A pair of cement manufacturers from the United Arab Emirates have reported significantly improved results for 2012 on the back of a strengthening marketplace. Ras Al Khaimah Co for White Cement & Construction Materials reported a 7% ...
Recently, Russian steel pipe maker TMK announced its financial result for 2012. TMK posted a net profit of US$282 million for 2012, falling by 27% year on year. In 2012, the company realized sales revenues of US$6.688 million, ...
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Australian businesses don’t plan to hire new staff in the coming months, and are putting off investments, as the cost of doing business takes its toll. On the back of recent high-profile job cuts and off-shoring announcements by a ...
Google shares on Monday to a record in the history of the highest closing price at 821.50 dollars per share. The stock has risen 700% since 2004. By the dominance of its Android software in the mobile phone market, and the leading ...
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Investors took a record high for US stocks - the bellwether Dow Jones Industrial Index eclipsing its pre-global financial crisis peak - as confirmation that the US economic recovery is gathering strength and sent the local market to its ...
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Today’s global value chains used by U.S. apparel companies offer job creation opportunities in the United States, according to Analyzing the Value Chain for Apparel Designed in the United States and Manufactured Overseas, a new report ...
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Blue chips continued to climb to new heights, pushing beyond the record levels reached in yesterday's rally after a better-than-expected reading on the labour market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 42.47 points, or 0.3 per cent, ...
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The local sharemarket rose to a 4 1/2-year high yesterday as the economic outlook for the US and China brightened and eurozone worries eased, with National Australia Bank spiking higher on reports of a cost-cutting plan. The benchmark ...
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Taiwan-based LED optical lens maker reported fourth-quarter 2012 revenues of NT$240 million (US$8.10 million) with net profits of NT$44.41 million. According to the firm, the gross margin of the fourth quarter was 51.57%, compared to 51.02% ...
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International commodities trader Glencore International plc (Glencore) has announced its financial results for 2012, stating that 2012 was characterized by lower prices across all base metals, though volumes remained strong and this enabled ...
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Paper bag converter Zenith Specialty Bag has started the implementation of new software technology from Electronics For Imaging (EFI). The new EFI Radius Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software solution provided by printing and ...
The UK’s biggest independent toy chain's owner Gary Grant (middle) and his directors – and sons – Stuart (right) and Duncan (left), explain how the retailer is offering the traditional toy shop ideal on a national scale. ...
The Renault group is looking to expand its reach with potential for a new premium brand in the future. Renault’s plans are to position itself in the middle of a Y-shaped strategy, which has budget brand Dacia down the bottom while ...
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At the opening ceremony of this year’s CeBit trade show, Tom Enders, CEO, EADS, presented a futuristic Mars Rover, which EADS subsidiary Astrium is working on with the European Space Agency (ESA). However, the main point he made was ...
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We talk a lot on this blog about how to get the best deals on “new” used office furniture. But what about when you want to get rid of the furniture you already have? And what if you’d like to do something good while you ...