Following a buyout initiated by local management, coordinated by industry veteran Joerg Wieland and supported by a team of European private investors, Albis Optoelectronics AG of Rüschlikon near Zurich, Switzerland (the name by which ...
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A selection of quotes from this year's Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference. "While this might not be where we want to be longer term, we believe it is a step in the right direction. We are innovating" - Andy Jones, VP of ...
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Heinz has reported underlying third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts, although its sales came in under analyst estimates. The US food giant yesterday (21 February) booked earnings per share for continuing operations and ...
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More important than whether Apple does make some kind of "iWatch" wearable device is how it does one, an analyst argued today. Scuttlebutt has circulated in the last week -- driven by stories from the Wall Street Journal and the New York ...
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The market for photovoltaic (PV) inverter service plans and extended warranties is forecast to grow by 110% between 2012-2017, according to IHS. Despite PV inverter hardware profit margins being squeezed, the after-sales service market is ...
French retail Groupe Casino has booked a slight drop in net profit for 2012, as a weaker performance from its domestic business was offset by a strong international showing. Full year underlying net profit was down 0.2% to EUR564m ...
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Global consumer packaging company Rexam has announced plans to invest 115m over three years to build a new beverage can plant in Widnau, Switzerland, in a bid to meet growth in energy drinks globally. According to the company, the latest ...
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A TOP BlackRock executive said there was little evidence of a meaningful switch by global investors into equities from fixed-income assets, even after recent strong sharemarket gains. "There appears to be a lot of cash coming off the ...
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Acquisitions and growth in markets outside the EU have helped dairy giant Arla Foods report higher annual sales and profits. The company said today (20 February) its consolidated net profit jumped by more than a third in 2012 to DKK1.9bn ...
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· Profit after tax before significant items of $322.0 million, up 5.7%; · The translation impact from the higher Australian dollar on profit after tax and before significant items was negative $20 million. On ...
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Nike’s continued commitment to sustainability has led to a significant achievement for the brand: The Nike store located in the Unicenter shopping center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, recently received gold LEED certification for ...
1.Economic operation of the status quo of Chinese lighting industry MIIT statistics of 2011 shows that the Chinese Lighting Industry produce & sales and exports maintained stable growth; however the produce & sales of fluorescent lamps ...
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Profit after tax and before significant items was up 5.7% to $322m for the six months up to 31 December 2012. Amcor managing director and chief executive Ken MacKenzie said: “The first half result represented a record underlying ...
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Australian packaging company Amcor has announced its agreement to acquire select printing assets of AGI-Shorewood’s (ASG) Tobacco Packaging and Specialty Folding Carton Operations for $115m. The acquired business has plants or ...
Oxford Instruments, the supplier of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) solutions to the food, agriculture and man-made fibre sectors, announces new support for customers in India. Oxford Instruments Industrial Analysis announces the ...
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