Costco Wholesale Corporation, an American warehouse club that provides a wide selection of merchandise, has announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on Costco common stock of 35.5 cents ...
The biggest retailer in the world, Wal-Mart Stores delivered near flat third quarter of 2014 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, from the prior year quarter. Although diluted earnings per share from continuing ...
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Brazil’s long products market should face a challenging year in 2015, despite a low increase in production, domestic sales and as well as in the country’s apparent consumption, an executive at Gerdau said during the Alacero ...
Tags: Long Steel Production, Domestic
Revenue growth: Revenue grew by 2.3% in 3Q14 and by 5.3% in 9M14, with revenue per hl growth of 5.0% in 3Q14 and 4.5% in 9M14. On a constant geographic basis, revenue per hl grew by 4.9% in 3Q14 and by 5.2% in 9M14. Total volumes in 3Q14 ...
Tags: Beer volumes, Revenue growth, Agriculture
AGI Global Holdings Coöperatief and AGI-Shorewood Group US Holdings, which together form ASG, will sell their North American and Asian print businesses to Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) for an undisclosed amount. With this ...
Tags: Print Businesses, Multi Packaging Solutions, Agriculture
US-based producer of innovative custom-engineered components, products, and specialty packaging UFP Technologies has opened a new facility at El Paso, Texas. With this facility, the company has expanded its North American operations for ...
Global manufacturers of specialty label and packaging solutions CCL Industries (CCL) has acquired UK-based Label Connections for approximately $2.4m. Label Connections designs, manufactures and markets a range of pre-die cut pressure ...
Flexible packaging supplier Bemis Company has announced the sale of its global pressure sensitive materials business, MACtac to Platinum Equity for $170m. Bemis, that specialises in producing pressure sensitive materials for food, ...
Tags: pressure sensitive materials, MACtac business, Agriculture
Harvest is beginning to wrap-up, and the WASDE and Crop Production Reports estimate that yields are still claiming the title of "highest yields on record." The USDA reports that average U.S. corn yields are 173.4 bu/a, down .8 bushel from ...
Tags: Corn, Agriculture
Vehicle safety and security provider LoJack has annunced that its LoJack Fleet Management solution, powered by TomTom solution is operational in Canada and Mexico. Fleet Management solution uses GPS-based advanced telematics system ...
Nissan is reportedly planning to expand its workforce by adding 1,000 additional workers in its North American plants to meet its production goals. Presently Nissan's plants in Mississippi, Tennessee and Mexico are operating in three ...
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Mazda is planning to construct an engine plant in the Chonburi Province of Thailand where SKYACTIV-D 1.5 clean diesel engine will be produced for the company’s flagship Mazda2. The engine assembly plant is expected to have ...
Tags: engine plant, clean diesel engine, flagship Mazda2, Auto
US based truck modification service provider Fontaine Modification Vocational Services has entered into a partnership with Simard Suspensions to install and distribute Simard's patented AMS twin-steer front suspension for trucks in the US ...
Two-thirds of the world’s largest companies are reporting exposure to water risks, some of which have potential to limit growth. The news comes amid mounting shareholder concern around the business impacts from water scarcity, ...
Tags: Water Risk, water management data
Adidas AG reported third-quarter profits slid 11 percent due to negative currency effects and a continuing slide at its golf division. Currency-neutral (c-n) sales increased 9 percent. In currency-neutral (c-n) terms, sales increased 9 ...
Tags: Adidas, Sporting Goods