German wine seller Hawesko is looking for an alternative buyer for its proposed buyout after rejecting takeover offer by Detlev Meyer. Hawesko's management board said that a 40-euro-per-share takeover bid by by Tocos Beteiligung and its ...
Tags: buyout, wine seller, Agriculture
Genesco Inc. announced that James S. Gulmi, senior vice president and chief financial officer, has made the decision to retire from the role of chief financial officer at the end of its current fiscal year. Gulmi, who has served as ...
Tags: Succession Plans
Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, Inc. completed the refinancing of its existing $235 million senior secured term loans at a lower interest rate and has increased the borrowing capacity under the terms of its revolving credit facility. These ...
Tags: Warehouse, Sporting Goods
Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported sales increased 10 percent to $84.9 million in the fourth quarter ended Oct. 3 compared with $77.3 million in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2013 due to double-digit growth in both Marine Electronics and Outdoor ...
Smith & Wesson reported earnings slid 70.3 percent in the second quarter, to $5.05 million, or 9 cents a share. Revenues slumped 22.1 percent. Net sales for the second quarter were $108.4 million, a decrease of 22.1 percent from net sales ...
Tags: Slides, Sporting Goods
American-style cheese manufacturer Glanbia Foods is set to invest $82m in a bid to expand its manufacturing and production plants in Gooding and Twin Falls, Idaho, US. With this investment in manufacturing processes, Glanbia aims to ...
Brown Shoe Company reported third quarter earnings rose 21.2 percent to $33.1 million, or 75 cents per share. Revenues rose 3.8 percent. Wholesale segment sales jumped 18.2 percent with both Healthy Living and Contemporary Fashion ...
GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has appointed Darren Ma as VP & chief financial officer. Ma replaces Curt Sacks, who ...
Tags: fiber-optic, wireless networks, Electronics
For third-quarter 2014, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8m (at the bottom of the $8-12m ...
Tags: 2-Inch Sapphire, Electronics
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 (to 3 October), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $718.2m, up 22% on $587m last quarter and 51% on $477m a year ...
Tags: Skyworks, semiconductors
Recent disappointing results for ventricular assist device companies are raising questions over adoption of the technology—which is meant to assist patients’ weakened hearts with pumping blood. HeartMate II, as shown on ...
For the third-quarter 2014, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $93.3m, down on $99.3m a year ago and $95.1m last quarter (and below the mid-point of the ...
Tags: Veeco, MOCVD Revenue, LED segment
For its fiscal second-quarter 2015 (to 27 September 2014), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $362.7m, up 14.7% on $316.3m last quarter and 16.7% on $310.7m a year ago. Fiscal Q2/2014 Q3/2014 ...
Tags: RFMD, RF Micro Devices
For third-quarter 2014, RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has reported record revenue of $272.1m, up 18% on $230.8m last quarter and up 8% on $250.8m a year ago. This ...
For its fiscal first-quarter 2015 (ended 28 September 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $427.7m, up 9% on $391m a year ago but down 2% on $436.3m last quarter (and below the $440-465m forecasted in mid-August). ...