The analyst presentation that De Beers published this week on behalf of Anglo American was as revealing as the company’s much publicized Diamond Insight Report. Whether this was a once-off publication or not, the presentation was ...
Price slumps in the global commodity market continued to allow China to spend less while importing more, helping China save on enormous import bills, latest customs data showed. In the first ten months of this year, China imported 252.6 ...
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Global notebook shipments by top-five brand vendors and top-three ODMs declined 15% on average in October, affected by the roll-outs of new low-priced models in the previous month, according to Digitimes Research. However, shipments by ...
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FGL Sports saw retail sales increased 13.0 percent and same-store sales grew 8.5 percent in the third quarter over the same quarter last year, reflecting strong growth across key banners. Sport Chek, its largest banner by far, achieved its ...
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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 ...
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Marks & Spencer (M&S) has published its financial results for the half year ending 27th September 2014, highlighting growing margin and profit over the period. Group sales rose by 1% to £4.9b. First-half sales were down 6.3%, partly ...
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Spy Inc. reported third quarter sales were $11.0 million in 2014, an increase of 8.1 percent or $0.8 million more than in the third quarter of 2013. The increase in net sales was primarily driven by strong goggle sales and continued growth ...
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This year’s gradually improving business outlook looks set to continue into 2015, with the latest survey of Australian firms revealing that an increasing number expect to lift their sales and profits, sell their goods and services at ...
Columbia Sportswear Company reported record net sales of $675.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, an increase of $152.2 million, or 29 percent, compared with net sales of $523.1 million for the same period in 2013. Third ...
In October this year, the average prices of new residential housing in 100 major cities in China decreased by 0.4 percent month on month to RMB 10,629 ($1,731.1) per square meter, indicating a month-on-month decline for the sixth ...
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China makers' shipments of touch panels used in smartphone, tablet and notebook applications are expected to grow 7.1%, 3.6% and 10% respectively on quarter during the third quarter of 2014, according to Digitimes Research. Tablet ...
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U.S. wholesale shipments of tennis products in the third quarter indicate market conditions may be improving, according to figures released by Tennis Industry Association. Tennis Balls Compared to Q3 of 2013, tennis balls, one of the ...
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Fall is a good time of year to think about fire and carbon monoxide safety in your home. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urges consumers to change the batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms this weekend. ...
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Swedish high-technology engineering and steelmaking group Sandvik has issued its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of the current year. According to its financial results, Sandvik's net profit for the third ...
For third-quarter 2014, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has reported its third consecutive quarter of revenue growth, ...
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