China's big players are gearing up for a price war in the high-end smartphone sector, and the only big winner will be the consumer. Xiaomi Corp, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp's Nubia have all rolled out new products in what has ...
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Parkland Fuel Corporation ("Parkland" or the "Corporation") (TSX:PKI), a North American petroleum products marketer, today announced that it has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of all outstanding shares of SPF ...
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Cargotec's MacGregor completes acquisition of Hatlapa marine equipment Friday, Nov 01, 2013 Cargotec announces today that its MacGregor business has completed the acquisition of privately owned Hatlapa, a leading provider of merchant ship ...
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PPG enjoyed record third-quarter results, and the company has improved glass segment sales to thank in some small part for it. The company’s glass segment netted $278 million for the quarter, an increase of $16 million year over ...
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Glaston reported net half-year sales totaling EUR 60.1 million (more than 80 million USD), according to company financial figures released Thursday. The numbers were slightly higher than the previous year, thanks in part to a strong second ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported selected financial metrics and business highlights for second-quarter 2013 (excluding revenue and earnings, due to the firm's ongoing ...
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The manufacturer, which specialises in fresh prepared foods, announced today (June 13) that it had completed financial negotiations with banks enabling it to pay off some of its debt and extend existing loan agreements. As a result, ...
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At its annual general meeting (AGM), Martin Goetzeler, CEO of deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany since March, set out measures that the firm's executive board intends to implement together with Aixtron's team to return ...
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China is likely to make substantive moves this year toward initiating an anti-dumping investigation into wine imported from the eurozone, the China Security Journal reported on May 21, 2013. The government may take a further step in ...
Finnish packaging company Huhtamki Oyj has announced that its South African rigid paper and plastic packaging unit, which was reported as part of the Molded Fiber segment earlier, is now reported as part of the Foodservice ...
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Microsoft's quarterly figures came in today pretty much as analysts had expected, with earnings of $6.4bn (£4bn), down from $6.4bn in the previous year, and revenues of $21.46bn (£13.6bn), a three per cent increase year on year, ...
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Mike Lynch, the founder and former CEO of Autonomy, has defended himself against claims by HP CEO Meg Whitman that Autonomy had engaged in accounting practices that painted a misleading picture of Autonomy's business. HP bought Autonomy ...
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Cloud acquisitions paying off for Ellison Software and cloud revenue gave Oracle's financial figures a boost, but hardware sales continued to decline. For the second quarter of fiscal 2013 Oracle recorded revenue of $9.1bn, an increase ...
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Rank Group has announced financial figures for the 15 weeks leading to 14th October 2012. The bingo hall and casino operator experienced a 5% like for like growth from the same period of last year. The organisation has stated that the ...
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A "strong" performance from Glanbia's nutrition ingredients business has led the Irish food group to lift its forecast for full-year earnings. Glanbia said it expects its adjusted earnings per share to increase 8-10% on a ...
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