Australian shares rose to a 4 1/2 year high yesterday on strength in Asian and European markets. US economic data beat expectations and central bankers in Europe and the US reassured investors easy monetary policy will continue. ...
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Brazil-based miner Vale has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012, reporting its first quarterly loss in 10 years. In the fourth quarter of 2012, Vale registered a net loss of $2.65 billion, ...
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Basque Country, Spain-based seamless stainless steel pipe producer Tubacex has announced its financial results for 2012. Net profit totaled €11.86 million in the given period, up from €3.66 million in the previous year, continuing ...
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Ukrainian pipe producer Khartsyzsk Pipe Works (KhPW), a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, has posted a net profit of about UAH 272.891 million ($32.8 million) for 2012, compared to UAH ...
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Chinese steelmaker Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co. Ltd has announced its financial results for 2012. Accordingly, in 2012 Changbao Steel Tube achieved an operating revenue of RMB 3.435 billion ($547 million), down 7.64 percent, while its ...
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Australian iron ore development company BC Iron has announced its financial results for the first six months ended December 31 of the financial year 2012-13, posting a net profit of A$7.74 million, up 42 percent year on year. In the first ...
On February 28, Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shagang Co., Ltd issued its financial results for 2012. Accordingly, Shangang Co. achieved an operating revenue of RMB 12.143 billion ($1.9 billion) in 2012, down 19.04 percent ...
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While Woolworths Limited saw a strong rise in its traditional supermarket revenues in the past six months, its hotel and poker machine interests delivered remarkably strong increases. Woolworths’ ALH Group saw revenues jump more ...
TCL Group announced on February 27, its business performance TV and mobile phone showed polarization. In 2012, the company achieved net profit of 796 million yuan, down 21.43% over the previous year. TCL Multimedia’s turnover of ...
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AIA released the achievement of 2012 fiscal year which showed that the value of new business rose 27%, a new record. Meanwhile, the Company net profit attributable of shareholders increased 89% to 3.019 billion dollars. The new business ...
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German chemical giant BASF Group announced recently, its financial performance in 2012 hit the record, and the sales grew 7% compared to 2011. In the fourth-quarter, BASF sales reached Euro 19.6b, up 9% year on year; EBIT reached Euro ...
Indonesia's Indofood Agri Resources said Wednesday that global demand for natural rubber slowed in 2012 as a result of an adverse global economy and a slowdown in tire replacement sales. Due to the weaker demand, it said RSS 3 SICOM ...
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French auto parts manufacturer Valeo Group announced the financial returns in 2012 recently. In 2012, Valeo Group sales reached EURO 11.76 billion (15.4 billion US Dollars), up 8.2% year on year, in which the original equipment sales were ...
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Borealis reported Monday a 72% jump in fourth-quarter net profit to Eur100 million ($133 million) from Eur58 million a year earlier, but gave a downbeat view on the 2013 outlook for its European polyolefins business. Sales grew to ...
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The German company SCHOTT has announced that it plans to rely on its strong core businesses Pharmaceutical Systems, Home Tech, Electronic Packaging and Advanced Materials to deliver growth in fiscal year 2012/2013 (October 1, 2012 – ...
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