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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Shipments of smartphones in China grew 11.5% sequentially to 119 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, buoyed by an increase of 54.5 million new 4G/3G service subscribers due to preferential packages launched by China Mobile, ...
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Despite the holiday season, worldwide tablet shipments declined 13.7% on year to 65.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to IDC. Total tablet shipments for 2015 were 206.8 million units, down 10.1% on year. Despite ...
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Ford Motor Company is changing its method for reporting pension and other postretirement employee benefits (OPEB) to provide a clearer view of Ford's operating performance and segment results. "Ford has delivered consistently strong ...
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Total shipments of smartphones by China-based vendors grew 8.8% on quarter and 18.3% on year to 154.2 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the latest data released by Digitimes Research. Of total shipments, China ...
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Power supply shipments are expected to grow strongly beginning 2016 as demand for industrial power supplies starts growing rapidly and sales of consumer power supplies also start picking up. The growth is expected to help power supply ...
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Crude prices have gone down nearly 30 percent this year, and analysts expect oil prices to remain low for even longer. Boon for consumers Lower oil prices are generally good for US consumers and the economy, said Jason Bordoff, ...
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China's economic growth is expected to be unchanged in the fourth quarter of this year, but an improvement is still distant due to property weakness and excess capacity, according to the latest report from UBS. The Swiss banking group ...
Chinese entrepreneurs are not as confident about the macro economy as they were in the previous quarter, said a quarterly survey by China's central bank Thursday. Based on a survey of over 5,000 industrial businessmen nationwide, the ...
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Ball Corporation is planning to invest in the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Velim, Czech Republic, in a bid to cater to increasing demand for its impact extruded aerosol cans in Europe. As part of the proposed expansion, Ball ...
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In an update on current trading and confirms its expectations for full-year 2015, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that it is on track to achieve year-on-year revenue growth, with second-half revenue ...
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Coal shipment volumes originated on US railroads were relatively flat week on week, Association of American Railroads data showed Wednesday. For the week that ended Saturday, the AAR said a total of 92,934 coal carloads traveled US ...
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Call it a tale of two sectors -- China's slipping manufacturing and flourishing service sector have defined the country's economy. The Chinese economy is undergoing heavy restructuring as it slowed to a six-year low of 6.9 percent in the ...
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China's central bank projected its baseline forecast for 2016 growth at 6.8 percent on Wednesday, expecting the number of positive factors to gradually increase despite downward pressure on the economy. The rate is slightly lower than the ...
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