A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave. Marketo, which sells cloud-based marketing software, ...
According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q2 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), in the first quarter of the current year construction activity in the EU is estimated to ...
Tags: Construction Output, Mineral
France-based pipe manufacturer Vallourec has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. According to Vallourec's report, in the first quarter this year the company registered a net profit of €35 million, ...
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Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced late Wednesday Q1 2013 net income of $48 million on net sales of $1.8 billion. By comparison, prior year Q1 net income was $46 million on net sales of $2 billion and sequential Q4 ...
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Nine out of 10 companies in the European Union are planning to expand their data centre operations in 2013 or 2014, despite the supposed shift to cloud computing. Some 88 per cent of respondents to a survey by data centre provider Digital ...
Tags: Computer Products
Retail sales are trending down through the first quarter this year compared to last year but that’s no reason for suppliers to panic, JJ Rudman, retail analyst for Leisure Trends Group, told attendees on a webinar yesterday. ...
Tags: Retail sales, Bicycle
Despite stronger-than-expected growth during the fourth quarter, 2012 was still a miserable year for the semiconductor market and suppliers, with only eight out of the Top 25 chipmakers managing to eke out revenue growth—but nine ...
The increase was driven by the memory sales Global semiconductors sales increased 1.4% in February 2013 to $23.25bn compared to the sales of $22.93bn in February 2012, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). In ...
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Emirates Tim Clark and Qantas Alan Joyce at the signing of the agreement. Understandably, Qantas and Emirates airlines have welcomed the ACCC's conditional approval of their partnership, while the Transport Workers Union continues its ...
IT spending remained broadly strong throughout a difficult end to 2012, as business confidence waned in the shadow of the "fiscal cliff," economic growth declined in much of Europe, and economies in Asia/Pacific struggled to cope with ...
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In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company s adjusted EPS was $0.56, a 12 percent increase over the adjusted EPS during the fourth quarter 2011 (see table below for a reconciliation of GAAP EPS to the adjusted EPS). Fourth quarter 2012 ...
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Reportedly, GrafTech International, a world leader in graphite material, indicates the global steel market demand is likely to improve in 2013. However, the global financial problem and economic downturn still remain uncertainty this ...
An update to a survey conducted in spring of 2012 by McGladrey, a leading provider of assurance, tax and consulting services, indicates respondents’ optimism in their companies and the economy has fallen sharply. In an effort to ...
Pentair Ltd. announced fourth quarter 2012 sales of $1.8 billion, an increase of 103 percent from the prior year quarter excluding 1 point of foreign exchange impact, reflecting the Flow Control acquisition. Adjusted fourth quarter 2012 ...
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Volvo Trucks has decreased its deliveries by 8% to 105,888 trucks for the full year 2012, compared to 115,346 units for the same period in 2011. The company decreased its deliveries by 18% to 9,798 vehicles in December 2012, when compared ...
Tags: Volvo Trucks, trucks, 2012