Canadian food group Maple Leaf Foods said lower restructuring costs helped boost profits in its full-year. In the six months to the end of December, earnings were up 40.5% to C$122.7m (US$119.3m), the company reported today (26 February). ...
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The significant growth in steel imports to Mexico in 2012 was the highest in history, with some months registering volumes close to 1 million tons. According with data from Mexico's National Chamber of Iron and Steel Industry (CANACERO), ...
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GaAs-based broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA says it is shipping production volumes of its AWT6651 ProEficient power amplifier (PA) to Samsung Electronics for the Galaxy Music ...
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Total traded volumes of OTC and exchange-cleared financial coal derivatives in January fell 31% year on year to 181.454 million mt, according to data published Monday on the London Energy Brokers' Association website. The figure is 49% ...
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European ethylene and propylene supply has tightened amid a spate of production issues, though the impact of this on spot prices is being moderated by poor derivatives demand, according to industry sources. Availability to the market had ...
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Associated British Foods has forecast flat revenue from its grocery division in the first half of its fiscal year amid challenging conditions in bread markets in the UK and Australia. ABF, which owns the Kingsmill bread brand in the UK ...
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The premium of Gulf Coast ultra low sulfur diesel to heating oil widened Thursday to 9.3 cents/gal, the highest it has been since October 4, when the spread was 10.25 cents/gal. On Friday, Gulf Coast ULSD was pegged at NYMEX March ...
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Ukraine may quit the European Energy Community in reaction to its lack of support for the country in ongoing natural gas disputes with Russia, President Viktor Yanukovych said Friday. The warning comes two weeks after Yanukovych said ...
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Nokia has expanded its Lumia portfolio with the 520 and 720. The Lumia 520 is the company's cheapest Windows phone to date at $184, and comes as the company is under pressure to increase sales volumes. The struggling phone vendor's switch ...
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ARM has signed 75 licenses for its Mali GPU which are now in 70% of graphics-enabled digital TVs, 50% of Android tablets and 20% of Android smartphones, said ARM at Mobile World Congress this morning. Mali GPU volumes have grown from less ...
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Ericsson and SAP have signed an agreement to jointly market and sell cloud-based M2M solutions and services to enterprises via operators around the globe, Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg announced at Mobile World Congress today. The solutions ...
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On February 25, the new contemporary Wendy's logo will begin appearing in Wendy's advertising, on product packaging, crew uniforms, new restaurant signage, menuboards and digital assets. The evolved logo is contemporary and iconic, as it ...
An upgraded dual bar-wrapping line at Datrex has more than doubled output of its life-saving maritime food bars. Datrex is one of the world's leading manufacturers and distributors of safety and survival equipment and supplies used in the ...
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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Heinz has reported underlying third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts, although its sales came in under analyst estimates. The US food giant yesterday (21 February) booked earnings per share for continuing operations and ...
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