Consolidated turnover at Van de Velde in the first half of 2014 rose by 10.3% (from €97.0m to €106.9m). On a like-for-like basis (including comparable deliveries), consolidated turnover is up 9.1%. This turnover growth consists ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Constellation Brands, a leading beverage alcohol company, reported today its first quarter 2015 results. "We posted a great quarter reflecting outstanding results for our beer business as well as wine and spirits performance that was ...
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Pending home sales rose sharply in May, with lower mortgage rates and increased inventory accelerating the market, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). All four regions of the country saw increases in pending sales, with ...
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Malaysia appears to be steadily approaching the goal of taking its place among the world's developed economies by 2020. However, the nation needs to open up and embrace its ethnic minorities together with international residents and ...
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Kao Fong Machinery Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hota Industrial Mfg. Co., Ltd., has signed a syndicated loan of NT$1.1 billion (US$36.6 million) with eight Taiwan-based banks to finance its expansion?amid promising market outlook. The ...
Lululemon Athletica Inc. reported a drop in profit for the fiscal first quarter amid a tax charge tied to a share-repurchase plan and lowered its outlook for the year. Comparable-store sales for the first quarter decreased 4 percent on a ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Tongtai Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. has decided to build a factory near its headquarters in Kaohsung, southern Taiwan, and train more specialists as part of its expansion plan to further grow in the machine-tool market, in which the company ...
Tags: taiwan, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Machinery, Machine, Tool
Amira Nature Foods, provider of packaged Indian specialty rice, has reported a 32.3% increase in its fiscal 2014 revenues to $547.3m, compared to $413.7m last year. Profit after tax for the full-year 2014 was also up 98.1% to $38.1m, ...
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The New Delhi-based Garment Exporters Association (GEA) has sought five percent increase in duty drawback rate and capping of interest rate at seven percent, in its recommendations sent to the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. ...
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Turkey continues to take steps toward increasing its own security of supply, as energy use is expected to double by 2023, triggering a requirement for around 100 GW of capacity, although market participants said the current "crisis" in the ...
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Spot prices of 75%-Si ferrosilicon in Asia this week remained supported by tighter supply and improved demand among some exporters in China. Platts assessed the Chinese spot price at $1,330-1,370/mt FOB China Thursday, slightly higher ...
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New Zealand businessman Graeme Hart is considering $5bn sale of drink cartons manufacturer SIG Combibloc Group, people known with the matter said. Goldman Sachs Group has been hired by Hart's packaging conglomerate, Reynolds Group ...
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Ireland Health Minister Dr James Reilly is set to bring the draft for plain cigarette packaging to Cabinet for approval. If approved by Cabinet and enacted by the Oireachtas, the new law will see the ban on the use of any logos on ...
Tags: Cigarette Packaging, Cabinet
The Dominican Association of Textile Industries (ADITEX) has asked the Directorate General of Customs to investigate the large volume of goods sold in the country with 'Made in America' labels, reports Diario Libre. ADITEX president David ...
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Scrap market activity remained sluggish in eastern China over the week with prices mainly holding steady and unlikely to gain any upward momentum in the short term as the outlook for the finished steel market remains pessimistic, market ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Heavy Scrap