UK frozen food retailer Iceland Foods has reported a 14% increase in full-year profits as it reported a solid increase in sales despite fierce competition. Iceland booked net profit before tax of GBP147.5m (US$229.8m) for the 53 weeks to ...
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Africa and the Middle East have driven a rise in exports of food and non-alcoholic drinks from the UK in the first half of 2012, figures show. For the six months to the end of June, food and soft drinks exports increased by 2.2% to ...
Commodities giant Archer Daniels Midland has booked a drop in full-year profits as record corn prices hit earnings in the fourth quarter. In the three months to the end of June, net profit fell 25% to US$284m, while operating profits slid ...
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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 growing demand for diamonds,coupled with a limited supply of gem-quality goods and the lack of major deposit discoveries,underscores the need for jewellery manufacturers and retailers"to take full advantage of the full spectrum of ...
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PPG Industries' industrial coatings business has published a new brochure detailing its complete range of pretreatment and engineered products for protecting metal in automobiles, appliances, consumer electronics and industrial products. ...
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Qingyang City is located at the easternmost of Gansu Province and located at the Loess Plateau of central and upper reaches of Yellow River. It is at the intersection of three provinces: Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. It was called Beidi ...
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Along with the in-depth implementation of new medical reform, the potential demand in central and western China and rural areas has been further released, and the medical diagnosis, monitoring and treatment equipment manufacturing industry ...
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Concerns over the Fiscal Cliff are front and center when addressing concerns about the United States economy, and today's November Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) was further proof of that. ...
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Sang Liangshu was once a typical Chinese housewife. That was before being inspired by her family's intense interest in art. She created a unique paper-cut art, which she called "Xiao Sang Paper-cut." Her style of paper-cut preserves ...
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At the ongoing Climate Change Conference in Qatar, Philips issued a strong call for governments, businesses and society to step up actions to implement energy efficient lighting as a means of lowering costs, improving competitiveness, and ...
Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA) (“Vitro” or the “Company”), one of the world's largest producers and distributors of glass products, today announced 3Q’12 unaudited results. Third Quarter 2012 ...
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A saying of the Miao ethnic group goes like this: the beauty of golden pheasants lies in their feather, and girls of the Miao minority their silver ornaments. When walking in hustling markets, lanes paved with slates or mountain paths ...
We are Glass People – Heye’s new slogan, synonymous for Heye’s mission, was introduced in Duesseldorf. Visitors at Heye’s booth discussed the innovations in Hot End and in Cold End. The Ranger camera check detection ...
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The Miao girls fancy silver ornaments, and wherever they live, their dresses, especially their silver jewelries, will become the local highlights and cultural sight. The silver ornament civilization of Miao has been handed down ever since ...
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