As Europe, Asia sales grow, Sun Hydraulics reports earnings jump The Business Review reported first quarter net earnings increased to $7.7 million, a 33 percent increase over the comparable quarter in 2007. Net income per diluted share was $0.46, up from $0.35 per share in the first quarter of last year. The company reported net sales of $49 million for the first quarter, up 20...
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Maintains a large fan base in Europe and Asia Canada Dot Com Published: Monday, May 05, 2008 There's an old adage that if you can survive changing tastes while hanging onto a dedicated fan base, you will see your chosen genre of music get hip again. And you'll be the coolest crew around when it does. Long Island's Dream Theater is reaping these rewards with...
Asian rice market plunges into uncertainty ahead of meeting on possible cartel Globe and Mail Prices have more than tripled this year for the food that many Asians eat with every meal, and costs of other farm products have been skyrocketing, too ...Read the full article Post the first comment Start the Conversation, Leave a Comment This conversation is semi-moderated What is moderation? | How do I report a comment? You must be logged-in to submit a comment - login now! Not registered with globeandmail.com?...
Golf courses, developers nibble at Asia's rice paddies Canada Dot Com TANAH LOT, Indonesia - The tourists who tee off at this golf course on Bali's west coast are probably unaware that the ground beneath their feet is connected to a global panic over rice supplies. Once this golf course was a patchwork of rice fields. Now just a few remain, and villagers work as caddies or waiters at Le Meridien Nirwana resort and its Greg Norman-designed greens. From Bali to Vietnam, rice paddies are...
Southeast Asian rice cartel 'anti-poor' The Manila Times MANILA: Senior Philippine officials on Saturday expressed concern about the plan for a Southeast Asian rice cartel, saying it would cause greater problems than it would solve amid a global food crisis. The so-called Organization of Rice-Exporting Countries (OREC) is "anti-poor and will only exacerbate hunger and poverty rather than ease it," Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan said in a statement. "They have to...
Young Filipina corporate officer named Asia 21 fellow The Manila Times Patricia Gallardo, CSR officer of Ayala Land, is one of 23 new fellows identified by AsiaSociety as the most promising trendsetters and emerging leaders in the Asia Pacific region. As a member of the 2008 Class of Asia 21 Fellows, Gallardo will participate in the society's Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative, the leading cross-sectoral leadership development program in the Asia Pacific region established by Asia...
Southeast Asia says to cooperate over food security Canada Dot Com NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Southeast Asia nations meeting in Bali agreed on Saturday to cooperate over the rice market, but stopped short of concrete measures to deal with rocketing prices of the region's staple in most meals. The issue of food security has hijacked the weekend meeting of tradeministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the Indonesian resort island. "The...
