John Sommers II for Transport Topics Paccar Inc. said its profit grew 31.8% in the fourth quarter as European truck demand increased and business improved in its parts and financial services units. Paccar earned $334.2 million in the ...
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Knight Transportation Inc. said Jan. 29 its fourth-quarter profit increased 13.6% on improved freight demand. Net income rose to $20.1 million, or 25 cents a share, from $17.7 million, or 22 cents, a year earlier. Revenue rose 3.1% to ...
In Q4 Unipetrol Group posted operational profit EBITDA LIFO of CZK 252m. Due to lower petrochemical and refinery production sales, as well as refining margins, revenues of the Company decreased by 5% y/y and in Q4 amounted at CZK 25.070 bn. ...
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Knight Transportation Inc. has increased its profit forecasts for the fourth quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014, citing better performance than it had previously expected. Knight's fourth-quarter net income will be between 24 ...
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Nautilus, Inc. said it expects to report net sales of approximately $77.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, an increase of 18.5 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. Non-GAAP fully diluted earnings per share from continuing ...
Covenant Transportation Group Inc. said it expects fourth-quarter 2013 net income of 18 cents to 22 cents a share, compared with 10 cents a share in the previous year's quarter. Covenant attributed the improved earnings forecast to higher ...
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Shoe Carnival, Inc. said double-digit traffic declines through the first three weeks of December will lead to fourth-quarter earnings missing targets. The shoe chain now expects earnings per diluted share in the fourth quarter of fiscal ...
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Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. said fourth fiscal quarter comparable store sales through Jan. 4, (the "Holiday Period") were flat on a continuing operations basis, excluding online sales. The company stated that with the growing ...
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HealthDay Reporter Latest MedicineNet News Uninsured Won't Flock to States With Medicaid No Harm From 'Scoop and Run' Police Transport Medicaid Use May Boost ER Visitstudy People Worldwide May Feel Mind-Body Connections Troubled Launch of ...
Macy's announced late Wednesday record holiday sales while simultaneously cutting 2,500 jobs and detailing plans to close five stores. As reported in Retailing Today, the nation's leading department store retailer late Wednesday issued ...
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Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued findings that show slower growth in health spending since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This successful cost control is consistent with data demonstrating ...
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Demand for high intensity discharge (HID) lamps, as measured by NEMA’s HID shipment indexes, remained soft during 2013Q3. Seasonally adjusted shipments of sodium vapor lamps dipped 3.2 percent on a quarterly basis (QoQ), falling to a ...
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NEMA's shipment indexes for T5, T8 and T12 lamps retreated during 2013Q3, decreasing by 7.3, 9.4 and 5.5 percent, respectively. Year-over-year (y/y) performance showed mixed results for the different lamp types. The T5 lamp index increased ...
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Americans' spending on health care rose a relatively modest 3.7 percent in 2012 -- slower than the growth of the overall economy -- dropping from 17.3 percent of U.S. spending to 17.2 percent, according to an annual report from the Centers ...
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Olam International, a Singapore-based food ingredients supplier, has sold its 50% stake in Lansing Olam Canada in a $5.4m deal. Lansing Olam Canada is a joint venture between Olam and Lansing Trade Group. The transaction was completed ...
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