Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland rose 5.7 percent year on year in August, compared with a 1.6-percent drop in July, official data showed Tuesday. FDI hit 57.3 billion yuan (US$8.8 billion) last month, according to ...
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As a bellwether for the U.S. jewelry market and global diamond industry, this year's Las Vegas shows met the trade's conservative expectations. While foot traffic and diamond trading were slightly slower than previous years, jewelry sales ...
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Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, today reported consolidated financial results for its third quarter, ending 27 September 2015. Sonoco president and CEO Jack Sanders said: "We are encouraged by the ...
Driven by gross margin expansion and a lower tax rate, earnings per share surged 25 per cent, year over year at sports good and sportswear marketer Nike Inc for the fiscal ending May 31, 2015. A Nike press release informed that fiscal ...
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Chinese consumers spent lavishly on travel, movies and gifts during the lunar New Year holiday. While hoards of travelers were on their way home on Feb. 18, New Year's Eve in China, Wu was enjoying the sunshine in Bali with her family, ...
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Rising production costs and falling global crude prices are prompting Chinese oil companies to reduce output and explore other options for sustainable profit growth in the long term, a leading industry expert said on Tuesday. Part of the ...
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Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Tuesday that the US imported a total of 4,398,000 net tons (nt) of steel in October, including 3,396,000 nt of finished steel (up 12.8 percent ...
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US based apparel and footwear marketer –VF Corp’s latest sustainability report marks the public debut of its innovative chemical management program, CHEM-IQ. “CHEM-IQ provides a proactive, cost-effective and scalable ...
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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VF Corp. said The Timberland, Vans, The North Face, Kipling and Wrangler brands drove a 7 percent increase in revenues and an 11 percent increase in earnings per share in the third quarter ended Sept. 27, 2014. All per share amounts are ...
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Chevrolet has reached a big number in mini cars, surpassing 1 million sales worldwide of the Spark and Beat. It is fresh evidence of Chevrolet's small car lineup attracting more people to the brand around the world. Earlier this year, ...
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In the January-August period of the current year, the aggregate gross profit of large and medium-sized industrial enterprises in China amounted to RMB 3.83304 trillion ($0.622 trillion), increasing by 10.0 percent year on year, according to ...
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In August this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 24.82 million mt, increasing by 0.27 percent year on year and by 9.03 percent compared to July, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of ...
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Gold jewelry demand fell 36 percent year on year to $21.11 billion during the second quarter that ended on June 30, according to the World Gold Council. By weight, gold jewelry demand dropped 30 percent to 509.6 tonnes. Gold demand in ...
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TORONTO — After several slow years, merger and acquisition activity is on the rise again in the Canadian trucking industry, according to PwC's Capital Markets Flash, a provider of tax, consulting and deals services. "We're seeing ...
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