The CEOs of Europe’s Big Three semiconductor companies are optimistic about 2013. Each, at their earnings calls, said they expected a better end to the year than the beginning. There seems to be a commonly shared belief that Q1 will ...
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The year 2012 was historical in many ways: First of all, the common people in the street discovered that the crisis in 2008 and 2009 didn't impact the financial world at all. Furthermore, the euro crisis revealed the true face of the ...
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December retail sales were up compared to November and also on an annual basis, to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that December retail sales at ...
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New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Strategic Analysis of the Global Market for Marine Coatings, finds that the market earned revenues of $5,030.1 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach $10,216.3 million in 2018. The research covers ...
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According to the market outlook released by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, business slowed down due to the holiday period in many long steel markets worldwide, but the balance of supply and ...
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Sprint Nextel, the third largest mobile carrier in the U.S., has reported a net loss of $1.4 billion for the second quarter of 2012, the 19th consecutive quarter of losses for the company. Sprint on Thursday reported revenue of $8.8 ...
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Tech stocks have been climbing recently as key vendors such as Cisco and Lenovo report positive quarterly earnings and the U.S. economy offers glimpses of good news. So far this year, shares in IT companies rose steadily until April and ...
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The Dixie Group Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 29, 2012. In the third quarter of 2012, the company had sales of $65,822,000 and income from continuing operations of $269,000, or $0.02 per diluted ...
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For the 26 weeks ending 29 September 2012, UK-headquartered The 600 Group plc has announced revenues increased by 9.5% to £19.91 million and net profit before taxation from continuing operations as £1.34 million, a six-fold ...
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TORONTO --- Even though Sears Canada narrowed its net loss by almost half despite falling sales in the third quarter, its CEO said it's taking too long to implement his turnaround plan for the multi-channel retailer. Revenues for the 13 ...
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Business confidence in Australia in October showed a slight improvement, according to the latest Roy Morgan Research 'Business Confidence' survey. The increase in confidence was a result of an improved outlook for both the individual ...
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Sears Canada Inc.announced its unaudited third quarter results.Total revenues for the 13-week period ended October 27,2012 were$1,037.5 million compared to$1,113.2 million for the 13-week period ended October 29,2011,a decrease of 6.8%.Same ...
Greetings from London—I'm stopping here for a brief brake after spending an interesting two days in Switzerland at the Montblanc watch manufacturing facilities. As I mentioned a few weeks ago this is the season when the Christmas ...
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The government's second G-Cloud framework has gone live,with twice the number of original suppliers. Of the 458 suppliers on the 12-month framework,which allows public sector bodies to buy on demand IT services,three-quarters are small ...
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At a Premarket social event Thursday evening at the Grandover resort in Greensboro, N.C., are Steve Kincaid, left, Kincaid Furniture; Larry Klaben, Morris Furniture, Dayton, Ohio; Bill Kimbrell, Star Furniture, Houston, and Matt Huber, ...
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