UK-based drinks manufacturer and distributor Global Brands has reported a 16% increase in its annual sales for the year ending 30 September 2017. The company's turnover was £42m for the financial year. Gross profit went up to ...
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Industry PC supplier Ennoconn saw its net profits increase 16% on quarter and 31% on year to NT$267 million (US$8.46 million) in the second quarter of 2016. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$3.78 for the quarter. Gross margin also ...
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Substantial investment in its infrastructure, the addition of new product ranges and major increases in online sales have helped retailer Lee Longlands, which boasts stores in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Leamington Spa, Abingdon and Derby, ...
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China-based vendor TCL Communication Technology Holdings has managed to ramp up its smartphone shipments to over five million units a month since October and will reach its goal of shipping 40 million smartphones in 2014, according to the ...
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China's chemical sector saw its profits increase 12.2 percent year on year to 434 billion yuan ($71.06 billion) in 2013, data from the country's top economic planner showed. The sector's added value also grew by 12.2 percent year on year, ...
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A worker examines the gas supply system at a specialty steel plant in Dalian, Liaoning province. From January to October, large industrial enterprises' profits rose 13.7 percent year-on-year. Liu Debi Industrial companies saw their profits ...
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According to data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the large and medium-sized industrial enterprises in China posted the aggregate gross profits of RMB1.61069 trillion for the first four months of this year, ...
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South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp, the world's largest buyer of LNG, said Thursday it imported 34.97 million mt of LNG in 2012, up 2.9% from a year earlier. The state utility said it plans to import 37.90 million mt of LNG in 2013, ...
US snack manufacturer Snyder's-Lance is to close its bakery facility in Ontario as part of a company-wide review. In a statement yesterday (25 February), the firm said its plant in Cambridge will close on 17 May. The company did not say ...
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US snack manufacturer Snyder's-Lance has set 2013 forecasts below Wall Street consensus, hitting the company's shares. Shares in Snyder's-Lance closed down 3.26% at $25.25 yesterday (12 February) after an earnings forecast that lower than ...
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Swedish retailer Axfood saw its profits increase in 2012 but CEO Anders Strålman expressed dissatisfaction with the company's like-for-like sales. Axfood booked a 4.5% rise in profit after tax to SEK895m. Impairment costs at its ...
US meat giant Tyson Foods said fiscal 2013 is off to "a good start" after it booked an increase in first-quarter earnings. Net profit in the three months ended 29 December amounted to US$173m, an 11% increase on last year, it reported ...
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US confectionery giant Hershey saw its profits increase in 2012 - and cheered the market by upping its guidance for earnings this year. In the 12 months to the end of December, the company earned US$660.9m, a 5% increase on 2011, it ...
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Grocers undoubtedly felt the economic pressures in 2012 with discounters enjoying buoyant growth as a result of an increase in value-seeking consumers. Shoppers' focus on value led to rising online sales and further investment in the ...
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US based health insurer UnitedHealth has reported an increase in its profits by 23% with net earnings of $1.56bn, or $1.50 a share for the third quarter that ended on 30 September 2012, up from $1.27bn, or $1.17 a share, a year earlier. ...