The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported a continued modest improvement in air cargo markets in August. August air freight demand was up 3.6% on the previous year, which is considerably better than year-to-date ...
Tags: Service, air freight, Transport
The outlook for coatings producers in Europe has suddenly brightened after prospects for higher sales and profits appeared to be gloomy earlier in the year. The financial results of some leading players among coatings producers and raw ...
Tags: Construction, Coatings
Death's Door Distillery is a dream come true. What started as an experiment to see if agriculture could be restored, promoted and conserved on Washington Island, WI, has blossomed into a full-fledged business with the construction of the ...
Emerging markets are set to offer Australian businesses opportunities for growth over the coming year, according to research conducted by CFO Research in collaboration with American Express. According to the survey, almost a quarter (22%) ...
Tags: Emerging Markets, Transport, Service
Lack of consumer spending power is forcing retailers to maintain high levels of promotional activity against their own preferences, according to Marnie Millard, md of soft drinks firm Nichols. Vimto is one of Nichols' core brands ...
Tags: soft drinks, Agriculture, Food
Galectin Therapeutics has reported a net loss of $2.54m, or $0.72 per share, for the second quarter ended on 30 June 2013 compared to a net loss of $2.66m, or $0.19 per share, in 2012. Total operating loss for the second quarter ended 30 ...
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued the US patent covering Cerecor's antitussive, FP01, a unique formulation of memantine hydrochloride. The patent protects composition of lozenge, which provides a dual mechanism of ...
Tags: FP01 Antitussive, USPTO
The Wet Seal, Inc., a leading specialty retailer to young women, reported net sales of $137.2 million and a comparable store sales increase of 3.7% for the 13-week period ended August 3, 2013. Fiscal Second Quarter 2013 E-commerce ...
Tags: Wet Seal, specialty retailer
Pentair Ltd. announced second quarter 2013 sales of $2.0 billion. Sales were up 4 percent compared to adjusted pro forma sales for the same period last year. Adjusted second quarter 2013 earnings per diluted share ("EPS") were $0.92, up 19 ...
The retail arm of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Reliance Retail is growing at a high speed. This year, it has already crossed revenues of Rs 10,800 crore and achieved a break-even with an EBITA of Rs 78 crore. It is an achievement for ...
Monro Muffler Brake Inc. reported net income of $13.6 million on net sales of $206.2 million for its first quarter ended June 29, 2013. That compares to net income of $11.6 million on sales of $169.2 million for the prior year’s first ...
Tags: Monro Muffler Brake, Curry's
Premier Foods will continue to develop its Power Brands and deliver a further £10M of cost savings this year, according to a statement accompanying its half-year results posted today (July 23). Gavin Darby, chief executive officer, ...
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Akzo Nobel N.V. reported a four percent decrease in revenues in the second quarter compared with the same period last year. The company reported that this was due to divestments and adverse currencies against a backdrop of continued ...
Tags: Akzonobel, Decorative Paints
Bentley is laying down the gauntlet to high-end rivals, claiming its new Bentley SUV will be "the most luxurious and most powerful SUV" when it goes on sale in 2016. The Volkswagen-owned British brand has confirmed it will build an SUV at ...
Tags: SUV, Transportation, car
The SGS Group delivered a resilient first semester revenue growth of 7.2% (constant currency basis) to CHF 2.9 billion despite challenging market conditions for some of the Group’s business sectors and the winding down of Life Science ...
Tags: SGS, market conditions