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...Lindt bought domestic brand Russell Stover in 2014 to avoid just this sort of transatlantic difference....
...Excluding Russell Stover, the organic sales growth rate would have been 6.6 per cent, Lindt said. Sales in Germany and the UK – the two largest European markets – had been “very good”....
...Excluding the recent consolidation of results from US chocolate maker Russell Stover, which Lindt acquired in 2014, sales were up 4.4 per cent....
...In 2014, the company reported an operating margin – excluding the impact of the takeover of Whitman’s owner Russell Stover in July of that year – of 14.2 per cent....
...In 2014, Lindt acquired Russell Stover, a smaller US rival, for a rumoured $1.4bn. Mr Tanner reiterated Lindt’s mid- to long-term goal of organic sales growth of between 6 and 8 per cent a year....
...Lindt’s sales figures had been trailed last month: a 17 per cent rise on the first-time inclusion of US chocolate maker Russell Stover, or 9 per cent organically....
...These included sales from US confectionery maker Russell Stover, which it bought a year ago. Without the addition of Russell Stover, sales would have grown 9.4 per cent....
...Mr Stover said neither of the partners were likely to have the capital to buy out the entire division....
...Noble’s Mr Stover added that the company was not yet planning to step up drilling on its existing assets....
...As well as its eponymous boxed chocolate brand Russel Stover produces Whitman’s, and Pangburn’s of Texas....
...Last month Lindt, the Swiss chocolate-maker, agreed to buy American confectioner Russell Stover for a rumoured $1.4bn....
...(Financial Times) And a bid timeline for anyone into that kind of thing (Financial Times) Lindt & Sprüngli has agreed to buy its US rival Russell Stover in a deal that will significantly bolster the Swiss...
...Mr Annis joins from JPMorgan Asset Management and Mr Stover is moving from Kleinwort Benson....
...These facilities generally take corn stover – leaves and stalks left after maize harvesting – or other agricultural waste and break it down to make ethanol....
...The committee has summoned government officials, Brian Harrison, Solyndra’s chief executive, and Bill Stover, its chief financial officer, to a hearing next Wednesday ....
...In contrast, GM saw greater potential for lower costs from the newer technology of using biomass, such as straw and stover (the dried stalks and leaves of cereal crops) as offering the greatest potential...
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