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Sappi Net Profit Increases in Q3
Aug 8, 2017Sappi has reported a net profit of $58m for this financial year’s third quarter, compared to $32m for the same period last year. For Q3, its earnings per share stood at $0.11, excluding special items. Sappi had also reduced its debt ...
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Notebook Shipments to Enjoy on-Year Growth in 1Q17
Mar 3, 2017Worldwide notebook shipments (not including 2-in-1 devices) surpassed 40 million units in the fourth quarter of 2016, dropping only 1.2% on year. Shipments from Taiwan-based ODMs even achieved on-year shipment growth in the quarter thanks ...
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Amarinth Secures EUR500,000 Pump Order for Abu Dhabi Project
Oct 13, 2016Amarinth has received an order worth more than €500 000 from Fjords Processing in France to supply eight API 610 OH2 desalting system recycling pumps for the Al Dabb’iya Facilities Development Phase III project in Abu Dhabi. ...
Tags: Amarinth, Fjords Processing, API 610 OH2 recycling pumps
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Business Is Looking Forward to a Mostly Merry Christmas
Oct 12, 2016Australian business attitudes are upbeat as we head into the year-end holiday trading period. According to Dun & Bradstreet’s September Business Expectations Survey, companies are anticipating increased sales, profits, employee ...
Tags: business, Dun&Bradstreet, merry Christmas
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Sappi Delivers Increased Profits for 3rd Quarter Ended June 2016
Aug 10, 2016Operating profit excluding special items was strong at $97m despite the third quarter being seasonally the weakest due to the summer holiday period in the northern hemisphere and the scheduling of annual maintenance work during the period. ...
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Egg Shortage Hitting Australia
Jun 21, 2016Australian supermarkets are struggling to keep the shelves stocked with eggs following a bout of winter weather as well as increased demand for ‘free range’ eggs placing pressures on supply. According to the Victorian Farmers ...
Tags: egg, winter weather, natural variation
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Oil Prices to Remain Low Well Into 2016
Dec 29, 2015Crude prices have gone down nearly 30 percent this year, and analysts expect oil prices to remain low for even longer. Boon for consumers Lower oil prices are generally good for US consumers and the economy, said Jason Bordoff, ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Crude Oil
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Netflix Socks Ensure You'll Never Miss a Moment of Your Favourite Show
Dec 21, 2015Netflix has released plans for the creation of a pair of festive socks that will maximise your viewing this Christmas. We're used to new original Netflix releases bring critically acclaimed TV series and films, with the odd terrible Adam ...
Tags: Netflix, festive socks, Consumer Electronics
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Frustrating Christmas Ahead for SME
Nov 26, 2015Lost revenue and frustrated customers are all too common for Australian SME who don’t successfully manage post and shipping services at Christmas, research commissioned by FedEx Express has found. The poll of 1,000 consumers and 400 ...
Tags: Christmas, online shopping, shipping
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Coke Launches New Appletiser Campaign
Nov 19, 2015Coca-Cola South Pacific has re-launched its Appletiser range of sparkling juice with a big marketing campaign that connects Appletiser with celebrations of Christmas and the Australian holiday period. The Coca-Cola Company acquired ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, non-alcoholic drink, grape juice
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Holiday Goodies
Oct 28, 2015The National Day week has provided rich pickings for local filmmakers with homegrown movies overcoming competition from Hollywood, Xu Fan reports. The challenge from Hollywood has been a longtime concern for Chinese filmmakers. But the ...
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China Dominating The Steel Scrap Market in 2015
Jul 11, 2015Despite buying a little more than 500,000 mt of scrap in the first three months of this year, China is dominating the steel scrap market, according to the latest Bureau of International Recycling World Mirror on ferrous metals. China ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Steel Scrap
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New Bubble Brand of Character Options
Apr 3, 2015In-store and TV drive set to bolster Stack-a-Bubble throughout Easter period and again in May. Character Option's new bubble brand, Stack-A-Bubble, is set to make waves in-store with a high visibility campaign both at point of sale and on ...
Tags: character options, stack-a-bubble, Toys
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Colorado Ski Visits at 21 Member Resorts Nearly One Percent off Last Year's Strong Pace
Jan 22, 2015Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) reported early season skier visits at its 21 member resorts were approximately one percent off last year’s strong pace. The report covers visits between Opening Day (Oct. 17, 2014) through Dec. 31, ...
Tags: Ski, warm drinks, Sporting Goods
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Retail/Rental Revenue for Resort Store Locations up 10.4 Percent Compared to The Priorod
Jan 15, 2015Vail Resorts reported season-to-date total lift ticket revenue at the company's nine mountain resorts, including an allocated portion of season pass revenue for each applicable period, was up 9.3 percent compared to the prior year ...
Tags: ski areas, Sporting Goods