For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (ended 28 April), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $243.4m, up 2.1% on $238.4m the prior quarter. Fiscal Q4/2012 Q1/2013 ...
Tags: fiber-optic communications, Electrical, Electronics, subsystem
China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector was at 50.1 percent in June this year, down 0.7 percentage points compared to May, according to the figures released by China's National Bureau of Statistics ...
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US-based ConAgra Foods has reported that its net earnings increased to $192.2m in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to a loss of $86.2m in the same period a year ago, when the company incurred charges related to a change in accounting ...
Tags: ConAgra Foods, Agriculture
China's Shanghai Futures Exchange is hoping its new asphalt futures contract -- to be launched next month -- will revive interest in oil trading on the bourse, after activity on its fuel oil contract fizzled out, Zhang Zheng, SHFE's ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Driven by rising home prices and growing demand,the U.S.housing recovery is well underway,concludes The State of the Nation's Housing report released today by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.While still at ...
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LED chip packaging house Bright Led Electronics has landed orders for one billion infrared LED sensor modules worth NT$2 billion (US$66.7 million) through a China-based maker of LED whiteboards, with shipments to be finished in two years, ...
Tags: Bright LED, Bright LED Electronics sensor, Bright LED Electronics
Axalta Coating Systems, formerly DuPont Performance Coatings, the leading manufacturer and marketer of heavy-duty truck coatings, received the Daimler Trucks North America Masters of Quality award. This is the fourth consecutive year that ...
The price of a new car license plate in Shanghai fell for the third consecutive month after hitting a record high of over 90,000 yuan (14,679 U.S. dollars) in March. In a monthly auction that ended at noon Saturday, the average bid for a ...
Tags: Car Plate, Auto Accessories
American Software, Inc. reported preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 and the fiscal year ended April 30, 2013. The Company has delivered 49 consecutive quarters of profitability. Key fourth quarter ...
It’s reported that North American Stainless (NAS), AK Steel and ATI Allegheny Ludlum, the three major stainless producers in the US have all cut its alloy surcharges for stainless steel products for July. Also, the stainless ...
Switzerland-based Zurich Insurance Group is said to have a plan to buy into Chinese property insurance firm Sinosafe General Insurance Co., Ltd. Sources said recently that the Swiss insurance group was looking for a stake in a Chinese ...
Frank Chien, chairman of Taiwan-based LED chipmaker Formosa Epitaxy predicts the firm will return to profitability in the third quarter, and quarterly revenues will show sequential growth of 20-30%. Formosa Epitaxy developed package free ...
Tags: 3Q13, chairman, Formosa, Formosa Epitaxy, LED chipmaker
Existing-home sales improved in May and remain solidly above a year ago, while the median price continued to rise by double-digit rates from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors. Total existing-home sales, ...
Tags: Existing-Home, May, Construction&Decoration
World 2013/14 cotton mill use is forecast at 110.2 million bales, up 2 percent from a year earlier. India and Pakistan are forecast to consume 23.3 million bales and 12.0 million bales, respectively, in 2013/14, an increase of 2 percent and ...
Tags: Cotton Consumption, Textile
Commercial crude stocks in Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for the NYMEX crude contract, dropped for the third consecutive week, hitting its lowest level yet in 2013, US Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday. ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil