Major freight logistics operators Asciano and Aurizon, along with the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) and the Australasian Railway Association (ARA), are calling on the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to commit to ...
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Wolverine Worldwide reported revenue in the first quarter, as expected, declined modestly to $627.6 million, a decrease of 2.8 percent versus the prior year. Gains were tempered by continued soft traffic at retail in the U.S., the strategic ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Columbia Sportswear Company raised its 2014 outlook after announcing record first quarter net sales, a sharp increase in first quarter profits, surging wholesale demand, a strong launch of its Chinese joint venture and the acquisition of ...
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Big 5 Sporting Goods reported that for the fiscal 2014 first quarter, net sales were $231.3 million, compared to net sales of $246.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2013. Same store sales declined 7.9 percent for the first quarter ...
Tags: Recreation, Sporting Goods
BC Iron reported Monday a 9% increase in iron ore exports over January-March to 1.22 million mt from its Nullagine 75:25 joint venture with Fortescue Metals Group from 1.12 million mt a year earlier. The exports were, however, down 20% ...
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Mexico-based food company Grupo LALA has posted a 69.8% increase in its Q1 2014 net income to MXN795.7m ($60.6m), compared to MXN468.6m ($35.7m) in the same quarter last year. The company reported a 6.7% rise in year-on-year sales, and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Hain Celestial, a US-based organic and natural products maker, has acquired Rudi's Organic Bakery, an organic and gluten-free company with facilities in Boulder, Colorado, for $61.3m. Under the its Organic Bakery and Gluten-Free Bakery ...
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Panasonic Corp will complete its restructuring in the current fiscal year to March 2015, Chief Executive Kazuhiro Tsuga said on Monday, as it shifts its focus to supplying industrial customers rather than making consumer electronics. The ...
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Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel Ltd (Kobe) has issued its financial results for the fiscal year 2013-14 ended March 31. For the given period, Kobe Steel has reported a net profit of JPY 70.2 billion ($686.4 million), compared to a net loss ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Construction
US-based J & J Snack Foods has reported a 13% rise in H1 2014 net earnings to $25.9m, compared to $22.9m in the corresponding period a year ago. The company posted an increase in its sales by 4% to $408.8m from $392.8m in the first six ...
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DENSO Corp. posted net income of 287.4 billion yen on net sales of 4.1 trillion yen for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. That compares to income of 181.7 billion yen on sales of nearly 3.6 trillion yen for the previous year. Based on ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Anglo American said Thursday that it increased output of iron ore and metallurgical coal in the first quarter ended March 31, mainly due to a ramp-up in operations. Iron ore production rose 10% year on year to 11.3 million mt on increased ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Coal Output
Bangladesh's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Textiles and Jute Ministry has recommended increased allocation to the sector in the next fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, for the overall development of textile and jute sectors. The ...
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For first-quarter 2014, RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported revenue of $177.6m, down 34% on $267.7m last quarter (due to seasonality plus channel inventory ...
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Titan International Inc. posted net income of $2.1 million on net sales of $539 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. That compares to income of more than $19.4 million on sales of $578.4 million for the same period in fiscal ...
Tags: Auto Parts, tyre, tire