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Eurostar Reports Continued Growth in Sales Revenues and Passenger Numbers

Eurostar, the high speed rail service between the UK and mainland Europe, has reported a good start to the year, with continued growth in sales revenues and passenger numbers. It reported that sales revenues are up 7% to GBP211 million from GBP197 million in Q1 2011. Passenger numbers are also up 4% to 2.24 million [...]

Chrysler Group First-Quarter 2012 Net Income More Than Quadrupled to $473 Million

Chrysler Group LLC reported preliminary net income of $473 million for the first quarter of 2012, up more than 300 percent from $116 million a year ago, driven primarily by its 40 percent increase in U.S. retail sales. “Another positive quarter – built on sales gains that have surpassed the industry average – is affirmation [...]

Seagate Technology Announces $2.5 Billion Share Repurchase

Seagate Technology announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to repurchase up to $2.5 billion of its outstanding ordinary shares (the “April 2012 Authorization”). Seagate, as a result of the April 2012 Authorization and other current repurchase authorizations, currently has a total authorized unutilized capacity for repurchases of approximately $3.5 billion under [...]

Lexmark increases quarterly dividend by 20 percent

Lexmark International announced at its Annual Meeting of Stockholders that its board of directors has approved an increase of the quarterly dividend per shares of Lexmark Class A Common Stock by $0.05 per share to $0.30 per share (or $1.20 per share on an annual basis) from the previous $0.25 per share (or $1.00 per [...]