Campbell Soup Company today reported its fourth-quarter and full-year results for fiscal 2014. The company reported earnings from continuing operations for the quarter ended Aug. 3, 2014, of $137 million, or $0.43 per share, compared with ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) chairman, Muhammad Yasin Siddik, has urged the Government of Pakistan to clear the outstanding tax refunds, as committed by the Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Muhammad Ishaq ...
Tags: Textile, tax refunds, Apparel
China-based solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer makers, considering that China government's temporary ban on polysilicon imports through export processing zones to block evasion of anti-dumping and anti-subsidization taxes is likely to ...
Brazilian miner Vale has been freed from paying taxes on profits made overseas, according to a Reuters report. This is expected to provide an opportunity for Vale to demand a $10 billion refund on a settlement payment. According to media ...
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The China Association of Metalscrap Utilization has been lobbying the central government to lower the 17% tax on steel scrap sales to help increase its utilization in steelmaking, CAMU Secretary General Li Shubin said at the 7th China ...
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China-based solar-grade monocrystalline silicon wafer maker Comtec Solar Systems has revealed it started trial production at its factory in Malaysia in June 2014 and will expand the factory's annual production capacity from 300MWp currently ...
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Despite a 50% growth in the North American online business, net earnings crashed 50.5% year-on-year at lifestyle apparel retailer Guess Inc in the second fiscal quarter ending August 2, 2014. For the second quarter of 2014, Guess ...
China is planning to invest $16bn to build more electric charging facilities, in order to boost the use of electric- vehicles in the country. China is becoming one of the most polluted countries in the world as it is one of the world's ...
Tags: China, Investment, Auto Parts
As it prepares for its $43 billion merger with Medtronic, Covidien has purchased a small California medtech company. The price was not disclosed. Privately held Reverse Medical Corp. (Irvine, CA) makes devices to manage acute stroke and ...
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US-based private-equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners will acquire Berlin Packaging, a supplier of plastic, glass and metal containers for an amount close to $1.43bn, including debt. Oak Hill will pay a price for Berlin Packaging that is ...
Burger King is currently engaged in discussions to acquire coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons in a deal that would expand its product base in Canada and save corporate taxes. Both the parties are working on a deal that would create a ...
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The China government has announced a temporary stoppage of polysilicon imports through export processing zones (EPZs) beginning September 1, 2014, with the measure intended to block evasion of anti-dumping and anti-subsidization taxes. ...
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Taxes on Brazil steel products have been adding costs to the competitiveness of the country’s industry, an executive said recently. Citing a comment from Sergio Leite, vice-president for sales at Usiminas, a media report said high ...
Tags: Taxes, Competitiveness, Energy
Footfall in July was 0.6% lower than a year ago, up on the 0.7% fall in June. High streets reported the largest decline, falling 1.7%, consistent with the decline in June, while shopping centres experienced a 0.5% decline in footfall, up on ...
Tags: Footfall, Furniture, Furnishing
Taiwan-based solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafer makers have decreased quotes from US$1 before the US Department of Commerce imposed preliminary anti-subsidy tariffs on PV products imported from China in early June to US$0.96 ...
Tags: China, Wafer Prices, Lighting