China-based solar firm JA Solar has reported financial results for fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2012. JA Solar's fourth-quarter shipments reached 500MW, exceeding the 418MW shipped in the third quarter of 2012, while net revenues reached ...
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Fueled by acquisitions and new store openings, bedding retailer Mattress Firm recorded a 37% sales increase in the fourth quarter and saw sales top the $1 billion mark in the fiscal year that ended Jan. 29. The fiscal year sales of $1.007 ...
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A company which works with some of the largest retailers and electrical distributors in the world supplying private label and branded compact fluorescent, halogen and LED lamps has moved its European headquarters to Corby in the UK, further ...
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A deal that would have made electronics giant Foxconn a major shareholder in Japan display maker Sharp has fallen apart, though the companies remain close partners in the complex global electronics supply chain. Foxconn's Hon Hai ...
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Rue21, inc. announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year ended February 2, 2013. Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2012 Summary: For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, net sales increased 22.4% to $269.1 million from ...
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There’s good news for potential buyers of clean energy vehicles (CEVs) in British Columbia. If you thought you had missed out on your chance to save up to $5000 on a qualifying CEV, don’t worry: the province’s ...
Dick’s Sporting Goods saw net income rise 10 percent to $291 million for its fiscal year ended Feb. 2 as net sales jumped 12 percent to $5.84 billion, according to the company’s 10-K filing. Consolidated same-store sales rose ...
Fujitsu has paid $1.2 billion into its pension funds for current and former U.K. employees, and renegotiated cuts to ongoing pension contributions, freeing up cash to grow other areas of its U.K. business, the company said Monday. The ...
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Perry Ellis International, Inc. reported results for the fourth quarter ("fourth quarter of fiscal 2013") and the fiscal year ended February 2, 2013 ("fiscal 2013"). Oscar Feldenkreis, president and chief operating officer of Perry Ellis ...
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Francesca's Holdings Corporation reported a 73.7% increase in earnings per diluted share of $0.33 for the fourth quarter ended February 2, 2013 compared to $0.19 per diluted share for the same quarter last year. Net sales in the fourth ...
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. that net sales from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 ended February 2, 2013, were $228.0 million versus net sales from continuing operations of $218.7 million for the fourth ...
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German specialty chemicals company LANXESS has announced strong figures for the past fiscal year, with improvements in key reported numbers. “2012 was the best year in our growth story so far. Our business model proved itself once ...
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The Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE) has revised its estimations for Australian nickel production in 2012-13. According to the latest estimates, world refined nickel production increased to around 1.7 million mt in ...
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The High Point Market Authority would face a significant cut in state funding in the coming years under a budget proposal submitted by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory. McCrory, a Republican who was elected to the top job last November, ...
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Hewlett-Packard may seek damages of US$4 billion to $4.2 billion from Oracle in its lawsuit over support for Itanium server architecture. An economist that HP plans to call in the case made the estimate at an evidentiary hearing on Monday ...
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