Wall Street is expecting higher profit for PPG Industries(PPG)when the company reports its third quarter results on Thursday,October 18,2012.The consensus estimate is calling for profit of$2.21 a share,a rise from$1.96 per share a year ago. ...
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US retailer Publix has recorded an increase in earnings in the third quarter of the year. Net earnings in the three month period reached US$368.4m, an 18.1% increase on the prior year period. Comparable-store sales increased 2.5%, the ...
Shares in US retail giant Wal-Mart slid almost 3% in pre-open trading this morning (16 August), despite a 5.7% increase in second-quarter net income and an improved full-year outlook. The company said today that net income in the three ...
Intermec,a leading provider of data capture and information management solutions,today announced a definitive agreement under which Honeywell International will acquire Intermec for$10.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at ...
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The News reported that after months of keeping their prices below Saudi Aramco contract price, state owned Oil and Gas Development Company Limited and Pak Arab Refinery raised their prices of liquefied petroleum gas to match the contract ...
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American International Group (AIG) has reported 27% rise in net income attributable to AIG, which was $2.3bn for the second quarter of 2012, compared to $1.8bn during the same period last fiscal. For the latest quarter period, the ...
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Alan Offenberg has been named chief executive officer by the Compass Diversified Holdings board and will remain on the company's board of directors. Compass is the parent of Fox and CamelBak. Offenberg is a founding partner of Compass ...
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General Re's former chief executive Ronald Ferguson and four other executives have struck a deal with the US government to prevent a second criminal trial over allegations of creating fake reinsurance transactions to strengthen American ...
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Enstar Group and SeaBright have embarked into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which the former will purchase the latter for $11.11 per share in cash, valuing the transaction for almost $252m. As per the acquisition deal signed, ...
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Packaging products supplier Crown Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith to buy shares of its common stock under an accelerated share repurchase program. Initially, Crown purchased ...
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RedPrairie and JDA Software, recognized leaders in enterprise software and services for the extended supply chain, announced today that JDA and affiliates of RedPrairie have entered into a definitive merger agreement. The combined entity ...
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Taipei, Oct. 31, 2012 (CENS)--After 10 consecutive months of blue, Taiwan's economic indicator showed a yellow-blue in September, with the composite scores gaining seven points from a month earlier to 22, only one point from green, ...
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American Apparel Inc.,a vertically integrated manufacturer,distributor,and retailer of branded fashion-basic apparel,announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30,2012. Dov Charney,Chairman and CEO of American ...
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IDG News Service - If offering best wishes to a Facebook friend on his birthday isn't enough, users can now attach real gifts to their greeting with an expanded gift service that the social networking Web site announced on Thursday. ...
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IDG News Service-Intel is in final negotiations to invest up to$500 million in struggling Sharp of Japan,the Kyodo News agency reported Tuesday. Japan's largest news agency said the companies were discussing an investment of between 30 ...
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