AK Steel Holding Corporation AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) has got a perfect start for 2016‚ with its shares gaining more than 83% so far this year. This strong momentum in the share price performance can be attributed to the recent rally in steel prices along with the strong financial and operating performance in the fourth-quarter of 2015. Steel prices shot up to the tune of 8% to 27% across the world in 2016. For instance‚ The United States HRB spot price rose by 10% to the current level of $466 per metric
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Harnischfeger Corporation • Includes in net sales products purchased from Kobe Steel. Financial Statements of certain foreign subsidiaries are included on the basis of their fiscal years ended July 31. Although this has no significant impact on net income‚ it did increased net sales by $5.4 million. • Perhaps one of the most significant accounting changes would be changing the method for depreciation expenses on plants‚ machinery and equipment – from principally accelerated methods to straight
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Capstone Turbine Corporation Capstone Turbine announced the results for its third quarter (ended 31st December 2015) of fiscal 2016 on 3rd February. The company’s revenue has increased 20 % sequentially from $ 17.9 million in the second quarter to $ 21.5 million in the third quarter. The company was also able to improve its gross margin sequentially from 11 % to 19 % and reduce the net loss from $ 7.9 million to $ 6.0 million‚ an improvement of 24 %. A more representative metric than the net income
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marketing psychologist‚ began to take into account the psychology of packaging design. Cheskin study how consumers’ emotional response to the package by doing experiments. In his experiments‚ he placed the same two products in two different packages. A circular packaging and other packaging triangular. Participants in the experiment were asked to choose which products are most favored and why. They were not questioned at all about the packaging. Also not required to say anything about the container. The result
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Background and Aims Precocious flowering in apple trees is often associated with a smaller tree size. The hypothesis was tested that floral evocation in axillary buds‚ induced by dwarfing rootstocks‚ reduces the vigour of annual shoots developing from these buds compared with shoots developing from vegetative buds. Methods The experimental system provided a wide range of possible tree vigour using ‘Royal Gala’ scions and M.9 (dwarfing) and MM.106 (non-dwarfing) as rootstocks and interstocks. Second-year
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Marketing Packaging Assignment For this assignment I chose to do the packaging of the box my cellphone came in‚ when I purchased it at a large electronic retailer around 8 months ago. I remember when I was buying the phone the sleek design of the packaging definitely helped me make my decision on buying it or going with one of its rivals. Although I had already done some research and determined this is the product I wanted‚ I could have easily changed my mind if the package the device came in was
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The Medicines Company Case 1. What is the value of Angiomax to a hospital? 1.1 Angiomax Vs. Heparin Angiomax is considered as a potential substitute for heparin. It has 3 major advantages when compared with Heparin. First‚ the effects of Angiomax are more accurate and more predictable. Second‚ it works better among patients at risk for bleeding‚ where heparin often proves problematic. Third‚ the product works faster than heparin and patients do not need to wait for 2 – 3 hours to identify the
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SME Cloud or Not? Abstract - Advanced Packaging Technology (M) Sdn Bhd is a “small-medium” enterprise‚ or SME whose business is in packaging consumer products with an annual turnover of US$ 7.5 million. Like many small businesses in the industry‚ APT started out 30 years ago. Its IT system primarily consists of computers and a broadband connection with little or no integration across functions and departments. This has long supported the business that has until recently relied on near obsolete
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JFS: Concise Reviews in Food Science Concise Reviews and Hypotheses in Food Science Active Packaging Technologies with an Emphasis on Antimicrobial Packaging and its Applications P. SUPPAKUL‚ J. MILTZ‚ K. SONNEVELD‚ AND S.W. BIGGER ABSTRACT: In response to the dynamic changes in current consumer demand and market trends‚ the area of Active Packaging (AP) is becoming increasingly significant. Principal AP systems include those that involve oxygen scavenging‚ moisture absorption and control
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Case Writeups : Sealed Air Corporation 1) What has been happening in this market? How has Sealed Air (SA) been doing? To what do you attribute SA’s success? Sealed Air had achieved 25% annual growth in net sales and net earnings from 1971 to 1980. The company has been keeping a technical leadership position in the market. During 10 years‚ the company built on its development of the first-cell‚ lightweight cushioning material‚ introduced the first foam-in-place packaging system‚ and engineered the
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