Canadian fashion retailer Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) has announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend for holders of the Company’s common shares in the amount of $0.05 per common share. ...
Tags: Hudson, Dividend, Accessories
More than 100 businesses have come together today to call for political parties to commit to a fundamental reform of the business rates system before the General Election. According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the system is no ...
Tags: Businesses, Business Rate Reform, Furnishing
Speaking at the RWM 2014 recycling and waste management event at the NEC, Pickles said he has always supported weekly collections and weekly waste food collections, but drew criticism from some sections of the audience – many of whom ...
Taiwan's largest steelmaker China Steel Corporation (CSC) has announced that in August this year its carbon steel sales volume amounted to 828,661 metric tons, rising 3.35 percent compared to July and accounting for 64 percent of domestic ...
Tags: Carbon Steel, steel
Dongfeng Nissan Company, a joint venture between Dongfeng Motor and Nissan Motors has introduced e30, its first pure-electric vehicle. The car is available in normal-charge and quick-charge options. It can run 60km with five minutes of ...
Tags: Dongfeng Nissan Company, First Pure-Electric Car, Auto Parts
Brazil's transport ministry approved Vale's plan to carry out $4.59 billion in railway infrastructure works, the ministry said. The project may facilitate the transport of iron ore from Vale's $ $17.1 billion Carajas Serra Sul iron ore ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, iron ore
In its interim results for the first six months ending July 31, 2014, UK-based fashion retailer NEXT said it had a good first half, achieving sales and profits ahead of its original expectations. Led primarily by retail stores sales ...
Tags: Apparel, Fashion Apparel
Driven by acquisition of Jos. A. Bank and also rise in retail segment sales, clothing marketer Men's Wearhouse said it reported a 24% revenue hike in the second quarter ended August 2, 2014. Total net sales increased 24.1% or $155.8 ...
JDSU of Milpitas, CA, USA says that its board of directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate JDSU into two independent publicly traded companies: An optical components and commercial lasers company (CCOP), consisting of JDSU's ...
NYSE-listed apparel retailer, Oxford Industries, Inc. reported rise in net sales of 5% to reach $246.2 million in second fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2014, compared to $235.0 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2013. On an adjusted ...
Whenever Nasser Edeeb visits Switzerland, which the 44-year-old businessman from Libya does with some frequency, there are two products he likes to pick up. The first are Swatch watches (for family, friends, himself), the second iPhones (if ...
Tags: Luxury Watch, Watch
Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) will have to pay BRL 4 billion (US$1.78 billion) to the country's revenue service Receita Federal as a result of unpaid taxes. According to the nation's fiscal council Carf, CSN ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Global meat packing company Hilton Food Group has witnessed a decline in revenue in the first half of its financial year. For the 28 weeks to 13 July 2014, revenue was £592.3m, a 0.3%, decline from £593.8m in the first half of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Meat
Quiksilver, Inc. reported revenues fell 19.0 percent in its third quarter ended July 31, to $395.7 million. On a currency-neutral basis, sales were down 17 percent for the Quiksilver brand, 9 percent at Roxy, and 34 percent at DC Shoes. The ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
The Australian Ministry of Finance has announced that the 30 percent Minerals Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) on coal and iron ore has been finally repealed. The repeal bill is now moving to the House of Representatives where it is expected to ...
Tags: Mining Tax, Mineral