German plate producer Dillinger Hütte has announced its financial results for 2013, stating that a weak economic environment and worldwide overcapacities placed extreme pressure on the heavy plate market. With utilization of capacities ...
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Hankook Tire America Corp. will introduce the Smart Flex DL12 long/regional haul drive position TBR tire at the 2014 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Ky., March 27-29. The new tire will be available in the third quarter of ...
Nike Inc. reported earnings rose 3.5 percent in the third quarter, to $685 million, or 76 cents a share. Revenues advanced 12.7 percent to $6.97 billion. Both earnings and revenues surpassed Wall Street targets. Nike Brand revenues grew ...
Tags: Nike, Sporting Goods, Apparel, Accessories
ConAgra Foods, Inc., one of North America's leading food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2014 third quarter ended Feb. 23, 2014. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.58 as reported for the fiscal third quarter vs. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (“AMG”, EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: “AMG”) reported fourth quarter 2013 revenue of $284.0 million, a 3% increase from $275.2 million in the fourth quarter 2012. EBITDA decreased 45% to ...
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General Mills today reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2014. Sales and operating profit for the 13 weeks ended Feb. 23, 2014, reflect lower volumes, consistent with generally weak food industry trends during this period; the ...
Cintas Corporation reported results for its third quarter ended February 28, 2014. Revenue for the third quarter was $1.13 billion, representing a 5.1% increase compared to last year’s third quarter. Adjusting for one more workday in ...
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General Mills said today that it continues to expect adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the fiscal year ending May 25, 2014, to total between $2.87 and $2.90 per share. Adjusted diluted EPS excludes mark-to-market valuation ...
Tags: grain, food, Agriculture
Feedstock issues and supply tightness have driven up North American prices for suspension PVC and solid polystyrene resin since Feb. 1. But a different feedstock and lower demand served to send regional prices for PET bottle resin down in ...
Tags: PVC, Polystyrene, vinyl chloride
Weibo Corp., the Chinese microblogging service often compared with Twitter, filed Friday for a US stock offering seeking to raise $500 million. The move will allow the popular Chinese-language social network to spin off from the Internet ...
Tags: Weibo, e-shopping, Computer
Archer Daniels Midland plans to build a facility in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with an investment of $250m. To be located adjacent to the company's existing site in Campo Grande, the complex will produce a range of ...
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Kronos Worldwide, Inc. reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2013 of $2.9 million, or $.03 per share, compared to a net loss of $18.1 million, or $.16 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2012. For the full year of 2013, Kronos ...
Turkish steel pipe producer Borusan Mannesmann has told SteelOrbis that the company's US oil country tubular goods (OCTG) investment in Houston, Texas remains on track within the projected schedule, with the threading facility already being ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Uncertainty surrounding total swine herd losses to porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has sent lean hog futures for spring and summer contracts to record-high levels, but it's possible the markets have overreacted, a Purdue Extension ...
Tags: PEDv, Demand for pork, avoid the disease
The world's top 40 medical device companies overall have enjoyed a slight gain in stock price so far this year. But there are exceptions to the rule as well, with reasons ranging from Getinge AB's quality control issues to Terumo Corp.'s ...
Tags: Medical Device, Health, Medicine