IDG News Service - European privacy authorities have asked Google to tweak the unified privacy policy it introduced on March 1, but have stopped short of asking it to undo all its changes. They set no firm deadline for Google to make the ...
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Al Arafa's retail segment net profit grows 81%in H1 Al Arafa Holdings for Investments&Consultancies released its H1 2012 financial results for the 6-months period ending July 31st,2012. Financial Highlights for Arafa Holding ...
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Indian outsourcer Infosys blamed continuing global economic uncertainties for a slide in year-on-year revenue growth in U.S.dollar terms,which declined to 2.9%for the third quarter,from 16.7%a year earlier. "It's still very choppy out ...
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Saudi Arabian cement manufacturer Yamama Cement anounced a 17% increase in net profit for the nine months to September 30 of $171.7m (SR: 644m), compared with $146.4m (SR: 549m) last year. The company said that it had increased net profits ...
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HTC has released financial figures showing a massive drop in profits as it struggled to keep up with rival mobile manufacturers. For the third quarter ending in September 2012, net profit after tax fell to NT$3.9bn (£82.76m) for the ...
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Eastern Province Cement Company (EPC) recorded a SAR207m (US$55.2m) net profit for the first half of 2012, up from SAR184m a year ago, an increase of 12.5% YoY. The company attributed the increase to a rise in sales as a result of rising ...
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Samsung Electronics said Friday that stronger-than-expected sales of its Galaxy smartphones sent operating profits up 90 percent in the latest quarter,but analysts warned its results could take a hit in the coming months as it books legal ...
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Nationwide retailer Postie Plus Group Limited (PPGL) reported a normalised full year net profit of $493,000 before one off restructuring costs (net loss of $183,000 including one off costs) relating to the sale of ...
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Esprit Holdings Limited,one of the world's leading fashion brands,announced the annual results of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ended 30 June 2012. Profitability The Group recorded a gross profit of HK$15,206 ...
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China's lackluster manufacturing sector will continue to struggle in the second half of the year, a newly released government report said, threatening to deprive the world's biggest manufacturing hub of a growth driver. The sector will ...
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Premier Investments Limited (Premier) reported a profit before tax of $92.8 million and a net profit after tax of $68.2 million NPAT for the year ended 28 July 2012, up 68 percent on the previous year. Premier Retail (The Just Group) EBIT ...
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For first-half 2012,Riber S.A.of Bezons,France,which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy(MBE)systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells,has reported gross profit(before changes in provisions for inventories)of€3m(gross ...
Saudi cement producer, Yamama Cement Co has reported a 22% year-on-year increase in its net profit to SR487m ($129.8m) for the first half of 2012, compared with last year s reported SR400m. Yamama attributed the rise in sales to a boost in ...
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Saudi cement producer Yamama Cement Company reported a 22 per cent YoY rise in its net profit to SAR487m (US$129.8m) for the first half of 2012, up from SAR400m a year ago. The increase was attributed to a rise in sales as a result of ...
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Taiwan government delays power price hike Bryan Chuang,Taipei;Steve Shen,DIGITIMES [Tuesday 18 September 2012]Taiwan's government has decided to delay a planned electricity rate hike originally set to take place on December 10,2012 until ...
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