Bangladesh Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina has urged Brazil to increase its imports of readymade garments and jute products from the country. The request was made during a recent visit of the newly appointed Brazilian Ambassador Wanja ...
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India’s exports of handicrafts grew by 10 percent year-on-year to US$ 205 million in July 2013 due to the rising demand from markets like US, China and Latin America. According to the data provided by Export Promotion Council ...
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Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. posted net income of 9 billion yen on net sales of 173 billion yen for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. (The company shifted to calendar-year fiscal accounting as of 2013 from its previous April-to-March ...
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Bridgestone Corp. posted net income of 117 billion yen on net sales of 1.7 trillion yen for the first half ended June 30, 2013. That compares to income of 75.2 billion yen on sales of nearly 1.5 trillion yen for the same period last year. ...
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For its fiscal first-quarter 2014 (to 28 June 2013), Advanced Photonix Inc of Ann Arbor, MI, USA (which designs and makes APD, PIN, and FILTRODE photodetectors, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, and T-Ray terahertz instrumentation) has ...
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Lenovo’s sales of tablets and smartphones were higher than that of PCs in its fiscal first quarter, reflecting the company’s efforts to reduce its dependence on the ailing PC business. The company reported on Thursday that net ...
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Microsoft will start selling its struggling Surface devices to business customers abroad via channel partners on Thursday. The move builds on a similar effort Microsoft launched in July to tap distributors and resellers to push Surface ...
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It’s reported that Indian steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) released its financial result for the first quarter of the financial year 2013/14 ended on June 30th. In the first quarter of the fiscal year 2013/14, ...
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Friedman Industries, Incorporated, a Texas-based company engaged in pipe manufacturing, steel coil processing and steel and pipe distribution, announced that for its fiscal Q1, ended June 30, 2013, the company recorded net earnings of ...
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India's finished steel consumption totaled 24.1 million mt in the first four months of the current Indian fiscal year (started April 1, 2013), almost stable compared to the level recorded in the same period last year, with just a 0.2 ...
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BlackBerry has launched the 9720 smartphone running the 7 OS in a bid to stay relevant in the growing low end of the smartphone market.? The launch of the new device comes as BlackBerry on Monday?formed a committee to explore strategic ...
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Apple is to unveil new iPad models, including one with a thinner design and an iPad mini with a high-resolution screen, at a 10 September event. The Cupertino, California-based firm has unveiled new products in autumn for several years, ...
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Cree has announced revenue of US$375 million for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, ended June 30, 2013. This represents a 22% increase compared to revenue of US$306.8 million reported for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, and a 7% ...
China-based Suntech Power Holdings, one of the world's largest solar companies, has announced that it has regained compliance with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) minimum share price listing requirement. Suntech revealed last week that ...
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US-based Campbell Soup has announced that it is in final and exclusive negotiations for the potential divestment of its business in Europe to CVC Capital Partners (CVC), a leading UK-based private equity firm. Campbell Europe, ...
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