The UK's largest cash and carry wholesaler Booker Group has posted a 13% rise in first-half profits, beating market expectations and prompting shares in the group to jump in morning trade today (18 October). In its half-year earnings ...
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The European Commission has cleared the expanded use of Genzyme's Thyrogen(thyrotropin alfa)cancer therapy for patients with postoperative thyroid remnant ablation. The new approval allows administration of a reduced dose of radioiodine ...
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Barry Callebaut, the Swiss B2B chocolate manufacturer, today (5 July) reported a 2% increase in sales for the first nine months of its fiscal year, with contracts in the Americas helping revenue. Sales were up 2.3% to CHF3.59bn ...
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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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Designer Christian Louboutin sees red these days. A lot of competitors are trying to benefit from Louboutin's red soles, which the shoemaker says he has invented, so he should own the trademark. The last battle that Christian ...
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Specialty Retail 2012: Mobile and Amazon are reshaping retail. M-commerce is the fastest growing channel in the history of commerce Digital IQ Index: Specialty Retail 2012: E-commerce is now M-commerce L2, a think tank for digital ...
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US-based Best Maid has swapped its package labels from glue-applied paper to pressure-sensitive film labels, which are being supplied by Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials. Best Maid operations VP Jeff Robinson said that the ...
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New website for nationwide commercial and hospital laundry supplier of recyclable soiled linen bags and hamper stands combines best features of mobile-friendly device-aware and device-agnostic RWD. MIAMI BEACH, FL, December 08, 2012 ...
IRIS reported that Broking firm Kotak Commodity Services gave following outlook on base metals segments: Copper - MCX Copper may note some decline amid firmer Indian rupee however downside is limited. LME Copper trades in a narrow range ...
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Aon has reported that its total revenue during the first quarter of 2012 grew by 3% to $2.8bn from the prior year quarter backed by a 4% increase in organic revenue, partially offset by a 1% decrease from unfavorable foreign currency ...
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Assurant has reported that its net operating income for the second quarter of 2012 recorded a steep rise of 111% to $157.4m or $1.81 per diluted share compared to a net operating income of $74.6m, or $0.76 per diluted share during the same ...
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Allstate has reported that its net income rose by 46.2% to $766m for the first quarter of 2012, or $1.53 per diluted share compared to a net income of $524m, or $0.98 per diluted share in the same period in 2011. Allstate chairman, ...
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The Hartford insurance has reported net income of $96m, or $0.18 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2012 against $501m, or $0.99 per diluted share, during the same period last year. According to the financial result released by ...
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However glass industry professionals ultimately voted in the presidential election, one reaction has been near unanimous: relief that the campaigning has come to a close. Mark Silverberg, president of Technoform North America Inc. in ...
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North America’s processor and marketer of sy seafood High Liner Foods says it is commited to the packaging in which its products are distributed. The firm sought a solution that could affect the broadest possible spectrum of ...