South African poultry group Astral Foods has booked a 23% drop in full-year earnings on higher grain prices and greater competition from European and South American poultry importers. Net income fell to ZAR392m (US$38m) in the year to end ...
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Canadian c-store chain Couche-Tard has booked an increase in first-half profits boosted by acquisitions. In the 24 weeks ended 14 October, earnings amounted to C$278.1m (US$279.7m), a 9.9% increase on the prior year period. The group said ...
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The Bike Cooperative, a member owned distributor, has published a list of insurance agencies its members have recommended to other members. "Current legislation prevents co-op members from buying insurance as one true group. So while ...
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IRIS reported that Broking firm Kotak Commodity Services gave following outlook on base metals segments: Copper - MCX Copper may note some decline amid firmer Indian rupee however downside is limited. LME Copper trades in a narrow range ...
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Arabian Business reported that Saudi Arabia has pledged USD 487 million assistance package to help support new development projects in Jordan. Mr Abdullah Ensour PM of Jordhan said that the first USD 125 million will be transferred soon ...
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Westpark Recycling Center launched a recycling machine which reduces polystyrene foam at a ratio of 40 to 1, making it economically viable for shipping and feasible to recycle. Workers demonstrated the compactor once it was unveiled, ...
Kansai Paint Co. has been awarded a patent for a water-based primer composition comprised of an aqueous dispersion formed by dispersing an unsaturated carboxylic acid- or acid anhydride-modified polyolefin having a melting point of ...
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MJC Probe (MPI), which specializes in the manufacture of probe cards for wafer testing, has announced that revenues for November 2012 increased 20.9% sequentially to NT$292 million (US$10 million). MPI's revenues for November 2012 fell by ...
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Due to the global economic downturn, demand for LED lighting has been weakening. Meanwhile, efficiency and price-performance ratio have been increasing, and the penetration rate of the LED lighting market is expected to continue rising. ...
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SDC Coatings, Inc. has been awarded a patent for a process for tinting a transparent, tintable, abrasion-resistant coating that is coated on at least one surface of a substrate, comprised of applying a polyurethane dispersion-based primer ...
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OneBeacon Professional Insurance (OBPI) has partnered with Managed Care Services, a division of Swett & Crawford, to underwrite liability insurance solutions for Managed Care Organizations. Managed Care Services senior vice president ...
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Life Partners Holdings, the parent company of Life Partners, Inc. has strongly denied the allegations leveled against the firm by Texas Attorney General, acting for the State Securities Board. Texas Attorney General filed a court case ...
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Auto parts manufacturer Denso Indonesia, a subsidiary of Japan's Denso, has started construction of its third plant in Indonesia with an investment of $110m. The new plant called PT. Denso Indonesia Fajar Plant will occupy 20ha of land ...
Tags: investment, auto part, new plant, air conditioners
Proactive Investors reported that Magnetic Resources has completed a conceptual initial financial assessment of the wholly owned Ragged Rock magnetite project in Western Australia indicating a robust economic return. Critically, it would ...
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The xylographic painting is a replication technique peculiar to China. Integrating painting, engraving and printing, it presents brushwork and ink rhymes according to the principle of water-ink permeation. It can be used not only in ...
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