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2013/4/23
Air Products & Chemicals Inc.'s (APD) fiscal-second quarter earnings edged down 1.9% as the industrial-gas maker reported a rise in certain costs, while its income tax provision surged.
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2013/4/23
PITTSBURGH, April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- II-VI Incorporated (Nasdaq:IIVI) today reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2013.
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2013/4/23
KYOTO, Japan, April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nidec Corporation ("Nidec") (NYSE:NJ) announced today that, at its board meeting held today, it has resolved to implement share exchange transactions to make Nidec Copal Corporation ("Nidec Copal"), Nidec Tosok Corporation ("Nidec Tosok") and Nidec Seimitsu Corporation ("Nidec Seimitsu") wholly owned subsidiaries of Nidec and agreed accordingly with the respective companies.
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2013/4/23
ROME --Italian eyewear maker Safilo Group SpA (SFL.MI) whose brands include Gucci and Hugo Boss posted an increase in first-quarter earnings despite losing its coveted license to make sunglasses for Giorgio Armani SpA .
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2013/4/23
Finnish escalator and lift maker Kone Oyj (KNEBV.HE) Tuesday posted a 15% rise in first-quarter net profit and upgraded its full-year guidance due to strong order intake in Asia-Pacific and North America .
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2013/4/23
KYOTO, Japan, April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nidec Corporation (the "Company") (NYSE:NJ) today announced differences between its financial forecast for the year ended March 31, 2013 (announced on January 24, 2013) and the actual financial results released today.
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2013/4/23
KYOTO, Japan, April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nidec Corporation (NYSE:NJ) today announced its consolidated results under U.S.GAAP for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.
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2013/4/23
SPOKANE, Wash., April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Potlatch Corporation (Nasdaq:PCH) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.
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2013/4/23
Descartes Solution Provides Highly-Accurate Positioning and Arrival Time Notification WATERLOO, Ontario, April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that its customer, New World First Bus Services Limited ("NWFB") and Citybus Limited, won the "Best Public Service Application Grand Award" and "Best Public Service Application (Transformation) Gold Award" in The Hong Kong ICT Awards 2013.
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2013/4/23
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP) (SPI) and Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. (TPUSA) announced today that the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Sucampo’s supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for AMITIZA ® (lubiprostone) (24 mcg twice daily) as the first and only oral medication for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in adult patients with chronic, non-cancer pain.
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2013/4/23
Investment bank UBS on Tuesday updated its short-term price targets for gold following the precious metal's recent volatility.
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2013/4/23
Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Tuesday's session are are Netflix Inc. (NFLX), Rent-A- Center Inc. (RCII), Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO) Netflix swung to a first-quarter profit as the movie-subscription company continued to add Internet subscribers and unveiled a plan that will allow users to simultaneously stream four videos.
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2013/4/23
Merck (NYSE: MRK) , known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the presentation of the latest interim data from a Phase II, multi-center, randomized, dose-ranging clinical trial evaluating the safety and antiviral activity of MK-5172, for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection.
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2013/4/23
DuPont Co.'s DD DD first-quarter earnings more than doubled as the diversified U.S. manufacturer reported a larger profit from discontinued operations than in the year-ago period, while revenue climbed.
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2013/4/23
JOHANNESBURG-BP Group (BP) Tuesday said the energy company will invest more than 5 billion rand ( $540 million ) in South Africa and Mozambique over the next five years.
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2013/4/23
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. ( IDT ® ) (NASDAQ: IDTI) , the Analog and Digital Company™ delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, today announced the industry’s first Glitch-Free™ radio frequency (RF) digital step attenuator (DSA) with integrated blocking capacitors.
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2013/4/23
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2013/4/23
AUSTIN, Texas, April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Superconductor Technologies Inc. (STI) (Nasdaq:SCON) , a world leader in the development and production of high temperature superconducting (HTS) materials and associated technologies, announces that it has recently received purchase orders from multiple customers for its Conductus ® 2G HTS wire.
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2013/4/23
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) ( www.beazer.com ) today announced the promotion and appointment of Ekaterina “Katya” Schwallie to Vice President, Treasurer and Financial Planning and Analysis, assuming an expanded role after Jeffrey Hoza, the Company’s former Treasurer, was recently named Atlanta Division President.
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2013/4/23
TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:SIMO) ("Silicon Motion" or the "Company"), a global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices and specialty RF IC solutions for mobile devices, announces today its next quarterly cash dividend.
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2013/4/23
CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) , a leading provider of financing and advisory services to small businesses and middle market companies, today reported net income of $163 million, $0.81 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2013, compared to a net loss of $427 million, ($2.13) per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2012.
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2013/4/23
Veris Gold Corp.
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2013/4/23
Toronto Stock Exchange: VG VANCOUVER , April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Veris Gold Corp.
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2013/4/23
Continues Development of Harvester Project for Monitoring Radiation in the Atmosphere CALABASAS, Calif.
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2013/4/23
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCRX) today announced that its first quarter 2013 financial results will be released on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.
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2013/4/23
FRANKFURT --The following is a summary of analysts' forecasts for AstraZeneca plc (AZN) first-quarter results, based on a poll of seven analysts conducted by Dow Jones Newswires (figures in million dollars, EPS and dividend in dollar, target price in pence, according to IFRS). Earnings figures are scheduled to be released April 25 .
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2013/4/23
LONDON --Continuing recent trends J Sainsbury PLC (SBRY.LN) was the only one of the top four U.K. supermarkets to gain market share in the latest 12 weeks ended April 14 , while Tesco PLC (TSCO.LN) saw its share slide further to 29.9%. MAIN FACTS: -Tesco market share for 12 weeks ended April 14 29.9% (12 weeks ended April 15, 2012 : 30.7%) - J Sainsbury market share 16.9% (2012: 16.6%) -Asda market share 17.5% (2012: 17.6%) - Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC (MRW.LN) market share 11.5% (2012: 11.9%) -Aldi and Lidl's joint market share 6.4% (2012: 5.5%); Aldi's share 3.4% (2012: 2.7%); Lidl's share 3.0% (2012: 2.8%). -Waitrose market share 4.9% (2011: 4.5%). -Grocery inflation stands at 3.8% for the 12 weeks ending April 14 .
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2013/4/23
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (NASDAQ: ENTA) , a research and development-focused biotechnology company dedicated to creating small molecule drugs in the infectious disease field, announced today that new Phase 2b data related to ABT-450, Enanta’s lead HCV protease inhibitor identified in its ongoing collaboration with AbbVie, as well as new preclinical data on Enanta’s proprietary cyclophilin inhibitor, EDP-546, will be presented at the International Liver Congress, (ILC), which is the 48 th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) taking place in Amsterdam April 24-28, 2013.
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2013/4/23
- 96 percent of treatment-naive patients and 93 percent of prior null responders treated with AbbVie's investigational IFN-free, triple-DAA combination therapy achieve SVR24 - Additional analyses looks at response rates in patients with differing baseline factors including gender, viral load and fibrosis stage AMSTERDAM , April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  (NYSE: ABBV)   – Results from "Aviator,"  AbbVie's phase IIb clinical trial of its investigational direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, continue to demonstrate high sustained viral response (SVR) rates against genotype 1 HCV, across patient types.
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2013/4/23
Investment bank UBS on Tuesday updated its short-term price targets for gold following the precious metal's recent volatility.
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