as the company benefits from growing demand ...
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ANN INC reported results for the fiscal third quarter of 2012,ended October 27,2012. Fiscal 2012 Third-Quarter Results Total net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 were$612.5 million,compared with total net sales of$564.0 ...
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According to Karvy Stock Broking, India's Gross Domestic Product growth for Q2 FY13 to drop to nearly 3 and a half year low of 5.1% which is mainly expected to be driven by sluggish growth in electricity generation and sharp drop in trade ...
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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Kate Spade LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fifth & Pacific Companies Inc. through Kate Spade's own wholly-owned Japanese subsidiary KSJ Co., Ltd., a Japanese kabushiki kaisha, acquired the 51% interest held by Sanei International Co., ...
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Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs is studying the feasibility of subsidizing households which replace fluorescent lighting and incandescent lights with LED light bulbs, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Francis Liang made the remark on ...
If there are any doubts about how much interest there is in biotechnological advances in cotton, they were put to rest on the opening day of International Cotton Advisory Committee's (ICAC) 71st Plenary Conference. Held on Sunday, Oct. 7, ...
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The Ministry of Economic Affairs is studying the feasibility of subsidizing households which replace fluorescent lighting and incandescent lights with energy-efficient and higher-priced LED light bulbs, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs ...
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August retail sales showed growth at a time when consumers are still being cautious with discretionary spending,according to data from the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation. Commerce reported that ...
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Despite many uncertainties in the LED industry in second-half 2012, South Korea-based LED firm Seoul Semiconductor and upstream LED chip subsidiary Seoul Optodevice Company (SOC) have been optimistic about third-quarter 2012 performances. ...
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