Dubai International Capital (DIC) has signed a $1.7bn (£1bn) agreement for the sale of Germany-based packaging group Mauser to private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) Mauser, global producer of rigid industrial packaging ...
Welspun India Ltd (WIL), the leading home textiles maker, has been spinning robust margins and profits on back of rupee's depreciation against US dollar, coupled with advantage of cheaper Indian cotton over key competitors like China and ...
Royal DSM, the Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, reported a third quarter EBITDA of €342 million compared to €270 million in Q3 2012. This improvement of 27% was realized despite an ongoing challenging macro-economic ...
The outlook for coatings producers in Europe has suddenly brightened after prospects for higher sales and profits appeared to be gloomy earlier in the year. The financial results of some leading players among coatings producers and raw ...
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Jason Stamper summarises the most recent technology results and deals announcements. Of those reporting in this period it is Cisco that's the bellwether, and its results should give a little encouragement to the sector as a whole. But not ...
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The Board of Directors of Arkema met on February 27th 2013 to close the consolidated accounts of Arkema for 2012 and the annual financial statements of the parent company. At the end of the meeting, Thierry Le Hénaff, Chairman and ...
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Welspun India Ltd., part of the $ 3.5 billion Welspun Group announced Q3 and 9M FY13 results, showing strong growth in comparison to corresponding period last year. Financial Highlights – Q3 FY13 -Sales grew by 9% largely due to ...
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Fitch Ratings forecasts that copper consumption will grow about 4% annually through 2014, based on a soft landing in China and a slow recovery in developed nations. European copper consumption is expected to remain depressed through this ...
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Fitch Ratings forecasts that after a period of severe destocking in 2012,raw steel production in China will grow 3%to 4%in 2013.But the ratings agency also believes that Chinese steel demand has likely peaked and should grow at less than ...
Fitch Ratings Director Jay Djemal said that Latin American Metals and Mining observed that higher operating costs remain entrenched. The report said that “Higher operating costs will continue in 2013 for metals and mining. Cost ...
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The rating on Steel Authority of India Ltd reflects the company's good market position and diverse customers in India and its favorable cost position due to its captive sources of iron ore. SAIL's good access to funding as a government ...
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The Dow Chemical Company reported sales of $13.6 billion, down 10 percent, or 7 percent on an adjusted sales basis. The decline was led by Europe, which decreased 10 percent on the same basis driven by adverse currency conditions totaling ...
US natural and organic food group Annie's has booked an increase in second-quarter income, which was boosted by a 20% increase in sales during the period. Annie's reported adjusted net income, which strips out the impact of a share ...
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