US dairy group Dean Foods has reported a jump in half-year profits as a focus on costs offset flat sales. Dean Foods yesterday (7 August) reported net income of US$94.5m for the six months to the end of June. A year earlier, it had booked ...
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Swedish retailer Axfood has booked an increase in first-half profits, boosted by an increase in customer numbers and continued cost control measures. In the six months to the end of June, profit after tax amounted to SEK403m (US$57.5m), a ...
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Dutch retailer Ahold has booked an increase in first-half profits but its shares fell amid pressure on margins and the company's caution over future trading. Earnings in the six months to the end of June climbed 8.2% to EUR530m ...
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Addressing the 39th Annual General Meeting of Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL), the Chairman Shri A.K. Joti, IAS announced an all time high sales of Rs.1863 crore, registering a growth of 19.35% in a challenging Financial Year ...
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Hewlett-Packard is taking an $8.8 billion charge as a result of what it called serious accounting improprieties that occurred at U.K. software company Autonomy before it acquired the firm in 2011. Taking the charge into account, HP ...
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In response to the government's decision to postpone an increase in power prices originally scheduled for the December 10, 2012, Taiwan-based LED chip packaging company Everlight Electronics indicated that the LED lighting market in Taiwan ...
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Pinnacle Machine Tool Co.,Ltd.has launched feature-laden five-axis CNC machining centers to meet rising demand from high-end manufacturers looking to maintain precision production but reduce cost to be more competitive amid various ...
West Fraser Timber Co. And Western Forest Products Inc. Are leading Canadian lumber producers to the biggest combined profit since 2006 as mills run at five-year highs to feed a U. S. Housing rebound and near-record Chinese demand. Lumber ...
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X5 Retail Group has booked a 20.6% decline in first-half profits, with declining sales and margins hitting the bottom line and currency exchange dampening comparisons. The company said today (21 August) net profit slipped to US$135.2m in ...
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Bathroom protagonist who is leading,who is the protagonist of bathroom space?Increasingly active in the industry,bathroom bathroom furniture,no doubt the limelight Masamori.Now,with dazzling,outstanding design,bathroom furniture styles ...
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Swedish food-to-ethanol group Lantmannen has said that "weaker demand" in "several food categories" dented its half-year results. Announcing that the company's first-half figures were down year-on-year, Lantmannen said its food business ...
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Soitec installation in Durban Soitec,the France-based company specializing in semiconductor materials and concentrated photovoltaics(CPV),says that it is focusing on cost control measures while it gears up for a ramp of production at its ...
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Battenfeld-Cincinnati scored big in China last year with some major orders, and the company expects to continue to grow as China demands high output and high efficiency machinery. In an interview with Plastics News at the recent Chinaplas ...
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The rise of China's LED lighting industry has been supported by the government. Despite the fact that many international lighting firms have been promoting the Zhaga Consortium to unify LED lighting standards, China may become an important ...
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The rise of China's LED lighting industry has been supported by the government.Despite the fact that many international lighting firms have been promoting the Zhaga Consortium to unify LED lighting standards,China may become an important ...