Hormel Posts In Line 2Q Results
Hormel’s 2Q11 EPS of 40 cents was above 34 cents in the corresponding period of fiscal 2010 and in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. View full post on All Stories
Quick-fix loans can cost a fortune, but a rates cap may not be the answer
Payday and other quick- fix loans may draw heavy criticism for sky-high interest rates and excessive fee structures, but they are proving popular with borrowers. New research from Moneysupermarket revealed that this month saw a 58 per cent increase in demand for payday loans compared to the same period last year. View full post on [...]
American Vanguard Reports First Quarter 2011 Results
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE:AVD), today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. Fiscal 2011 First Quarter Financial Highlights – versus Fiscal 2010 First Quarter Net sales of $67.4 million, an increase of 44%. Net income of $5.0 million, compared to $1.8 million generated in 1Q2010. Earnings per diluted [...]
All Nippon Airways Reverses Loss, But Outlook Still Uncertain
ANA reported strong earnings improvement for its fiscal year, although the last quarter of that period was weakened by soft demand following the March 11 earthquake. View full post on All Stories
Blumenthal Joins Ranks of Self-Funded Candidates
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) “lent his 2010 Senate campaign slightly more than $2.5 million, of some $8 million spent. He was forced to reclassify most of that as a contribution, however, by a federal law that requires repayment of candidate loans within 20 days of the election,” the Connecticut Mirror reports. Said his campaign chairman: [...]
O.C. small-biz loans plunge as subsidies end
The number of federally guaranteed loans to Orange County small businesses plunged 34% to 128 loans in the January-through-March period after the higher guarantees for lenders and fee subsidies for borrowers ended Dec. 31. The dollar amount of… View full post on All Stories
Tata Motors March sales up 11%
MUMBAI (MarketWatch) — Tata Motors Ltd on Friday said it sold 83,363 vehicles in March, up 11% from 75,129 in the same period last year. Domestic sales of the firm’s commercial and passenger vehicles rose 9% to 77,431 from 71,024 in March of last year. Tata’s March total exports were at 5,932 vehicles compared with [...]
Disparities found in local housing loans
Housing lending to African-Americans in the St. Louis area fell by nearly half from 2007 to 2009, but local lending to whites increased 22 percent during that same period, according to a report by the Equal Housing Opportunity Council, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch… View full post on All Stories
Using Twitter for job searching
Recent national statistics have shown that the unemployment rate has dropped from 9.4% to 9%. As of December 2010 the unemployment rate for Maryland was 7.4%. The rate for the Baltimore Metropolitan area for the same period was 7.5%. In terms of… View full post on All Stories
Sport Chalet loss narrows in fiscal third quarter
The La Canada Flintridge retailer posts a $0.9-million loss for the three months ended Dec. 26 compared with a loss of $3.8 million in the same period a year earlier. Sales rise 0.6% to $95.8 million. Sporting-goods chain Sport Chalet Inc. reported a narrower fiscal third-quarter loss Wednesday and said total sales increased slightly, reflecting [...]
