American Software, Inc. reported preliminary financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2013. The Company has achieved 48 consecutive quarters of profitability and has distributed dividends to shareholders for 38 consecutive ...
Better management of input costs and higher sales in emerging markets have helped global snacks giant Mondelez International report higher underlying profits in 2012. The Cadbury owner booked a 4% increase in operating income to US$3.64bn ...
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US food group Campbell Soup Co. has recorded a drop in first-half profits as costs related to its acquisition of Bolthouse Farms hit earnings. Earnings in the six months ended 27 January fell to US$430m, a 7.3% decline on last year, the ...
Regional US supermarket group and food distributor Spartan Stores has booked an increase in third-quarter earnings. Net profit in the three months to the end of December amounted to US$5.2m, a 2% increase on the prior-year period. ...
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American Financial Group has reported net earnings attributable to shareholders of $50m, or $0.54 per share for the fourth quarter of 2012, against $109m, or $1.09 per share during the same period earlier year. The P&C specialty insurance ...
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Genworth Financial has reported net income of $166m, or $0.34 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2012, compared to $142m, or $0.29 during the same period previous year. Net operating income stood at was $167m, or $0.34 per ...
Fourth Quarter: -Fourth quarter 2012 earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations, excluding significant items, were $.11 versus prior year earnings of $.26. Reported fourth quarter 2012 EPS from continuing operations was $.02 ...
With its proposed $1 billion acquisition of Akzo's North American house paint business PPG Industries, Inc. has found a use for the $900 million in cash proceeds from its soon to be completed commodity chemicals divestiture. Importantly, ...
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PPG Industries announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the North American architectural coatings business of AkzoNobel, N.V., Amsterdam, in a deal valued at $1.05 billion. The transaction has been approved by the ...
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- Second Quarter EPS a Record $1.17, Up 22% - Total Revenue up 7.4%, Core Revenue up 5.5% Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) today reported record second quarter earnings per share of $1.17, an increase of 22% compared to earnings per ...
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Canadian food manufacturer Maple Leaf Foods has booked a drop in first-half profits. In the six months to the end of June, net earnings amounted to C$33.3m (US$33.2m), a 5.2% decline on the prior year. Adjusted operating earnings, ...
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Campbell Soup Co. is looking to "accelerate" NPD in baking and snacking with a new R&D site in the US. The US$30m development in Connecticut opened yesterday (12 September). The company said it wanted to "drive continued innovation and ...
US-based MetLife has reported a net income of $2.26bn, or $2.12 per share, for the second quarter of 2012, compared to $1.06bn, or $1 per share, for the same period in 2011. The total operating revenues for the second quarter of 2012 rose ...
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US underwriter MetLife has reported operating earnings of $1.4bn, or $1.32 per share for the third quarter of 2012, up by 47% from $965m, or $0.91 per share during the same period a year ago. For the quarter period ended on 30 June 2012, ...
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US insurance holding company Torchmark has purchased a privately owned supplemental health insurance provider Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America, for nearly $232m. The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to ...