The new Audi A3 will start nearly $5000 below the model it replaces as the German company responds to an aggressive pricing strategy by rival Mercedes-Benz. Audi Australia has announced the next-generation Audi A3 luxury hatchback will ...
1/3 of computers sold worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 was a tablet, according to a survey. The research firm Canalys said that with PCs and tablets combined, the market grew 12 per cent year-on-year in the last three months of ...
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French retailer E. Leclerc today (12 February) claimed its share of the domestic market grew faster than its rivals in 2012. Leclerc said it had 18.6% of the French grocery market last year, up a full percentage point on 2011. The ...
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Aluminium can maker Ball reported Q4 income of $60.6m, down from earnings of $77.5m, in the fourth quarter of 2011. Sales were $2.11bn in Q4, compared with sales of $2.05bn in the fourth quarter of 2011. Fourth quarter earnings were ...
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Full year 2012 earnings from continuing operations attributable to the Company were $1.12 per share (diluted), compared with a loss of $3.06 per share in 2011. Excluding certain items management considers not representative of ongoing ...
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Li Ning Company Limited, one of the leading sports brand companies in China, announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") proposes to raise approximately HK$1,847.8 million to HK$1,868.6 million by way of an Open Offer of Convertible ...
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The future of Fiat and Alfa Romeo in Australia is looking brighter than ever with the Italian brands expecting to substantially increase their sales over the coming years with a revamped line-up and a repositioning of the Italian ...
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Business software provider SAP has announced that its ERP suite can now run on its real-time in-memory database HANA. Further reading Analysis: SAP stares down its licensing critics SAP users frustrated over complex licensing and ...
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The new 3,000-square-foot Jerry's Bloopers at Jerome's Furniture Marketplace in Murrieta, Calif., "is where we get rid of furniture that makes me say 'uh-oh,'" says Jerome's chairman and owner Jerry Navarra. The 3,500-square-foot ...
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The Taiwan-based solar supply chain is likely to enter a period of consolidation. For upstream material providers, consolidation between downstream customers may create pressure on their costs. Digitimes recently sat down with Chi-jen Chen, ...
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PTI reported that luxury car maker Audi will hike the prices of its entire range of models by up to INR 3.69 lakh with effect from January 1st due to rising input costs and falling rupee. Mr Michael Perschke head of Audi India in a ...
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Microsoft's pricing of its Surface RT tablet was called "aggressive" by some analysts today, "mystifying" by others, even as they all remained skeptical that it's low enough to make inroads on the dominant player, Apple's iPad. "It's an ...
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US pasta and pesto manufacturer Armanino Foods of Distinction has booked an increase in first-half profits, boosted by higher sales. In the six months to the end of June, income from continuing operations climbed 18% to US$2.35bn, the ...
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US commercial property casualty underwriter Travelers Insurance has reported that its second quarter of 2012 net income was $499m, or $1.26 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $364m, or $0.88 per diluted share during the same ...
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October 2012 Price Trend for LED Bulbs- Global Manufacturers to begin Targeting Affordable Pricing Strategies According to the latest price survey from LEDinside, a research division of TrendForce, global retail prices for new LED bulbs ...
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