US-based Pinnacle Foods has swung to a profit of $53m for the fiscal year ended 30 December 2012, compared to a loss of $47m a year ago, when the company incurred restructuring and impairment charges of $156m. The company's net revenues ...
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Separate final bids have been placed by the US private equity firms Blackstone and TPG Capital as well as a consortium led by Chinese agribusiness company New Hope to acquire Australia's leading poultry processor Inghams Enterprises. The ...
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Retailer Pier 1 Imports said fourth quarter sales rose 15.7% as store traffic increased and customers rang up higher average tickets. In a preliminary financial report, Pier 1 said sales for the 14-week quarter ended March 2 totaled $552 ...
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The news of higher revenues and more listeners encouraged investors, prompting a surge in after-hours trade of Pandora by 18.6 percent to $13.92. Paul Ausick at 24/7 Wall Street said the latest earnings report was "not substantially ...
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For full-year 2012, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany has reported revenue down by 63% to €227.8m (from €611m in 2011). But despite the dramatic fall in full-year sales, fourth-quarter revenue of ...
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The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.2 per cent at 5109.2 after hitting a 4 1/2-year high of 5135.7 in early trading. Share trading value worth $5.2 billion slipped just below the 20-day moving average of $5.3bn. Asian markets were ...
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Nokia, once the world's biggest mobile phone maker, says chief executive Stephen Elop received no bonus in 2012 when the company posted huge losses, reducing his overall payslip by 45 per cent. According to Nokia's annual report filed to ...
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Quaker Chemical Corporation announced net sales and earnings per diluted share of $172.9 million and $0.99 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2012, respectively, compared to fourth quarter 2011 net sales and earnings per diluted ...
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Kloeckner & Co. (KCO), the German-based steel trader reported a loss last year due to the shrinking demand for metals. The net loss sum up to €198 million and the earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ...
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SunOpta, a Canada-based organic, specialty and natural health products manufacturer, has reported a 357.4% increase in net earnings to $24.2m for the year ended 29 December 2012, compared to $5.29m in 2011. The company posted 7% increase ...
WESTPORT, CT (BRAIN) — Compass Diversified Holdings, parent of Camelbak and Fox, reported strong growth in sales of both brands during 2012. "At Fox we posted another strong quarter as business continues to perform at a high level ...
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Dorel Industries' bike division saw a 7 percent gain in revenue in 2012. Total revenue across the recreational and leisure segment was $928 million, up from $861 million the previous year. The segment includes all of its bicycle brands.? ...
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Google shares on Monday to a record in the history of the highest closing price at 821.50 dollars per share. The stock has risen 700% since 2004. By the dominance of its Android software in the mobile phone market, and the leading ...
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Investors took a record high for US stocks - the bellwether Dow Jones Industrial Index eclipsing its pre-global financial crisis peak - as confirmation that the US economic recovery is gathering strength and sent the local market to its ...
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Checkpoint Systems, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 30, 2012. These results report the U.S. and Canadian CheckView business as discontinued operations, reflecting the Company's decision to ...
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