Tempur Sealy International reported earnings of $40.2 million or 65 cents per share in the third quarter on sales of $735.5 million, a figure that more than doubled from a year earlier on Tempur-Pedic's acquisition of Sealy. In the ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use
According to Thai media reports, the Thai government is planning to impose import entry tax of foreign tourists start from next year. The news caused concern from all walks of life. China as Thailand's largest tourist source country, ...
Wedmore's new renewable power plant built by a co-operative of local investors was completed in October. The team behind the £1.1 million project say the larger of two paddocks of solar panels has started feeding clean electricity ...
Tags: Clean Power, Solar Power, Energy
Japan's scrap aluminum prices have risen by 5-8% from a month ago due to tightening supply, local trade sources said Tuesday. Prices for telik, used by secondary aluminum alloy smelters, were heard in the range of Yen 135-140/kg ...
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Austrian steelmaker voestalpine AG has announced its financial results for the first half ended September 30 of the fiscal year 2013-14. Accordingly, voestalpine's net profit in the first half decreased by 10.9 percent to €240 ...
Tags: Voestalpine, Economic Recovery
Ashland Inc., a global leader in specialty chemical solutions for consumer and industrial markets, announced preliminary financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the fourth quarter of its 2013 fiscal year. Highlights: ...
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has deemed the car industry “back open in Australia” following confirmation that the Coalition Government will scrap the controversial fringe benefits tax (FBT) rule changes proposed by the previous ...
Marks & Spencer's (M&S's) food business delivered a "commendable" performance for the 26 weeks to September 28, according to City analysts M&S's food business delivered 'a commendable performance', said City analyst Shore Capital Shore ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
On the eve of the 2013 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Show and Global Tire Expo, the Tire Industry Association (TIA) held its annual meeting in Las Vegas. It passed two resolutions on Nov. 4, 2013. 1. Comp time. TIA ...
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The Audi Group delivered 1,180,748 (2012: 1,097,507) cars with the four rings in the first three quarters of 2013. As a result, the Ingolstadt-based company generated sales revenues of €36,965 (2012: €37,667) million and an ...
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The Kellogg Company, a US-based food company, has outlaid a four-year global strategy, Project K, to amass considerable savings to be invested in core business areas of the company. With this project, the cereal maker expects pre-tax ...
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Feng Hsin, one of the major electric furnace mills and the major long steel products makers in Taiwan has announced its third-quarter financial report recently. According to its report, the company's gross profit rate has increased from ...
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B Prasad and Sons Limited, a Suva-based company, is planning to set up a garment manufacturing unit at a cost of Fiji dollar 2 million in the rural region of Navua district, located within Serua Province in the Central Division of Fiji, ...
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Over the past year, most major public medical device companies have fared well, with a few hiccups here and there. That said, the device industry is confronting challenges such as a dip in elective surgery volume, a rise in recalls related ...
Brazil's global news and bicycle association showed the joint research, the average tax levels of bicycle as high as 40.5% of the purchase price, while the car is only 32%. In the industrial products tax, the tax differences between cars ...
Tags: Bicycle, Transportation, bike