Allied Domecq posts 6 percent profit rise despite U.S. volume drop

AP Worldstream;  April 29, 2002 ;     243 words ......the run-up to Christmas. Allied Domecq finance director Graham Hetherington said the company has taken action to stem the volume drop, including a 27 percent increase in marketing _ mainly on its Ballantine's whiskey and Stolichnaya vodka brands _ and introducing...

Low Chip Tags Bring Apple Up.(Brief article)

Purchasing;  May 17, 2007 ;     46 words ......component and chip prices as the main reason it avoided its usual first-quarter revenue slump. While Apple usually sees a volume drop after the holiday season, price declines in DRAM and LCD screens used in its iPod and Macintoshes boosted financial results...

Property slump hits retail figures.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 25, 2007 ;     122 words ......shops during the month was down by1.1pc on the month before, the Central Statistics Office said yesterday. It was the second volume drop in three months, and the biggest monthlyreduction for more than a year. The figures were seen by analysts as confirming that...

Antec Says 4th Quarter Won't Hit Marks.(1999)(Brief Article)(Statistical...

Multichannel News;  January 3, 2000 ;     202 words ...DULUTH, GA. -- Lower margins due to higher research, development and manufacturing costs, a late-year volume drop in infrastructure products and a onetime restructuring charge are among the factors expected to drive down Antec Corp.'s earnings...

Brazil: Reduced flights in Brazilian market.

South American Business Information;  September 21, 2001 ;     163 words ......terrorist attacks in the US. TAM has seen seat occupation in its passenger flights to the US drop to 50% from 55% and its cargo volume drop by 12%. Varig is facing a larger problem because 55% of its income is derived from international flights. It expects a drop...

HOUSING PROGRAMS:BRIAN D. MONTGOMERY

Congressional Testimony;  July 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......or $256 million. For Senator Martinez, Florida saw its loan volume drop 79 percent, from 55,524 loans to 12,091, resulting in a loss...which until recently led the nation, but has now seen its loan volume drop from 109,074 to just 2,599; that`s a decline of 98 percent...

Abortions Show Slight Drop

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 28, 1994 ;     173 words ......and Prevention reported. In 1991, 1,388,937 abortions were performed in the United States, the center said. "We've seen a volume drop," said Merle Hoffman, president of Choices, a New York reproductive health care facility that treats 45,000 patients a year...

The supplier's view.(nutritional aspects of pasta)(Column)

Grocer;  October 21, 2006 ;     162 words ...The character pasta market has had a hard time of late with a volume drop of 13% this year, which can be directly attributed to a rise of negative publicity and criticism for the poor nutritional value...

Australian Inventor Develops Inkjet Printhead Low Volume Drop Displacement...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 27, 2008 ;     240 words ...ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 27 -- Kia Silverbrook of Balmain, Australia, has developed low volume drop displacement method in inkjet printhead. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bubble forming liquid is placed...

Airlines: Air leaders struggle for a way back.(Brief Article)

Advertising Age;  June 24, 2002 ;     559 words ......assaults, airlines were battling a dismal travel environment. Doleful economic conditions already had caused a precipitous volume drop when the terrorist attacks turned the situation into a fiscal catastrophe. The high-profile November crash of American Airlines...

HireSkills.com offers free trial.(Brief Article)

Official Board Markets;  February 23, 2002 ;     163 words ......companies in need of finding and filling positions are using HireSkills.com for posting jobs and searching resumes. Based on continued packaging industry growth and on HireSkills.com's printing industry success, we are pleased to expand our services in response to...

The world on your dinner plate; as British palates become increasingly...

Grocer;  September 20, 2003 ;     334 words ......mixed performance despite the huge variety now on offer. Thai fragrant rices, for example, showed a 2.1% value drop and 9.7% volume drop last year (IRI) despite the overall strong performance of Thai cuisine, while other speciality rices also fell: down 6.2...

Thailand's Trade Deficit Declines in First Half

Xinhua English Newswire;  August 21, 1997 ;     183 words ......was attributed to an export rise of 3.6 percent to 724.06 billion baht (28.3 billion dollars) in the period, and an import volume drop of 4.3 percent to 897.81 billion baht (35.1 billion dollars), today's local press quoted Karun Kittisataporn, director-general...

HOUSING BUBBLE WILL BURST EXPERT SAYS HISTORY REVEALS UPS AND DOWNS IN...

Rocky Mountain News;  March 7, 2003 ;     290 words ......a coined phrase that means different things to different people. If you mean will prices come down slightly and the sales volume drop, yes that will happen. We don't go through half cycles. Nothing goes straight up forever. Prices and sales have to come down...

Housing market correction gathers momentum.

Sun (Port Charlotte, FL);  August 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Lakeland, which resembled pricier markets with a 28-percent volume drop. Current sales numbers are skewed by the fact that 2005 was...housing sales. Still, most real estate agencies have seen their volume drop at least 20 percent from last year's overheated pace, Kijak...