According to a new IBM study, 82 percent of CFOs see the value of integrating enterprise-wide data, but only 24 percent think their team is up to the task. This marks a 205 percent increase in the gap between the importance of data and ...
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Dorel Industries reported that its Recreational/Leisure Segment lost $5.4 million after mostly non-cash restructuring charges that reduced its overall earnings by about half. Dorel warned investors in early February that continued ...
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Mattel sees the acquisition as an 'opportunity to broaden its relationship with its entertainment partners'. Mattel, Inc has acquired Mega Brands for $460 million. Mattel stated that the acquisition 'advances Mattel's global growth ...
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"The result for the first half of the financial year reflected solid growth in emerging markets, ongoing operating improvements and the benefits from recent acquisitions. Earnings per share, for the continuing operations, increased 22% to ...
Tags: Packaging&Printing, Amcor
Intertek Group plc (“Intertek”), a leading international provider of quality and safety services, announces its full year results for the year ended 31 December 2013. Highlights - Revenue growth of 6.3% to £2,184m; ...
HanesBrands a leading marketer of everyday basic apparel under world-class brands will highlight its margin-enhancing Innovate-to-Elevate strategy and priorities for use of cash flow at the company’s investor day meeting Thursday, ...
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Escalade, Inc. reported net revenues for the fourth quarter of 2013 were 14 percent higher than the same quarter last year. Net revenues for the full year 2013 were 11 percent higher than last year. Sales growth was driven by the Sporting ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, net revenues, Sales growth, product innovation
The government of China's Xinjiang autonomous region has stated that it is committed to eliminating 2.4 million mt of backward steel capacity within two years and will not approve new projects in the steel industry, according to its program ...
Tags: resolving severe overcapacity, Xinjiang, Metallurgy, Mineral&Energy
BASF increased sales and earnings in 2013 compared with the previous year. “2013 was again a demanding year, with a lot of headwind for our industry. Nevertheless, we achieved our goal: We sold more, worked more closely together with ...
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Rumors have been swirling since news broke this week of a possible meeting between Apple's top executive for acquisitions and the CEO of electric car maker Tesla. Citing a person familiar with the matter, The San Francisco Chronicle ...
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BASF increased sales and earnings in 2013 compared with the previous year. Sales of BASF Group in the fourth quarter of 2013 were €18.1 billion, slightly above the same period of the previous year. Volumes increased in all segments. ...
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Agropur Cooperative today held its 75th Annual General Assembly with some 600 members, employees, business partners and guests from the Agri-Food industry in attendance, and reported solid financial health and a strong market position, ...
The Dixie Group reported financial results for the year ended Dec. 28, 2013. For the year of 2013, the company had sales of $345,066,000 and income from continuing operations of $5,358,000, or $0.40 per diluted share, compared with sales of ...
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A study by PwC US found that global transportation and logistics mergers and acquisitions rose by 57 percent in the fourth quarter, while the value of those deals increased by 100 percent. The firm, which publishes a quarterly analysis of ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Accessories, Transportation, logistics
Cummins Inc. reported higher fourth-quarter profit than the same period a year ago as sales increased in North America and Europe. Net income attributable to Cummins increased to $432 million in the quarter, or $2.33 a share, from $369 ...
Tags: Cummins, Transportation, generator