Profits at corrugated specialist DS Smith have risen in the first half of the financial year. Pre-tax profit is up 45% to £123m while operating profit has risen 10% to £176m However, there was a 5% dip in revenue to ...
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For third-quarter 2014, First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA - which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services - has reported net sales of ...
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Sales of BASF Group grew by 3% compared with the previous third quarter, reaching €18.3 billion. A sharp rise in volumes in the Natural Gas Trading business sector was mainly responsible for this growth. Income from operations (EBIT) ...
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Brunswick Corporation reported adjusted operating earnings increased 45 percent in the third quarter on a 13 percent revenue gain. Fitness segment sales, including Life Fitness, and Marine Engine segment revenues, each grew 11 percent. Boat ...
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GREENWICH, CT— Freight transportation services provider XPO Logistics is looking to expand its business and a good portion of the $700 million invested is coming from some Canadians’ pension plans. The Public Sector Pension ...
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. posted net income of $213 million on net sales of $4.7 billion for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. That compares to income of $181 million on sales of nearly $4.9 billion for the same period last year. ...
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Brunswick Corporation has agreed to sell its Retail Bowling business to Bowlmor AMF for $270 million, contingent upon customary closing procedures. Brunswick also announced its intention to divest its Bowling Products business. Brunswick is ...
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Akzo Nobel N.V. reported positive volume development in all three Business Areas. Second quarter revenue of €3,710 million was 4 percent lower compared with the same quarter last year. The decrease was mainly due to 5 percent adverse ...
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced an update to its 2014-2016 capital allocation plan that will allow the company to invest approximately $500 million to build a new consumer tire plant to support demand in North America and Latin ...
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SunOpta, a leading global company focused on natural, organic and specialty foods, announced financial results for the first quarter ended April 5, 2014. All amounts are expressed in US dollars and results are reported in accordance with ...
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Fox Factory Holding Corp.'s sales slowed as expected in the first quarter ended March 31 due to a shift in shipments of its suspension products to mountain bike manufacturers. "We are pleased to report that our first quarter results were ...
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a net loss of $58 million on net sales of $4.5 billion for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014. That compares to income of $26 million on sales of $4.9 billion for the same period last year. Goodyear ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has announced full-year 2014 guidance as well as ...
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In conjunction with a presentation today at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer Conference, General Mills reaffirmed its key financial targets for the 2014 fiscal year. The company said that for the fiscal year ending May 25, 2014, it ...
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Solvay Novecare has made three key appointments to its Asia Pacific Coatings Market Team. Leading the team is Asia Pacific regional market director Marc Teo, who is responsible for delivering financial targets and sustainably growing the ...
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