Li-Ning Company Limited swung to a profit on double-digit sales growth in the first half ended June 30 thanks to 17.0 percent growth at its flagship Li Ning brand and a big reversal in impairment charges to it accounts receivables. The ...
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For full-year fiscal 2015 (ended 28 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $1.63bn, down just 1% on fiscal 2014's record $1.65bn. Specifically, revenue for Lighting Products (mainly LED lighting systems and bulbs) grew ...
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Apart from monetary easing moves, there is room for China to achieve faster and more balanced growth by cutting the private sector's tax burden, a major Chinese investment firm said Monday. China's central bank has cut benchmark interest ...
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Poland has reportedly put forward plans to invest in food processing technologies and farm machinery in the Indian state of Punjab. The move is expected to double the bilateral trade between the two countries to $5bn by 2018, Financial ...
Global Brands Group Holding Limited, which owns long-term rights to the Sypder snow sports brand, reported sales declined 5 percent to $1.28 billion for the six months ended June 30 largely due to pruning of under performing brands and ...
Tags: apparel, footwear, fashion accessories
BASF is investing in the expansion and flexibilization of its production facilities to manufacture chelating agents at its site in Ludwigshafen. By increasing the production capacity, the company is responding to the rapidly growing global ...
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HIG Europe, a unit of global private equity firm HIG Capital, has sold AR Metallizing to to Nissha Printing. AR Metallizing caters to food, beverage and consumer packaging goods industries with metalized paper. Nissha Printing, which ...
Using grain bins as a marketing strategy has a lot of appeal this year, as the farm markets hover at or below cost-of-production levels. Some farmers choose to use storage to help capture higher cash basis prices later in the season or to ...
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MGP Ingredients has reported results for the second quarter period ended June 30, 2015. "We continue to be very pleased with our results through the first half of 2015 as we aggressively implement our strategic plan," said Gus Griffin, ...
The Beijing Government in China is taking a call on investment worth tens of billions of yuan to bolster its alternative energy auto sector as part of a national strategy for coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area. ...
Tags: New-Energy Cars, imported vehicles
For fiscal 2015 (ended 27 June), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $341.3m, down 12.7% on fiscal 2014's $390.9m. This is due to a 25% ...
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Earlier this month packaging expert Des King discussed why looks count and first impressions matter when it comes to building market share. Here, he continues his exploration of digital packaging, mobile technology, and the industry's ...
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For the second quarter ended June 30, 2015, apparel sales at German sports goods and sportswear marketer Puma were broadly flat at € 263.3 million from the same quarter of previous year. “This is against high comparables in the ...
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Renewable energy statistics, viewed in isolation, sketch a misleading picture of wind and solar energy growth in China. According to the Energy Information Agency, China's total installed wind and solar electricity capacity was 7% in ...
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A guideline for China's Internet finance drafted by the central bank and other financial regulators will soon be released, said a central bank official on Sunday at a Shanghai forum. The guideline seeks to "promote the healthy development ...