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May 21- Gap Inc's chairman and CEO said on Tuesday the U.S. retailer was ready to sign a global accord designed to prevent another deadly disaster in Bangladesh's garment industry, provided there were some "very minor accommodations."
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Western companies are scrambling to address public concerns about working conditions in Bangladesh. The NYT reports.
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May 2- Haverty Furniture Companies Inc:. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
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**GENERAL MOTORS CO, Wednesday close $30.18, up 4 pct premarket. **SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, Wednesday close $36.94, up 4 pct premarket. **FACEBOOK INC, Wednesday close $27.43, up 2 pct premarket.
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*Sees FY earnings/shr $2.65- $2.70 vs previous guidance $2.60- $2.70. The company now expects full-year adjusted earnings of $2.65 to $2.70 per share- at the upper half of its previous guidance of $2.60 to $2.70 per share.
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**GENERAL MOTORS CO, Wednesday close $30.18. **MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP, Wednesday close $14.65. **ACTAVIS INC, Wednesday close $104.39.
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The company's net profit rose to $72.3 million, or 59 cents per share, from $26.9 million, or 22 cents per share, a year earlier.
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May 1- Haverty Furniture Companies Inc:. *Haverty furniture company: havertys reports earnings for first quarter 2013. *Q1 earnings per share $0.36.
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LONDON, April 29- British discount fashion retailer Primark, which had a supplier based in a clothing factory in Bangladesh which collapsed last week, is to pay compensation to workers who were making its clothes.
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WELLINGTON, April 26- China has become New Zealand's biggest export market in the first quarter, adding lustre to their economic links since they inked a free trade deal five years ago and providing a vital source of growth for the South Pacific nation.
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Sales were essentially flat in North America, its largest market, and fell in Asia and Europe, Middle East and Africa. It expects 2013 industry unit shipments to stay flat in Europe, Middle East and Africa. In the United States, shipments are expected to rise 2 percent to 3 percent, and in Latin America and Asia, gain 3 percent to 5 percent.
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April 24- Whirlpool Corp, the world's largest appliance maker, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by cost cuts and price increases.
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April 24- Whirlpool Corp, the world's largest appliance maker, reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by cost cuts and price increases. The maker of Maytag and KitchenAid appliances said on Wednesday that first-quarter net earnings rose to $252 million, or $3.12 a share, from $92 million, or $1.17 a share, a year earlier.
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April 15- Winter clothing maker Canada Goose Inc has appointed investment bank Canaccord Genuity to explore options and perhaps tempt new investors as demand soars for its fashionable cold-weather gear, sources familiar with the situation said. Industry sources said the fast-growing Toronto- based company might consider an outright sale.
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*Traders estimate India has about 2.8 mln bales of stocks. But that picture could change after India said on Wednesday the state-run Cotton Corp of India would offload stocks in the open market.
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*China seen as not increasing yarn import duty. SINGAPORE, March 21- Chinese cotton industry officials downplayed the impact of the country's ballooning reserves on Thursday, a day after prices in New York fell more than 2 percent on plans by China and fellow Asian giant India to sell down stockpiles of the fiber.
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*China seen as not increasing yarn import duty. SINGAPORE, March 21- Chinese cotton industry officials downplayed the impact of the country's ballooning reserves on Thursday, a day after prices in New York fell more than 2 percent on plans by China and fellow Asian giant India to sell down stockpiles of the fiber.
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HONG KONG, Feb 8- One in five Chinese LED lighting companies may fail this year as falling prices and oversupply batter an industry that Beijing bankrolled to try to build an energy-efficient future.
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Swedish home appliances maker Electrolux said booming emerging markets and an improvement in North America would help offset poor sales and price pressure in Europe in 2013.
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STOCKHOLM, Feb 1- Swedish home appliances maker Electrolux said booming emerging markets and an improvement in North America would help offset poor sales and price pressure in Europe in 2013 after posting a smaller-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter earnings.
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*Sees 2013 profit of $9.25- $9.75/ share vs $9.17 estimate. Jan 31- Whirlpool Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and gave a strong outlook for 2013 on Thursday as price increases and cost cuts helped the world's largest appliance maker counter lackluster demand in Europe and North America.