Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, a leading sporting goods retailer, reported financial results for the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter and full year ended December 29, 2013. Highlights: -Achieves Fourth Quarter Earnings per Diluted Share ...
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Rocky Brands, Inc. announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Fourth Quarter 2013 Sales and Income Fourth quarter net sales increased 5.7% to $61.6 million, which included zero revenue ...
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Higher prices for construction materials and nonresidential construction will squeeze margins for construction companies despite an overall improving construction outlook, Associated General Contractors said. AGC’s analysis of ...
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Existing home sales declined 5.1% in January to the lowest level since July 2012, the National Association of Realtors said Feb. 21. Sales fell to an annual rate of 4.62 million. The January level was lower than economists’ median ...
“The mild winter hit this category hard, resulting in a 10 per cent unit and 14 per cent value decline, compared to 2012,” said Sunbeam product manager — seasonal products, Katie Berra. “Even with the best products, ...
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Washington – Sales at CE and appliance retailers fell 4.7 percent to $8.1 billion in January as severe winter weather compounded soft demand. According to the U.S. Commerce Department’s monthly sales projections, total U.S. ...
Many farmers may be questioning whether their soybeans need a fungicide seed treatments this planting season. But that depends on many factors – from weather and planting date to drainage and seed costs. And if conditions or field ...
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Seth Naeve, Ph.D., is a soybean researcher at the University of Minnesota U.S. soybean farmers are heavily dependent on demand from international purchasers. Although global supplies are currently relatively tight, buyers do have a ...
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Advance estimates of U.S. retail sales released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday appear to confirm reports that harsh weather across much of the country suppressed retail sales in January. Census estimated sales by sporting goods, ...
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Gloomy Crop Prices Forecasted by Economist Joe Glauber at USDA Outlook Forum By Farms.com Team At the opening session of today's USDA Outlook Forum in Arlington, Va., Joe Glauber, USDA's chief economist, presented the lower grain price ...
Temperatures across the Midwest this morning range from the 20s and 30s across northern areas with some lower 40s across southern regions. Most of us will be greeted by abundant sunshine this morning, with sun across western areas fading ...
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Long-term outlooks for weather during the growing season aren't forecasts, meteorologists speaking at the USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum reminded listeners Friday. They show the probability of weather being hotter or cooler than normal, or ...
A new collaboration promises the ability for growers to more accurately plan, place, and manage nitrogen applications on a real-time basis, growers will have more corn hybrid choices for 2014, U.S. soybean crop quality survey shows less ...
Gloomy Crop Prices Forecasted by Economist Joe Glauber at USDA Outlook Forum By Farms.com Team At the opening session of today's USDA Outlook Forum in Arlington, Va., Joe Glauber, USDA's chief economist, presented the lower grain price ...
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Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. USDA’s outlook forum projects soybean planting at 79.5 million acres, less than what many private firms were expecting, so it looks like beans are trying to buy some acreage. ...