IDG News Service-Though U.S.political leaders managed to spark some good news for the economy Friday,technology stocks are down for the week,showing a continued lack of confidence in the sector. The problem has been earnings.Tech ...
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Italcementi s net profit for the first nine months of 2012 has fallen by 92% to Euro17.1m from Euro213m in the same period in 2011. The Italian cement major blamed the on-going crisis in western Europe and new competition in Egypt and ...
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A complaint has been filed against a Cebu-based trader and her customs broker for allegedly attempting to illegally import P30 million worth of float glass from China. Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon himself led the formal filing of the ...
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Lassonde Industries Inc.(TSX:LAS.A)(Lassonde)posted sales of$255.1 million in the third quarter of 2012,a 21.0%increase year over year.Profit attributable to the Company's shareholders for this period totalled$10.3 million,up$2.1 million ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation reported net income for the three months ended September 30, 2012 of $87.0 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, on sales of $821.2 million. This represents an increase in net income of $19.1 million from the ...
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We always publish the prices of the tires we test. But that often leads to a lot of comments from our readers and the manufacturers, mostly asking how we bought tires for so little (or so much) money. Actually, most people fail to read the ...
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Apple is growing increasingly confident that its own chip designs will be used to replace Intel processors in its Mac personal computers. Apple engineers, who began using Intel chips for Macs in 2005, believe that the ARM-based ...
As the US presidential election gathers pace,Silicon Valley looks on anxiously to see what effect more than 100 million American votes will make to the technology industry. Further reading US government agency drops BlackBerrys for ...
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Following the news last week that Premier plc sold its sweet pickles and table sauces business to Mizkan,just-food caught up with the Japanese firm's Euro-Americas president Craig Smith to discuss its plans for the brand.Elsewhere,word ...
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Apple,the world's most valuable firm,has revealed that it Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC).To put this into context,the UK corporation tax rate is 24 per cent,while Germany's is 29.48 per cent and China's is 25 per cent. The form ...
Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany has seen its third-quarter 2012 equipment orders pick up by 15% sequentially to €34.5m. The company says that current Q4/2012 quotation levels suggest a continuation of ...
Harris Teeter Supermarkets,Inc.(NYSE:HTSI)(the"Company")today reported that sales for the 52 weeks ended October 2,2012 increased by 5.8%to$4.54 billion from$4.29 billion in fiscal 2011.Sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 increased ...
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After meeting with dozens of dairymen suffering financial distress, Walter sees issues that producers have likely never faced before. By Riley Walter, attorney In my last column, I commented on several observations about common ...
For third-quarter 2012,epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview,NY,USA has reported total revenue of$127m,while its adjusted EBITA(earnings before interest,income taxes and amortization)and ...
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IDG News Service-Apple has increased the prices of apps sold through its iTunes App Store in Europe because of exchange rate changes,it said on Friday.The minimum price for an app in the Euro zone rose to$1.15. App Store users who tried ...