The Tadawul All-Share Index fell 0.60% Sunday to close at 6, 662.96 points as bellwether share Sabic dived 1.73% to hit a 16-month low at SR85.25. Shares of Southern Province Cement Company add 1.73% to reach SR102.75. Earlier in the day, ...
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Following on from other Chinese cement producers, which have reported large slumps in their half year profits, Xinjiang Tianshan Cement Co Ltd, based in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, has announced a first half net profit of ...
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Danish food ingredients firm Chr.Hansen has reported a rise in its Q3 2012 revenues by 6.7%to€181.2m,compared to€169.8m in the corresponding quarter a year ago. The company's net profit for the three-month period of fiscal 2012 ...
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Japanese convenience store operator Lawson said today (3 July) its continued focus on fresh food in its stores allowed it to grow its customer base during the first quarter of the year. Lawson said operating profit increased 8.4% on the ...
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Dutch insurer Aegon is planning to cancel its listing on the official list maintained by the UK Listing Authority and its admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Both cancellations are anticipated to take effect on 29 ...
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The average price of cement across China last week fell 0.83 percent week-on-week to 336.25 yuan per ton, reports Shanghai Securities News. According to the report, the price of cement has been falling for several weeks since the end of ...
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AU Optronics(AUO)and its affiliates will be increasing their new product lines that are not display-based,according to AUO chairman KY Lee. Lee said that the development of displays has changed drastically over the years and that the ...
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In China, surplus capacity and sliding prices are sounding the death knell for half of the companies making light emitting diode (LED) chips used in Samsung television panels and Sharp computer monitors, with only the large, state-backed ...
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In China, surplus capacity and sliding prices are sounding the death knell for half of the companies making light emitting diode (LED) chips used in Samsung television panels and Sharp computer monitors, with only the large, state-backed ...
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On March 23rd, SINOMACH Automobile Co., Ltd. (SINOMACH Auto) released its first annual report after its restructuring and listing. According to the annual report, SINOMACH Auto realized operating revenue of RMB 50.821 billion and a gross ...
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Vendors of aesthetic laser systems saw growth in the first quarter of the year,but net profits were harder to come by. Palomar Medical Technologies A group of suppliers in the aesthetic and biophotonics space have reported financial ...
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Three of the four top cement players that have so far reported results for the March 2012 quarter, have recorded higher operating profit margins year-on-year. Some have improved it sequentially, too, helped by higher realisations. At Rs ...
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Toshiba said that net profit for the year to the end of March 2013 may be over 80%up on the previous year at $1.7bn after a 47%drop in net profits to$921m for the year to the end of March 2012.The company expects an operating profit of ...
Tags: Toshiba, bucks Japanese trend, LCD TVs, Apple
LED chipmakers Epistar and Genesis Photonics both reported losses during the first quarter due to decreasing prices for LED chip products, particularly in backlights for TVs. Epistar reported that its gross profit margin dropped to 5.25% ...
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Oman Cement Co (OCC) has announced plans to increase its cement grinding capacity, as it reported a robust 23.9% profit growth in the first quarter, Times of Oman has reported. Net profit during the quarter climbed to OR5.14m from OR4.15m ...
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