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...The bleaker outlook reflected the divestitures of Waddington Group, its plastic packaging brands, and Rawlings Sportings Goods, as well as plans to sell its Pure Fishing and Jostens businesses....
...sporting goods, US playing cards and Rubbermaid outdoor products....
...It is also important, he says, that as the purveyor of a large number of sporting goods, he does not come across as a “cigar-chomping chief exec”....
...Peter Steiner, an analyst at Metzler Equities, says the CrossFit partnership was an intelligent move: “There are some positive signs and the new products are good.”...
...It is perhaps with good reason that Larry Ellison does not speak in public that often....
...Dick’s Sporting Goods reported second-quarter profits well ahead of expectations, with earnings up 87 per cent to $47.9m from $25.7m a year ago. The retailer’s shares rose 8.7 per cent to $60.43....
...prices for companies and by suggesting its financing relationships are so good that it will get money when others will not....
...What should regionally-based companies fear most: the local rival or the company in far-off China and India?...
...Without an international football tournament, the Npower test series - England v Bangladesh as well as the showdown against Australia - is likely to top the sporting bill....
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