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...Brambles acquired that business in the 1950s. Brambles has raised its outlook three times this year but has historically struggled to manage a consistent financial performance....
...Brambles, which has a market capitalisation of A$17bn and debt of A$3bn, said it would consider “other strategic options” to maximise shareholder value....
...Corporate earnings reports out today include China Overseas Land & Investment, Brambles, Fortescue Metals Group, Hong Kong & China Gas, Anhui Conch Cement, Kerry Properties, Goodman Group and China Resources...
...Brambles kept its dividend unchanged from the previous six-month period at 14.5 Australian cents, franked at a rate of 25 per cent....
...Brambles said it would provide updated full-year guidance when it announces half-year results on February 20....
...Yet with Brambles market share already at a steep 55 per cent, new business wins may be on hold permanently....
...Craig Harrison, of the UK’s Forestry Commission, explains this to me one bright spring morning in a south London wood of bluebells, brambles and oak....
...be possible over the coming day Ingar Skiaker, chief executive of Höegh Autoliners, said none of the 500 tonnes of fuel oil on board had leaked from the vessel, which is lying at a severe angle on the Bramble...
...This, plus a big payout, should console Ms Doherty, formerly of Tesco and Aussie pallet stackers Brambles. The job of Reckitt FD shades into that of a chief operating officer....
...Joining Tesco in 2001, after spells in Thailand and eastern Europe with Unilever, she continued in finance roles, but jumped ship in 2007 to take the top finance slot at Brambles in Australia....
...The independent directors include Sir Chung-Kong Chow, chief executive of MTR, the Hong Kong metro, and a former chief executive of Brambles Industries, the Australia-based support services company....
...Sentiment has also been boosted by earnings out of the region from groups such as Canon and Brambles, the pallet maker....
...Apax has done several deals in the past month, including its €923m ($1.2bn) sale of Ifco Systems, the German maker of reusable plastic food containers, to Australia’s Brambles, and its buy-out of Psagot...
...Among the non-US issuers making debut bond offerings in the dollar market this year are Russian Railways, Anglo Gold Ashanti, Brambles of Australia and Qatari Diar....
...Bramble in Edinburgh is very good, as are Hausbar in Bristol and the Corridor in Manchester....
...Brambles quit the London Stock Exchange in 2006....
...- Corporate: Reliance Industries, Stobart Group, Brambles, Close Brothers, Tullow Oil, Gem Diamonds, Invensys, Xstrata....
...- Corporate: Westfield Europe Finance, Mulberry, Thorntons, Brambles, Rexam, Jarvis, Balfour Beatty, AngloGold, Publicis Group, Atos Origin, Norsk Hydro....
...Loscam has a market share in Australia of about 25 per cent – compared with the 75 per cent share held by Chep, a subsidiary of Brambles....
...Analysts warned that further currency strength could hurt some sectors of the stock market with Brambles, the global pallet supplier, falling 2.6 per cent to A$7.45 and packaging group Amcor down 2.6 per...
...Brambles, the international pallet supplier, tumbled 5.5 per cent to A$7.04....
...By contrast, Brambles rose 3.6 per cent to A$7.15 after its net profit fell short of forecasts but it said it saw an earnings recovery....
...He also became a non-executive director of engineering group GKN and Brambles Industries, and in 2002, he was also made chairman of building materials group RMC....
...Brambles reported a 28 per cent drop in half-year profit on Monday....
...Brambles, which owns pallets and shipping containers, fell by 11.7 per cent to A$5.65 after saying profit dropped sharply in the first half of the year....
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