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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Teradata, the analytic data solutions company, announced that the Germany-based EHI Retail institute has presented UK retailer Shop Direct Group with the "Best Enterprise Solution" award for retail technology in Europe. The recognition was ...
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US-based metallurgical coal producer Walter Energy has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012, reporting solid operational progress during 2012 in the face of challenging market conditions. In the ...
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Rubicon Technology, a leading provider of sapphire substrates and products to the LED, RFIC, semiconductor, and optical industries, has reported financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012. The firm reported fourth ...
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The International Energy Agency remains largely in the dark over the real pace of China's surging oil demand despite long-running attempts to persuade the county to publish official data on consumption and oil stocks, the IEA's top energy ...
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High Liner has reported a jump in 2012 adjusted EBITDA and sales but financing costs caused the firm to book a net loss in the period. The Canadian value-added seafood producer said adjusted EBITDA rose by 62.5% in 2012, climbing to ...
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The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 has closed down 2.3 per cent at 4980.1, its biggest fall in nine months. More than $36 billion was wiped from the value of Australian shares in the market's largest one-day decline since May 18, pulling back from ...
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International roaming between carriers' Wi-Fi networks has come a step closer, with AT&T, Boingo Wireless, NTT DoCoMo and Orange completing network assessments as part of the Wireless Broadband Alliance's new interoperability program. ...
CBR rounds up expert comments on the 4G auction winner announcement and what this means for the future of mobile broadband in the UK. Gary Marven, CEO of MLL Telecom As a UK focused telecoms operator and existing spectrum owner we are ...
Own-label chilled food manufacturer Bakkavor said consumer confidence had been dented by the horsemeat scandal, while reporting a 5.4% increase in like-for-like sales in its full-year results ended December 29 2012. Last year Bakkavor ...
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Global consumer packaging company Rexam has announced plans to invest 115m over three years to build a new beverage can plant in Widnau, Switzerland, in a bid to meet growth in energy drinks globally. According to the company, the latest ...
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TXT e-solutions, a leading provider of integrated and collaborative planning solutions announces that Marc Cain is live with TXT’s Supplier Relationship Management and Supply Chain Planning & Execution solutions. Seamlessly ...
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Sharp has announced to add a 100W COB LED, known as GW7GAL50SGC LED to its Zenigata family. The new LED will output 14,000 lm, and achieve efficacy of 143 lm/W for SSL lighting applications such as street lights and high-bay lighting. ...
Rubicon Technology, Inc. has reported financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012. The Company reported fourth quarter revenue of $20.0 million as compared with $19.9 million in the prior quarter. Revenue from ...
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The American Trucking Associations said Wednesday that its advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.9 percent in January after jumping 2.4 percent in December. (The 2.4 percent gain in December was revised ...
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