US confectioner Hershey has raised its full-year profit outlook despite reporting a 10% drop in third-quarter earnings. In the three months to the end of September, net profit slumped 79.8% to US$176.7m, while EBIT fell 6% to $301.7m. ...
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Facebook has acknowledged the perceived difficulties it is having monetising its mobile platform,but has claimed that it benefits advertisers more than any of its other channels. Matt Trainer,manager Facebook PMD(Preffered Marketing ...
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In large technology departments,dysfunctional relationships breed like mushrooms in a dank basement.Your dev and ops teams are no longer on speaking terms,while your junior and senior developers can't seem to agree on anything.IT and legal ...
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Thorntons saw its share price rise this morning (12 September) despite lower full-year profits as an improved second-half performance led to better-than-expected pre-tax earnings. In the 53 weeks to the end of December, Thorntons saw a ...
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has admitted for the first time that the drop of his company's share price since its IPO in May was "disappointing", but claimed the tech giant would bounce back. The social media company was valued at more ...
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Neo-Neon Holdings Co., Ltd.’s share price closed up 83.51% at HK$1.78 this Wednesday on Hong Kong Stock Exchange thanks to inspiring corporate news. The company, which is the world’s No.1 decorating lighting company listed ...
Validus Holdings and Flagstone Reinsurance have inked a deal, in accordance with which the former will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Flagstone in a move to strengthen Validus’ leading property catastrophe ...
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Manganese Bronze, the maker of the iconic black London taxi cab, has reported a £3.9m hole in its accounts caused, it says, by a software fault in its accounting systems. As a result, it has put back the release of its unaudited ...
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Nestle's share price increased this morning (9 August) as the Kit-Kat maker booked an increase in first-half profit and reaffirmed its full-year guidance. The Swiss food giant reported an 8.9% increase in earnings of CHF5.12bn (US$5.26bn) ...
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Biolase strikes deal with Aachen Dental Laser Center 01 Aug 2012 Partnership will promote laser dentistry and facilitate training in the field. A long-term agreement struck between Biolase and Professor Norbert Gutknecht of the Aachen ...
Fiber laser firm stands to benefit from growing adoption of high-strength steel and aluminum in auto manufacturing. IPG Photonics sales and earnings:past six quarters IPG Photonics has posted record figures for both sales and net ...
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Cymer reports improved EUV optics performance 25 Jul 2012 New coating on collector for extreme ultraviolet source increases effective lifetime by 50%. Bull run:Cymer hits long-term high Lithography light source provider Cymer has ...
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Returning market for LED manufacturing equipment and strong demand for laser processing systems cheers investors. Ultratech stock reaches 15-year high Shares in the lithography and laser processing equipment firm Ultratech have reached ...
ASML shares hit record high after'boring'quarter 18 Jul 2012 Steady sales and recent investment by Intel propel the lithography company to its highest-ever value. ASML share price graph:1996-2012 Shares in the market-leading ...
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Samsung Electronics will buy CSR's mobile development division for $310m. The acquisition will see the transfer of 21 patents to Samsung from the UK chip manufacturer, which has been struggling with losses since a restructuring last year, ...
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