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Transurban profit up on traffic volumes, cost cuts

Transurban profit up on traffic volumes, cost cuts

Transurban Group on Tuesday reported a 25% rise in first-half profit driven by increased toll revenue and lower costs, while maintaining its full year distribution guidance.

Chunghwa Telecom to expand workforce by 8% in 2012

Chunghwa Telecom to expand workforce by 8% in 2012

Chunghwa Telecom Co. , Taiwan’s largest telecommunications operator by subscribers, plans to expand its workforce by around 8% this year to tap into new business opportunities brought on by the closer economic ties between Taiwan and China,…

Micron Technology appoints Mark Durcan as CEO

Micron Technology appoints Mark Durcan as CEO

Micron Technology Inc. MU -2.14% announced Mark Durcan, 51, had been appointed chief executive replacing Steven Appleton,…

Aeropostale taps Hirtler-Garvey to chair board

Aeropostale taps Hirtler-Garvey to chair board

Aeropostale Inc. ARO +0.84% named Karin Hirtler-Garvey its chairman, succeeding Julian R. Geiger who has stepped down from the position.

Panasonic reported forecasting record annual loss

Panasonic reported forecasting record annual loss

Panasonic Corp. is expecting a record Y700 billion net loss for the current fiscal year ending in March well in excess of its existing forecast for a Y420 billion loss,…

Korea’s SK Telecom post 61% net-profit drop in Q4

Korea’s SK Telecom post 61% net-profit drop in Q4

SK Telecom Co. , South Korea’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers, said Thursday its fourth-quarter net profit fell 61% from a year earlier,…

Newmont reportedly in coal ops sale talks

Newmont reportedly in coal ops sale talks

Newmont Mining Corp. NEM -0.03% is in final talks with two overseas parties on the sale of Australian assets containing more than 1.2 billion metric tons of thermal coal, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.

Disney agrees to buy out India’s UTV Software

Disney agrees to buy out India’s UTV Software

Walt Disney Co. DIS -0.21% said it would buy a controlling interest in Indian entertainment company UTV Software Communications Ltd. , which it said would make Disney the country’s leading film studio.

Fortinet quarterly profit up 2.2% as billings jump

Fortinet quarterly profit up 2.2% as billings jump

Fortinet Inc.’s FTNT +8.72% fourth-quarter earnings climbed 2.2% as the network-security company again reported double-digit billings growth.

Origin Energy gas, oil revenue up on higher prices

Origin Energy gas, oil revenue up on higher prices

Origin Energy Ltd. on Tuesday reported a 5% rise in first-half revenue from its oil and gas operations after lower production was offset by higher commodity prices.

QuamTel (OTCBB: QUMI).

QuamTel (OTCBB: QUMI).

QuamTel was founded in January 1996 to deliver managed pre-paid global communication products and services. Through its subsidiaries WQN and DataJack,…

Ardent Mines Appoints Luciano de Freitas Borges as President

Ardent Mines Appoints Luciano de Freitas Borges as President

Ardent Mines Ltd. (OTCQB: ADNT) (the “Company” or “Ardent Mines”), a precious resources exploration, development,…

Olympus plans to report April-Dec. results Feb. 13

Olympus plans to report April-Dec. results Feb. 13

Scandal-hit Olympus Corp. said Friday it will release its earnings results for the April to December period on Feb. 13, a day before a legal deadline for listed firms to submit their accounts.

Samsung profit up 17% on record smartphone sales

Samsung profit up 17% on record smartphone sales

Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its fourth-quarter net profit rose 17% from a year earlier as record smartphone sales outweighed pressure from the firm’s other businesses,…

Teradyne earnings jump on tax benefit; shares up

Teradyne earnings jump on tax benefit; shares up

Teradyne Inc.’s TER +7.87% fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled on a large tax-provision benefit as the maker of chip-testing equipment,…

Princeton Security Technologies Inc( OTCQB:PSGY)

Princeton Security Technologies Inc( OTCQB:PSGY)

Princeton Security Technologies, Inc. is the holding company of Princeton Gamma-Tech Instruments, Inc. (PGTI). PGTI is a supplier of X-ray and gamma-ray detectors and spectroscopy systems, portable radioisotope identifiers, and portable chemical analyzers. The Company serves a broad customer base in scientific research, industrial materials analysis, and homeland security. The Company operates a full customer [...]

Cliffs Natural Resources outlines $1B capex plan

Cliffs Natural Resources outlines $1B capex plan

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. CLF -0.03% said it plans to increase its spending 12% to about $1 billion this year to boost its mining and transportation capacity around the world.

Plexus earnings fall 29% on weaker sales

Plexus earnings fall 29% on weaker sales

Plexus Corp.’s PLXS +1.81% fiscal first-quarter earnings fell a less-than-feared 29% as strength in the manufacturing services company’s engineering business helped damp the effect of lower sales.

Xilinx’s net falls 17% on wireless weakness

Xilinx’s net falls 17% on wireless weakness

Xilinx Inc.’s XLNX +7.17% fiscal third-quarter profit fell 17% on weaker revenue from the chip maker’s communications customers, though its earnings per share topped analysts’ estimates.

Samsung: Never reviewed plans to take over RIM

Samsung: Never reviewed plans to take over RIM

Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that it has never reviewed plans to take over Research In Motion Ltd. RIMM -5.55% ,…