Shares of Skyworks Solutions (Nasdaq: SWKS) were up nearly 11 percent Friday morning, a day after the Woburn-based semiconductor company beat analysts’ expectations on revenue and earnings in the third quarter of this year, buoyed by ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — General Electric’s net income rose 13 percent in the second quarter on strong performance from its aviation and oil and gas divisions. The company said orders, especially those in developing countries, were ...
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Electrical/electronic component suppliers ranked last among the six automotive segments – exterior, powertrain, interior, electrical, body and chassis – reviewed in PwC's North American Automotive Supplier Supply Chain study. ...
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Crocs, Inc. hit reverse Tuesday, saying it will trim its product line, close stores, cut back on direct investment overseas and focus on efficiency. The latest restructuring plan coincided with release of the company’s financial ...
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Worldwide semiconductor revenue is on pace to reach $336 billion in 2014, a 6.7 percent increase from 2013, and up from the previous quarter’s forecast of 5.4 percent growth, according to Gartner, Inc. Sequential growth in the ...
Every day we read about the changing role of the CMO and their increased responsibilities and impact on the business. But nothing says marketing has successfully morphed as much as its responsibility from a cost center to aP&L. Once a ...
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Lululemon Athletica inc. Founder Dennis J. (Chip) Wilson has agreed to sell half his shares in the apparel maker equal to a 13.85 percent stake of the company to Advent International for approximately $845 million. The transaction has ...
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AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which makes gallium arsenide, indium phosphide and germanium substrate and raw materials, has appointed Gary L. Fischer as vice president & chief financial officer, responsible for the firm’s global ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2014 (to end-June), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $44.6m, up 5.5% on ...
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Hibbett Sports Inc. lowered its earnings forecast for fiscal 2015 by roughly 5 percent Thursday based on preliminary estimates of results for the 13-week period ended Aug. 2. The retaile said it expects net sales for the period to ...
Revenues for LED modules in lighting applications are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32.8% to $7.8bn by 2019, according to Strategies Unlimited’s first report on the global LED module market. ...
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For full-year fiscal 2014 (ended 29 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $1.65bn, up 19% on fiscal 2013’s $1.39bn. Fiscal Q4/2013 Q1/2014 Q2/2014 Q3/2014 Q4/2014 Revenue $375m $391m $415.1m $405.3m ...
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Globalstar Inc. reported that revenue from SPOT equipment sales increased 76 percent from the second quarter of 2013 thanks to the release of SPOT Gen3 and SPOT Trace, which were not available during the second quarter of 2013. The ...
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Economic operation of the status quo of Chinese lighting industry in 2011 MIIT statistics of 2011 shows that the Chinese Lighting Industry produce & sales and exports maintained stable growth; however the produce & sales of fluorescent ...
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Mammut increased net revenue by 3.4 percent to CHF 103.6 million in the six months ended June 30 compared with CHF 100.3 million in the first half of 2013, its Swiss parent company Conzzeta Group reported. The result was negatively ...
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