The sale of “The Winston Blue” helped bring Christie’s auction held Wednesday in Geneva to the status of highest total ever for a jewelry auction. The diamond sold for more than $23 million. See the top 10 lots from ...
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China-based maker GCL-Poly Energy Holdings produced 16,022 tonnes of polysilicon in the first quarter of 2014, increasing 7.5% on quarter and 85.2% on year, according to the company. With a large portion of polysilicon used in-house use ...
Smithfield Foods, Inc., a wholly owned independent subsidiary of WH Group Limited, reported record 2014 first quarter results. All comparisons are to the first quarter of 2013. Sales for the first quarter of 2014 were $3.4 billion, up 3%. ...
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Dillard’s, Inc. announced operating results for the thirteen weeks ended May 3, 2014. Total merchandise sales for the 13-week period ended May 3, 2014 were $1.539 billion and $1.530 billion for the 13-week period ended May 4, 2013. ...
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India-headquartered steel giant Tata Steel Group has issued its group financial results including Tata Steel Europe for the fourth quarter and the full financial year ended March 31. Tata Steel Group's net profit doubled to INR 10.36 ...
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Illinois Basin steam coal producer Armstrong Energy on Thursday posted record revenue of $110.9 million in the first quarter of 2014, a 9.5% year-on-year jump, as sales rose 124,000 st to 2.4 million st. The St. Louis-based company, whose ...
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Cotton production in Zimbabwe is likely to increase by 31 percent in 2013-14 season due to good rains in most parts of the country during the cotton growing season, the Cotton Growers Association has said, reports The Herald. Owing to ...
Strong domestic mill pricing appears to be filtering, slowly but surely, through the supply chain, market sources said Tuesday. Service centers have no choice but to increase their pricing for end-users, though realized prices are still ...
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Lenzing Group reports first quarter results for 2014. The first quarter of 2014 for the Lenzing Group was characterized by the steady erosion of selling prices for man-made cellulose fibers against the backdrop of the ongoing strong volume ...
Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world's largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup of potential ...
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SunOpta, a leading global company focused on natural, organic and specialty foods, announced financial results for the first quarter ended April 5, 2014. All amounts are expressed in US dollars and results are reported in accordance with ...
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In April this year, the average aggregate daily crude steel output in China amounted to 2.2947 million mt, up 1.2 percent compared to the average daily figure recorded in March this year and constituting a new record high, as announced by ...
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ABP Food Group, a UK-based beef processor, has formed a strategic partnership with global genetics company Genus to produce sustainable and high quality meat. The multi-year agreement aimed at furthering beef genetics at the primary ...
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British Retail Consortium releases online retail sales monitor figures for April 2014. BRC-KPMG Non-Food Retail Sales Year-on-Year Growth: Clothing In contrast with March, the fashion categories growth were negatively affected by ...
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NIKE, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.24 per share on the company’s outstanding Class A and Class B Common Stock payable on July 7, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close ...
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