US dairy firm Land O'Lakes has booked an increase in full-year profit, boosted by initiatives to build its value-added, branded business. In the 12 month period, net earnings totalled US$241m, a 31% increase on the prior year period. ...
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Metsä is expecting to see an improvement in business development its wood activities this year. Owing to decreasing stocks amongst manufacturers and buyers, Metsä is working from the assumption that the softwood lumber markets are ...
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After years of development, it has gradually formed five districts of Chinese furniture industry: the Pearl River delta (Guangdong province is the center, which includes Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Shunde, Foshan, etc.), the Yangtze ...
LIGHTFAIR® International’s (LFI®) expansion accelerates in its 2013 Philadelphia showing with additional trade show space in Pennsylvania Convention Center’s Hall F—the new home of new categories solar power and ...
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LIGHTFAIR® International’s (LFI®) expansion accelerates in its 2013 Philadelphia showing with additional trade show space in Pennsylvania Convention Center’s Hall F—the new home of new categories solar power and ...
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Australia-based iron ore miner Mount Gibson Iron has announced its financial results for the first six months ended December 31 of the financial year 2012-13. In the given period, the company's net profit declined by 71.4 percent year on ...
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In 2012, Baosteel Co., Ltd. Exported quite a lot of high end products. Double high product export has accounted for 48% of total export volume, with average export price remained relatively high. It is estimated that the average price of ...
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US frozen-food firm Overhill Farms has seen its first-quarter profits slide after a shift in product mix, less favourable commodity prices and increased costs weighed on margins. Alongside the results, Overhill revealed it was in talks ...
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Reportedly Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. has planned to invest US$766 million in acquisition of Metals USA Holdings Corp. in attempt to develop high-margin business of cutting and customizing metals. The acquisition of Metals USA will ...
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Free from the bright lights of Wall Street, Dell's decision to go private is likely to lead to the company downplaying if not entirely eliminating consumer products in favor of building out its enterprise product portfolio, analysts said. ...
Welspun India Ltd., part of the $ 3.5 billion Welspun Group announced Q3 and 9M FY13 results, showing strong growth in comparison to corresponding period last year. Financial Highlights – Q3 FY13 -Sales grew by 9% largely due to ...
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Gildan Activewear Inc announced record results for the first quarter of a fiscal year, which was slightly in excess of the guidance range which it had previously provided, and reconfirmed its earnings guidance for fiscal 2013 which it had ...
After falling 10% last quarter, for fiscal third-quarter 2013 (to 28 December 2012) Advanced Photonix Inc of Ann Arbor, MI, USA (which designs and makes APD, PIN, and FILTRODE photodetectors, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, and T-Ray ...
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AU Optronics (AUO) has announced that its consolidated revenues in the fourth quarter of 2012 were NT$99.4 billion (US$3.42 billion), down 3.3% from the previous quarter. Gross profit was US$97 million, with a gross margin of 2.8% while ...
The four brands that stand out for car-brand perception—Ford, Toyota, Honda, and Chevrolet—also lead in purchase intent and brand loyalty. This is what we learned after our National Research Center conducted a random, ...
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