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 ...
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US-based auto components supplier Modine Manufacturing is planning to shut down its manufacturing plant in McHenry, Illinois. The move, which would result in loss of about 135 full-time employees, is part of Modine's proactive plan to ...
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General Motors has reported net income of $0.1bn, or $0.06 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2014. Strong core operating performance during the quarter was more than offset by a net loss from special items of $0.4 billion, or ...
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On April 24, Shandong Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shandong Iron and Steel Co. (Shandong Steel) announced that in 2013 it achieved an operating revenue of RMB 70.47 billion ($11.5 billion), down 3.87 percent year on year, while it ...
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South Korea's third-largest refiner, S-Oil, sold a combined 639,000 b/d of oil products, petrochemicals and lube in the first quarter of this year, up 1.4% from 630,000 b/d a year ago, the company said in a statement Thursday. Sales in Q1 ...
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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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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, stating that it expects demand for steel to pick up slightly in 2014. Nevertheless, demand growth will continue to be limited by ...
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Adequate levels of rhizobia organisms can help to increase nitrogen fixation; satellite imagery and mapping capabilities help growers identify yield-limiting factors; and developments in drought stress tolerance. Adequate Rhizobia ...
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Ukraine's natural gas output in March fell 5.6% year-on-year to 1.68 billion cubic meters, from 1.78 Bcm in March 2013, an energy and coal industry ministry official said Wednesday, citing preliminary figures. Production fell after the ...
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Delta Apparel, Inc. reported that for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended Mar. 29, 2014, net sales were $114.5 million versus $120.1 million for the comparable 2013 period. The 5 percent sales decline was due primarily to unseasonably cold ...
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GX0S Series Ultra Broadband Capacitors are available with X5R characteristics & exhibit extremely low insertion loss & excellent return loss AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect ...
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Nesscap Energy Inc. a global leader in research, development and manufacturing of ultracapacitor products, reported its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2013. Revenue for the twelve-month period increased 51% to US $16.6 ...
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Deckers Outdoor Corp. reported sales increased 11.7 percent in its three-month transition period ended Mar. 31, to $294.7 million, led by a 15.8 percent gain for Ugg. Deckers showed a loss of $2.7 million, or 8 cents a share, better than ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Outdoor Goods
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) and silicon-on-insulator (SOI), has introduced its next-generation UltraCMOS PE4312 ...
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It seems that a fight is looming over a seat on Echo Therapeutics Inc.'s board of directors. The company's largest shareholder, an investor group led by Platinum Management (NY), LLC, which owns approximately 19.9% of Echo's common ...