DuPont reaffirmed its full year 2013 EPS outlook and announced a 5% dividend increase. DuPont announced first quarter 2013 operating earnings per share (EPS) of $1.56 versus prior year earnings of $1.64. GAAP1 EPS from continuing ...
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Hancock Fabrics, Inc announced improved financial results for its fourth quarter ended January 26, 2013 and full fifty-two weeks of fiscal 2012. Fiscal 2012 financial results include: - Net sales for the year increased $6.0 million to ...
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QBE Insurance has tapped the US debt market for $US600 million to help buy back convertible securities next month, within days of being downgraded by credit ratings agency Moody's. Highlighting the strength of international debt markets, ...
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The Dow Chemical Company reported First Quarter 2013 Earnings Statement. First Quarter 2013 Highlights -The Company reported earnings of $0.46 per share, or adjusted earnings of $0.69 per share(1). This compares with earnings of $0.35 ...
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BASF increased its sales and income from operations (EBIT) before special items in the first quarter of 2013. At €19.7 billion, sales exceeded the level of the previous first quarter by 5%. Sales volumes grew particularly as a result ...
CEMEX Latam Holdings, S.A. has announced its 1Q13 results, revealing that consolidated net sales (after adjustments for fewer business days in the quarter) increased 3% y/y to US$383 million. Using the same adjustments, operating EBITDA was ...
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The merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS cleared its last major hurdle on Wednesday as MetroPCS shareholders overwhelmingly approved the deal. The merger, first proposed last October, had faced opposition from some large shareholders until ...
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Buckeye Technologies Inc. and Georgia-Pacific LLC announced that they have reached a definitive agreement for Georgia-Pacific to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Buckeye Technologies' common stock for $37.50 per share in cash. The ...
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Spanish food processing firm Ebro Foods has reported that its net earnings for the first quarter of 2013 increased by 2.1% to €32.9m, compared with €32.2m for the same period in 2012. For the quarter, the company posted a 5.4% ...
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The boss of Britain's biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods Gavin Darby says the firm has too many suppliers. Premier Foods' Power Brands recorded their fifth successive quarter of sales growth. But doubts remain about the firm's debt ...
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High unemployment and the continued slowdown in economic growth in the Southern European crisis countries in particular is still hampering economic development in the European Union (EU). While the countries moving towards recovery are ...
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The announcement comes as the corrugated firm said it expects its revenues to be close to £3.7bn for the full-year to 30 April. SCA's former Shenstone facility produces point of sale and point of display products made from ...
Allied Bakeries is on target to commission its largest bread plant, with a capacity of 10,000 loaves an hour, at Walthamstow in East London this summer. Allied Bakeries plans to commission its largest bread plant, with a capacity of ...
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Head ten minutes south of LAX on the 405, exit at El Segundo and you'll blunder upon a 200,000-square-foot concrete bunker lurking among the strip malls in this seedy bit of Los Angeles County. The low-slung structure, surrounded by a black ...
Global packaging and paper company International Paper (IP) has announced that the company is in talks with Unisource regarding a proposed business merger of its distribution business xpedx, and Unisource. Both xpedx and Unisource are ...
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