AK Steel announced Wednesday that for the third quarter of 2014, the company expects shipments of approximately 1,350,000 tons, a decrease of approximately 3 percent from the 1,398,000 tons shipped in the second quarter of 2014. Shipments ...
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Despite a 50% growth in the North American online business, net earnings crashed 50.5% year-on-year at lifestyle apparel retailer Guess Inc in the second fiscal quarter ending August 2, 2014. For the second quarter of 2014, Guess ...
Apparels and home fashions off-price retailer, NYSE-listed The TJX Companies, Inc reported a 7% year-on-year hike in net sales to touch $6.9 billion in the second quarter ended August 2, 2014. Consolidated comparable store sales increased ...
Viewing that the US Department of Commerce's decision on preliminary anti-dumping tariffs on PV products imported from China and Taiwan will have a negative impact on Taiwan PV makers, solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer maker Green ...
TOKYO — Murata Manufacturing and TDK apparently enjoyed large jumps in April-June profit on increased demand for smartphone and car parts and by expanding their client base beyond Samsung. Murata likely saw operating profit rise 45% ...
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Sales of outdoor products look to be picking up steam this summer as sales of outdoor footwear, apparel and hardgoods increased 6.8 percent to $1.18 billion in the five-week fiscal month of June. The growth trend for the month represented ...
Tags: Sales, Outdoor Products, Sporting Goods
Vancouver, Washington-based Northwest Pipe Company has announced that in the second quarter this year it reported a net profit of $3.2 million, decreasing 42.6 percent year on year. The company's sales revenues in the given quarter ...
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For the second quarter of 2014, US-based Quaker Chemical Corporation posted a modest 3.5% increase in net sales to $191.3 million against $184.8 million in the second quarter of 2013. Quaker's adjusted EBITDA rose 6% to around $25.8 ...
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Under the background of severe sanctions on Russia, global economic prospects is not good. Sanctions will be in a negative impact on the investment of foreign companies in Russia and the overall growth of the world economy. Due to the ...
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Daimler AG (stock-exchange symbol: DAI) is continuing along its path of profitable growth. In the second quarter of 2014, the Group achieved new record levels of unit sales and revenue and significantly increased its operating profit from ...
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Footfall in May was 0.2% down on a year ago, marginally down on the 0.1% fall in April and below the three-month average of a 0.6% increase. Footfall on the high street was 0.9% down on the previous year for May, up on April’s fall of ...
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The negative impact on PC sales from tablets is decreasing and global PC demand is expected to significantly rebound in the second half of 2014, Jonney Shih, chairman of Asustek Computer said at the company's 2014 shareholders meeting on ...
Retail footfall in May was 0.2% down on a year ago, marginally down on the 0.1% fall in April and below the three-month average of a 0.6% increase, reports the latest BRC/Springboard Retail Footfall Monitor. The report found that footfall ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Home Products
Futures prices continued to tumble this week, as negative fundamental and technical factors exerted additional downward pressure on the market. Abundant rainfall in West Texas over the Memorial Day weekend could potentially add 1.5-2.0 ...
Tags: Cotton, Cotton Futures
Import iron ore prices in China have undergone two rounds of declines so far in the current year, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement issued on May 28. By March 10, import iron ore prices in China ...