Pacific Ethanol this year will continue to increasing its focus on diversifying feedstock, among its other initiatives, CEO Neil Koehler said Thursday. "Growing initiatives on advanced biofuels, corn oil, expansion of market, which can ...
Indian miner Sesa Sterlite has announced its financial results for the full financial year 2013-14 ended March 31, reporting a net profit of INR 123.5 billion ($2.05 billion), down 15.5 percent compared to the previous financial year. In ...
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"We had a good start to the year in our chemicals business and in the Agricultural Solutions segment. We sold more. This more than compensated for the negative effects on sales from the comparatively weak U.S. dollar and currencies in ...
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Luxottica Group reported net sales fell 1.2 percent to €1.8 billion in the first quarter ended March 31, but were up 4.2 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms as unfavorable exchanger ates, North America's harsh weather and weak ...
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Moody's has changed its outlook for the global shipping industry to stable from negative on April 30. This outlook reflects Moody's expectations for the fundamental business conditions in the industry over the next 12 to 18 months. ...
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Safilo Group SpA reported sales of Sports Products, which includes its Smith Optics brand, reached €16.1 million in the first quarter, up 0.9 percent, or 4.3 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms. alian parent company of the ...
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"Clariant had a promising start to the year with good volume growth and an increase in operating profitability," said CEO Hariolf Kottmann. "Overall, our businesses performed well in an improving but still mixed economic environment. The ...
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Mexico-based food company Grupo LALA has posted a 69.8% increase in its Q1 2014 net income to MXN795.7m ($60.6m), compared to MXN468.6m ($35.7m) in the same quarter last year. The company reported a 6.7% rise in year-on-year sales, and ...
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Net sales were down by 2.5% to $27.8m compared to the same period in 2013. Excluding prior year sales from divested businesses, Q1 net sales were up 1.7% to $17.5m. The Georgia-based company is one of the largest producers of folding ...
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Value Lighting, headquartered in Marietta, GA with 75 employees is a leading supplier of lighting solutions to the multifamily residential housing sector and new construction marketplace across the U.S. Value Lighting's 2013 revenues were ...
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The Bayer Group started the year 2014 with encouraging growth in sales and earnings. "Our Life Science businesses continued their dynamic development and achieved slight earnings increases despite significant negative currency effects," ...
Akzo Nobel N.V. reported a positive volume and price/mix development in all three Business Areas. First quarter revenues of €3,383 million were 2 percent lower compared with the same period last year. The decrease was mainly a ...
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Russian steel producer Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced its financial results for 2013 according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). In 2013, MMK saw a net loss of $2.429 billion compared to a net ...
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B&G Foods, Inc. today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2014. David L. Wenner, President and Chief Executive Officer of B&G Foods, stated, "Our very strong cash flow performance in the face of base business volume ...
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Post Holdings, the parent company of Post Foods and a manufacturer of ready-to-eat cereals, has signed a deal to buy Michael Foods from GS Capital Partners, Thomas H Lee Partners and others. Michael Foods supplies egg products, ...
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