Mohawk Industries Inc. announced 2012 third quarter net earnings of $70 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.01. Excluding restructuring charges, net earnings were $72 million and EPS was $1.04, a 25% increase over last year's ...
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Proactive Investors reported that South Africa focused Bushveld Minerals will deliver a resource upgrade on its flagship iron ore project by the end of the year following an extensive drilling program. Bushveld said that the drilling ...
The unabated volatility in gold price has forced India's middle-class consumers to try out a cheaper option and their obvious choice now is to opt for silver jewellery.After an initial poor performance,last monsoon season in India improved ...
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Lenovo,already China's top PC seller,is expected to take the title for the country's top smartphone vendor in 2013,Gartner said. It made the prediction as Lenovo's swift growth in China's smartphone market has exceeded the research firm's ...
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In 2010, the future of the Chinese LED market was looking brighter than ever. The world economy was recovering from the "Great Regression," new environmental and efficiency initiatives outlined in the country's twelfth five‐year plan ...
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The Intersolar South America Summit made its debut in São Paulo,Brazil,on August 15,2012.The conference,which ran in parallel to the 14 th Electrical Installations Exhibition&Conference at the Expo Center Norte,met with a ...
The last installment in this three-part series tackles the challenges faced by makers. Shenzhen represents more than 70 percent of Guangdong province's lighting products. The bulk of the latter's LED light shipments of $3.81 billion ...
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Cree, a market leading manufacturer of LED products, is set to announce its Q4 2012 earnings on Tuesday, August 7. Plagued by a persistent oversupply and consequent pricing pressure in the LED market, the company posted weak Q3 2012 ...
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Italy's imports and exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery continued to show positive trends in the first quarter of 2012, compared with the same period of 2011, with a 17% rise in overseas sales, said Assocomaplast, the ...
Backlog at Electro Scientific Industries swells to a six-year high on new design wins,prompting 20%stock bounce. ESI stock:up 20%on positive outlook Electro Scientific Industries(ESI),the provider of laser systems used in a variety ...
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Indonesian cement producers estimate that cement sales will have grown steadily at 16 percent during the first half of this year, driven by the realization of infrastructure projects and the residential housing boom. Widodo Santoso, the ...
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Taiwan fastener exports slowed down in the second half of 2011 while the export volume and average price of the full year both hit record high. Some experts pointed out that the high record should be attributed to the high anti-dumping ...
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Indonesia s cement association (ASI) has reported that the country’s cement sales grew 17% in 2011, with total domestic sales reaching 47.9 million t. The association’s Chairman, Urip Trimuryono, attributed the result to ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany has issued new guidance for full-year 2011 of €600–650m in revenue (revised from €800–900m), with an EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) operating ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany has issued new guidance for full-year 2011 of €600–650m in revenue (revised from €800–900m), with an EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) operating ...
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