US-based chicken producer Pilgrim’s Pride has announced to invest $190m in a strategic growth plan to expand production of Pilgrim’s Pierce Chicken brand. The growth plan, which was initiated in the fourth quarter of 2015, ...
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As competition in the high-end notebook market is expected to start heating up, Asustek Computer has been increasing its orders for high-end notebook models, benefiting its component suppliers and manufacturers such as AU Optronics (AUO), ...
Armanino Foods of Distinction reported record sales and profits for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2015. Net sales in the fourth quarter were $9,044,580, an increase of 16% from the $7,793,293 posted in 2014's fourth ...
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Operating performance in the quarter was strong and substantially above the equivalent quarter last year. The group increased EBITDA excluding special items by 21% to US$175 million, operating profit excluding special items by 51% to ...
Tags: Stronger Performance, EBITDA
For fourth-quarter 2015, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has reported a seventh consecutive quarter of revenue ...
The global LED production equipment market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 5% to $1.5bn in 2019, forecasts a report by analysts at Technavio. Demand for LED production equipment is currently being heavily ...
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Everything you need to know about MWC 2016, from show dates and attendees to the likely big announcements This year's Mobile World Congress takes place in Barcelona from February 22 through to February 25. MWC invariably proves to be ...
Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) and Pabst Brewing Company (PBC) have signed a brewing agreement whereby the two companies aim to achieve growth objectives jointly. The agreement entails that PBC subsidiary Rainier Brewing Company will brew ...
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Star Wars was not the only force making a come-back in 2015. The return of generic advertising brought with it a promise of increased profitability for the diamond trade. Even as numerous stories reflecting pain in the industry vied for our ...
Avery Dennison Corporation announced preliminary, unaudited results for its fourth quarter and year ended January 2, 2016. All non-GAAP financial measures referenced in this document are reconciled to GAAP in the attached tables. Unless ...
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The world's stock markets are spiralling downwards. The U.S. equity market fell 10 percent last month. Investor terminology calls this a "correction" not a crash. But prospects don't look good. Big investors, banks and financial ...
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One change will certainly be deeply felt in China's economy in 2016 and more time come: supply-side structural reform. "Supply-side structural reform is an urgent task that cannot afford any delay, otherwise the 'sickness' will become ...
Economists and insiders are calling for more effective goverment supervision as a year of wild swings in China's stock market is coming to an end. China fought an unprecedented and costly war in 2015 to contain wide stock market ...
There will be an estimated 54 million DIY motherboards shipped globally in 2015, decreasing 21.7% on year, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology, the two largest vendors, will each ship ...
Tags: high-end models, China market, Motherboards
Profit declines for China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) continued but narrowed in November, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Friday. China's non-financial SOEs raked in 2 trillion yuan (309.1 billion U.S. dollars) in profits from ...
Tags: State Companies, Profitability