Chinese imports of iron ore in 2015 will increase from a record 900 million mt, an executive at Vale told media Thursday. According to Claudio Alves, global director of marketing and sales at the Brazilian mining company, the Asian ...
Fashion and luxury brand Ralph Lauren has announced that the company’s Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of US$ 0.45 per share on Ralph Lauren Corporation Common Stock. The dividend is payable on the 10th ...
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China’s cotton stocks-to-use ratio surged to a record level of 180 percent in 2013-14, due to the Government’s price support and import policies, according to the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States ...
The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that Dow Chemical Company and Preferred Sands' innovation, TERAFORCE Technology, won the 2014 Polyurethane Innovation Award. The winner, ...
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Jacobson Companies and Pepperidge Farm, an international commercial bakery, announced plans to open a new 146,000ft2 distribution centre in Morrow, Georgia. The new warehouse will serve as a distribution and packaging site for several ...
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Canadian fashion retailer Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) has announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend for holders of the Company’s common shares in the amount of $0.05 per common share. ...
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Burlington Stores, Inc., an American national off-price retailer of branded apparels, has appointed new members to its Board of Directors (BoD). The chief marketing officer of Global Consumer Engagement for PepsiCo’s Global ...
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Subsidies to the cotton industry have declined in 2013/14 compared to a year earlier, according to a new report released by the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC). The report titled ‘Production and Trade Policies ...
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Australian private equity firm Archer Capital is looking for a joint venture (JV) partner in Asia for its Brownes Dairy unit. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the move comes in response to the dominance of retailers, which have ...
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Electric Blue, an electric car built by Brigham Young University (BYU) students has broken its previous world land speed record, by improving the speed by 50 mph. The car also known as E1 streamliner reached an average of 204.9 mph on two ...
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U.S. imports in September are forecast to remain at above-average levels although off slightly from a record August as retailers continue to stock up inventory ahead of the Holiday season. Import volumes are expected to reach 1.47 million ...
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United Natural Foods reported fourth-quarter (Q4) net income of $33.4m, as against $32m in the corresponding period a year ago. Revenues for the quarter were up 7.4% at $1.76bn compared with $1.64bn in the prior year. Gross margin was ...
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Eyeking LLC, the eyewear specialist with licensed partners including Under Armour Eyewear and Hobie Polarized, appointed Timothy (Timm) Parker as EVP, product, design and marketing. Parker brings to his new role at Eyeking more then 20 ...
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"Pricing is always determined by market forces. In terms of value creation, MEG prices are a bargain today. However, MEG has been one of the most attractive ethylene derivatives in the last five years,” says a senior official of a ...
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Cree has announced revenues of $436 million for the fourth quarter of 2014. This is a 16 per cent increase on the fourth quarter in 2013 when it announced revenue of $375 million and an 8 per cent increase on the third quarter of 2014. ...
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