SMILES have replaced the frowns on stockbroking dealing desks, as the rallying sharemarket and low interest rates drive investors back to equities. "There's no doubt we're busier than any other time post the GFC for secondary market ...
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US retailer Safeway Inc ended its financial year with an acceleration in underlying sales growth in the final quarter and earnings per share that beat analyst forecasts. Safeway reported an 0.8% rise in identical-store sales, excluding ...
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The number of exclusive agencies at Allstate Corp. is down. In a document filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Allstate said it has about 9,300 exclusive agencies. That's down from about 10,000 in 2011. But it ...
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They are probably the biggest cellphone makers most people have never heard of. Despite ranking third and fourth in the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter, mention Huawei and ZTE to many Americans or Europeans and you're likely ...
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Samsung was by far the 300mm capacity leader in 2012 having about 61% more 300mm capacity than second-place SK Hynix, says IC Insights. Intel was the only other company that held a double-digit share of 300mm capacity at the end of 2012. ...
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1. Knitting Machinery (HS: 8447) Annual Export Trends China's Major Textile Machinery Exports According to customs statistics, from January to December 2011, China's textile machinery exports were 2.245 billion dollars, achieving a ...
1. Chinese Injection Machines (HS: 847710) Export Trend Analysis In 2011, the export quantity of Chinese Injection Machines reached 25200 sets, achieved a year-on-year increase of 31.4%. From 2009 to 2011, the export value of Chinese ...
Solar demand for 2012 reached just 29.0GW, an increase of only 5% on year compared to 27.7GW in 2011, according to Solarbuzz. This is the first time in a decade that on-year market growth in the solar industry has been less than 10%. ...
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Asda, the UK's second-largest retailer, saw its underlying sales slow in the last three months of its financial year. The company today (21 February) reported its like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, increased by 0.1% in the 14 weeks to 5 ...
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Swiss food company Aryzta has entered into an agreement to acquire Klemme, a leading bakery in Germany, for EUR280m, as part of a strategy to strengthen its presence in the region. Klemme, established in 1991, operates seven bakeries with ...
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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. Photo courtesy of the ABC. The Qantas Group has announced statutory profit after tax of $111 million and underlying profit before tax of $223 million for the six months ended 31 December 2012. This includes $125 ...
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1. Chinese Extruding Machines (HS: 847720) Export Trend Analysis The total export quantity of Chinese extruding machines grew continuously from 2009 to 2011, which has achieved 8,879 units in 2011, up 23.3% over 2010. There was a ...
HTC announced its new flagship HTC One smartphone on Tuesday, which HTC Americas President Mike Woodward dubbed "the best phone ever made." The smartphone, with a 4.7-in. screen, will be sold in mid-March by AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile USA ...
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Cisco's long-anticipated entry into cellular base stations will come at Mobile World Congress next week, along with the company's familiar promise of an end-to-end architecture. Having the dominant vendor of Wi-Fi gear in the cellular RAN ...
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While first day sales for Microsoft's Surface RT tablet attracted a long line in Beijing back in October, demand for the device in China has been low, as shipments reached only 30,000 units during the fourth quarter, according to research ...
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