The UK’s largest poultry processor Moy Park has announced a strong recovery in trading performance for last year, with pre-profits up to 24.4M for 2012 for 2012, compared with 4.8M in 2011. Moy Park delivered a strong performance in ...
The business will be headquartered in Luxembourg and will comprise Britton Group, Paragon Print & Packaging, Paccor, Kobusch and Exopack, creating a plastics business with both rigids and flexibles operations in 70 countries and turnover of ...
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Global sales of tablet computers surged in the first quarter of 2013, led by Android-powered devices that outpaced gains by Apple's iPads, a research firm says. IDC said the worldwide tablet market saw sizzling growth of 142.4 per cent ...
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Oman Cement Co. has reported a 34.9% increase in net profits to $17.9m (OMR 6.9m) for the first quarter of 2013. Improved sales volumes saw the cement producer s net profit increase from $13.2m (OMR 5.1m) during the same period in 2012. ...
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Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (UVSP) and its insurance subsidiary has successfully completed acquisition of John T. Fretz Insurance Agency, a family-owned-and-operated full-service property and casualty insurance agency. The ...
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Increased competition, steady cost reductions and improved technology performance are putting the LED lighting industry on a path to securing an 80 percent market share for lighting by 2020. In a briefing this morning hosted by Credit ...
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Huntsman Corporation reported first quarter 2013 results with revenues of $2,702 million and adjusted EBITDA of $220 million. First Quarter 2013 Highlights -Adjusted EBITDA was $220 million compared to $407 million in the prior year ...
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Samsung Electronics said its Galaxy S3 and Note 2 helped it to defy a shrinking smartphone market in the first quarter, boosting its overall profits by 42% from a year ago. The company said Friday its net profit was a record $6.4 billion ...
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Taiwan-based technology firms will jointly fight against rising challenges from South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. (SEC). People in the circle disclosed that SEC grew fast in the fields of smartphones, DRAM chips, and ...
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Chinese handset maker Huawei plans to introduce a new smartphone in the middle of this year, packed with the "best hardware and design," and is preparing to open a slew of new stores in its home market. The upcoming handset was ...
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This year is the first year when Baosteel 2013-2018 development plan is implemented and it is also the new starting point and new journey. What kind of company of the future of Baosteel? Steadiness, concentration and sustainable are the ...
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China Specialty Glass AG (CSG) hereby announces the expansion of its Management Board from three to four members. The Supervisory Board appointed Mr. Chao Zhou as new Member of the Management Board effective as of May 1, 2013. Mr. ...
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Microsoft garnered just a "niche" in the global tablet market in the first quarter of 2013, following a period of user confusion after the launch of Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets, analysts say. According to Strategy Analytics, Windows ...
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In first-quarter 2013, mobile phone shipments grew 12% year-on-year (YoY) to an estimated 405 million handsets, according to market analyst firm ABI Research’s Mobile Handset Markets database service. However, this was due to the ...
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Global shipments of metal-organic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) systems will fall by 46% year-on-year to a total of 148 units in 2013, forecasts a report by Digitimes Research, as LED chipmakers have sufficient capacity and the number ...
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