Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis slipped for a second consecutive week, dampened by persistently weak physical buying interest during the current summer lull, market ...
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Taiwan's leading machine-tool makers remained profitable in the first half (H1), 2014 despite the revaluation of the new New Taiwan dollar against the U.S. dollar, which seriously compromised gains from foreign exchange in H1. Industry ...
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Swiss fashion retailer, Charles Vögele Group succeeded in bringing the negative sales trend to a halt in its existing floor space in the first half of 2014, while EBITDA skyrocketed in the same period. Gross sales, after adjusting ...
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules that it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has entered into ...
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Recently Fortune announced 2014 TOP 500 China Enterprises and the threshold amounted to 8.23 billion Yuan, up 13% over last year, and Aeolus Tire is the only listed company in Jiaozuo City. The selection is based on mainly scale of ...
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Midco Toys' six-month promotional campaign with the Burton Mail has got off to a flying start. The event kicked off with Playmobil, which allowed readers in the Burton-on-Trent area to exchange collected tokens from the local newspaper ...
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SOMEWHERE IN B.C-- What does an ex-con mob hit man do after he makes parole? Certainly he can’t and won’t be hired at any local school. It’s doubtful he would try, say, accounting. He’d have zero chance at the civil ...
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Swedish apparel retailer, H&M Group said its revenues inclusive of VAT rose 17 percent in local currencies in July 2014, from the same month of last year. In the one year period ending July 2014, H&M added 374 stores worldwide, which ...
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TOKYO — The nation’s biggest electronics manufacturers are enjoying an earnings recovery, with Hitachi, Panasonic and Toshiba all posting sharp gains in April-June operating profits Thursday. More than 400 corporations listed ...
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Improved performance in Bayer AG’s Life Science business helped its profit jump 14 percent in the second quarter. On Wednesday, the Germany-based company reported a net profit of 953 million euros ($1.28 billion) in the quarter, ...
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One of the largest known breaches, resulting in 110 million records lost and hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, started with a small, third-party supplier. We’re talking about Target, where attackers compromised Fazio ...
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Longtime Firestone marketing executive Michael Connor of Akron, Ohio, and Vero Beach, Fla., passed away on July 12, 2014, after a short illness. He was born on April 11, 1933, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He earned a journalism degree from ...
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Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle a patent infringement lawsuit involving insulin pumps. On July 28, Judge Ronald Lew in U.S. District Court for California’s Central District issued a joint stipulation, ...
Medtronic isn’t the only medtech company facing criticism over potentially moving its headquarters overseas. Hospira is also taking flak—even though it is only rumored so far to be in talks with French company Danone for a ...
Groupe Michelin posted net income of 624 million euros on net sales of more than 9.6 billion euros for the first half ending June 30, 2014. That compares to income of 507 million euros on sales of more than 10.1 billion euros for the first ...
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