Premium Brands, a producer, marketer and distributor of branded specialty food products has acquired 100% of Ontario-based Leadbetter Foods. Leadbetter has annual sales of approximately $55 million and is one of Ontario's leading ...
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Tyson Foods has made significant progress in its transition from a protein producer to a branded, value-added food company with stronger, more stable earnings, company executives told investors at the Consumer Analyst Group of Europe annual ...
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Foot Locker, Inc. reported fourth-quarter earnings rose 18.0 percent to $146 million, or $1.01 a share, easily eclipsing Wall Street's target. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $1 per share, beating Wall Street's consensus ...
Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S6 The Samsung Galaxy S6 release date is fast approaching, and with 2015 now upon us, a flurry of Galaxy S6 leaks and rumours have started to surface. With the Galaxy S6 release date ...
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Three buyout groups - BC Partners, Onex and Partners Group - will bid for Switzerland-based carton manufacturer SIG Combibloc which is owned by New Zealand’s Reynolds. SIG was acquired by New Zealand-based businessman Graeme Hart ...
BASF's business developed positively in the second quarter of 2014. At €18.5 billion, sales rose by 1% compared with the same period of the previous year. "This was largely the result of higher sales volumes in our chemicals business, ...
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Investcorp Bank, a Bahrain-based investment firm, is considering $1.3bn sale of US packaging distribution company Berlin Packaging, sources known with the matter said. Investments banks Barclays and Deutsche Bank have been selected by the ...
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China's state-owned Sinopec said Wednesday it has signed a pact with Kuwait Petroleum Co to enhance cooperation in the oil sector, including refining. Sinopec, or China Petrochemical Corp., said the deal was signed Tuesday in Beijing in ...
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Diversified miner trader Glencore Xstrata said Tuesday it sold 33.2 million mt of iron ore in 2013, a 68% annual rise in volumes, as it proceeds with studies for projects in Africa to gain marketing clout. As a relatively new entrant to ...
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The Hershey Company today announced sales and earnings for the third quarter ended September 29, 2013. Consolidated net sales were $1,853,886,000 compared with $1,746,709,000 for the third quarter of 2012. Reported net income for the ...
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Kohl’s Corporation. Kohl’s Corporation reported results for the quarter and year-to-date period ended August 3, 2013 Kevin Mansell, Kohl's chairman, president and chief executive officer, said, “We are pleased with our ...
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A credit crisis in Shenmu, a bustling northwest China county that built its riches on coal, has stoked concerns regarding how quickly the country can complete its economic transition. Hundreds of underground banks that mushroomed in ...
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Vistaprint N.V., a leading online provider of professional marketing products and services to micro businesses and the home, announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. Fourth quarter 2013 ...
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Lite-On Technology held its 2013 annual general meeting on June 19, during which the shareholders approved Lite-On's results in 2012 and distribution of a NT$2.4 dividend per common share. Of that sum, the cash and stock dividend portions ...
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Is the New Zealand equity market a bubble? With global short-term interest rates at close to zero and a number of central banks pumping liquidity into markets as fast as their printing presses allow, there are clear signs that asset bubbles ...
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