Our 11% growth in operating income and adjusted EBITDA is an indication that our business model and competitive positioning continue to serve us well. We experienced good growth in Europe and China, modest growth in North America and a decline in …

… energy costs, credit ratings, the success of restructuring plans, currency translation and devaluation effects, the competitive environment, the effects of animal and food-related health issues, environmental matters, and regulatory actions and …

For the first quarter 2013, the company had a net loss of $78 million and $0.36 per share (basic and diluted), including $0.11 in foreign exchange losses in EMEA and Latin America and a $0.10 loss for the devaluation of the Venezuelan Bolivar. …. of …

Lower profitability in South America was primarily due to a higher level of planned furnace rebuild activity and a double digit devaluation of the Brazilian real. … debt at favorable terms, (3) the general political, economic and competitive …

Revenues in Guyana were also modestly impacted by an approximate 2% devaluation in local currency, the first the Company has experienced since 2004. … This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to, among other matters, our future …

NEW HAVEN – China's currency, the renminbi, has been weakening in recent months, resurrecting familiar charges of manipulation, competitive devaluation, and beggar-thy-neighbor mercantilism. In mid-April, the US Treasury expressed “particularly serious …

So I would say that manufacturing in Costa Rica is no longer quite as competitive as in other countries, but in some sectors Costa Rica is just not going to be as competitive because the energy production costs are very high. Roberto Artavia: The …

This is driving increased competition among blood centers, leading to changes our U.S. blood center customers had not contemplated as little as one year ago. Red cell transfusions in the U.S. continue to decline from approximately 40 for 1,000 of …

So we're going to continue to as the market leader, be the price leader and drive pricing and we don't hope for but we expect there will be some competitive scraping going along the way that we will in the short term maybe cost us some share growth …