Monro Muffler Brake Inc. posted net income of $16.3 million on net sales of $221.3 million for its second quarter ended Sept. 27, 2014. That compares to income of $13.6 million on sales of $205.3 million for the same period last year. The ...
LED driver and analog IC maker Silergy expects its sales to remain brisk in the fourth quarter of 2014 after its revenues hit a record high of NT$326 million (US$10.73 million) in September thanks to the release of new IC parts for IoT, ...
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BASF has launched the first designfabrik outside Europe in Tokyo, Japan. The second designfabrik worldwide will strengthen BASF’s capabilities as a provider for comprehensive solutions supporting customers from various industries not ...
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Driven by strong growth in its outdoor & action sports portfolio and its direct-to-consumer business, revenues at apparel marketer – VF Corp rose 7 percent from a year earlier quarter to $3.5 billion in the third fiscal quarter ending ...
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OSAKA — Japan’s major electronic components producers, such as Murata Manufacturing and TDK, have been handling record-high order volumes, propelled by Apple’s new iPhone. Orders at six major Japanese manufacturers ...
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Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced Monday third quarter 2014 net sales of $2.3 billion and net income of $91 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, which includes the negative impact of approximately $0.09 per diluted share related to acquisition ...
Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced its production results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2014 of the financial year 2014-15, achieving a new quarterly record from its Western Australian iron ore operations with an iron ...
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Sotheby’s anticipates that the 8.62-carat pigeon’s blood “Graff ruby,” one of the finest privately owned rubies in the world, will sell for as much as $9 million at its auction in Geneva next month. ...
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Industrial property investment returns peak at 11.7 per cent with facilities 33 per cent bigger than they were in 2010, according to the latest research. Strengthening returns and increasing scale of distribution centres and warehouse ...
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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden have designed a microwave circuit that has set a record transmission rate of 40Gb/s for an operating frequency of 140GHz (presented in the session ‘Breaking News ...
Australia Post has appointed Robert Black as executive general manager, Parcel Services, effective 12 January, 2015. Mr Black will be responsible for the Parcel Services division, which operates the StarTrack brand. The Parcel Services ...
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Opening with a record number of exhibitors totalling to 3,751 from 30 countries, the 20th edition of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics kicked off yesterday and runs till October 23, 2014. Chinese and international suppliers will ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Honeywell have announced they are working together to deepen facility sustainability by integrating USGBC’s new LEED Dynamic Plaque, a near-real-time monitoring tool with integrated building ...
Insteel Industries, Inc. reported Thursday net earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 of $4.6 million, up from $2.3 million in the same period a year ago. Net sales increased 19.3 percent to a record high $117.1 million from $98.2 ...
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VF Corp. said The Timberland, Vans, The North Face, Kipling and Wrangler brands drove a 7 percent increase in revenues and an 11 percent increase in earnings per share in the third quarter ended Sept. 27, 2014. All per share amounts are ...
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