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Putin authorizes oil supplies to friendly countries

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An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, on Oct 11, 2022, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. (PHOTO / FILE / AP) VLADIVOSTOK – Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized oil and oil product supplies to friendly countries under contracts signed before Feb 1, according to a decree published on Friday. The decree, which takes effect from Friday, amended a previous one Putin signed at the end of last year that banned Russian oil and oil product supplies to foreign entities if their contracts directly or indirectly involved a price cap imposed by Western countries. READ MORE:  Global refinery margins lose steam as Russian oil finds outlets In December 2022, the European Union placed a price cap of $60 per barrel on Russian seaborne crude oil, which was joined by the Group of Seven and Australia. source https://eastmud.com/latest-news

Five dead in Texas shooting, armed suspect on the loose

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In this photo taken on May 27, 2022, police officers speak near a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (PHOTO / AFP) A man shot dead five neighbors including an 8-year-old boy after some of them had asked him to stop shooting a semiautomatic rifle in his front yard in Cleveland, Texas, because it was keeping their baby awake, police said on Saturday. Police were still looking for the suspect, who used an AR-15-style rifle in the shooting late inside the neighbors' home on Friday, San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said. Sheriffs deputies were joined by FBI agents as they continued searching for the suspect, Francisco Oropeza, 38, in a nearby wooded area 18 hours after the attack Sheriffs deputies were joined by FBI agents as they continued searching for the suspect, Francisco Oropeza, 38, in a nearby wooded area 18 hours after the attack, Capers said. "We are tracking him with dogs and men on horseback and dro

Mohawk Industries 公佈第一季度業績

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佐治亞州卡爾霍恩, April 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — Mohawk Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MHK) 今日宣布 2023 年第一季度淨收益為 8000 萬美元,攤薄每股盈利 (EPS) 為 1.26 美元。扣除重組、收購和其他費用後,經調整淨收益為 1.12 億美元,經調整 EPS 為 1.75 美元。2023 年第一季度的淨銷售額為 28 億美元,據報告下降了 6.9%,以不變匯率按天計算降幅為 5.9%。2022 年第一季度,淨銷售額為 30 億美元,淨收益為 2.45 億美元,EPS 為 3.78 美元。扣除重組、收購和其他費用後,經調整淨收益為 2.46 億美元,經調整 EPS 為 3.78 美元。 在評論 Mohawk Industries 的第一季度業績時,公司董事長兼行政總裁 Jeffrey S. Lorberbaum 表示:「我們所有的業務都在調整策略以適應更具挑戰性的環境。我們在為短期和長期增長進行投資的同時,也在對成本進行管理。我們的收益超出預期,公司業務保持著更高的定價和更強勁的產品組合,全球其他地區地板業務分部的表現優於其他分部。商用渠道業務表現持續強於住宅業務,房屋改建項目被推遲,新房建設受到按揭利率上升的影響。我們的資產負債表依然穩健,本季度產生的自由現金流量達 1.29 億美元。」 為提高銷售額,我們在新產品創新方面做了戰略性投資,強化了商品展銷以及客戶貿易匯展活動。我們將透過提高生產力、簡化流程和控制管理費用來繼續降低整個企業的成本。我們的客戶對他們的存貨承諾仍表現保守,我們在較低的利用率水平下經營,致使未吸收的間接管理費用變為更高的成本。對於北美地板業務和全球其他地區地板業務,我們的重組舉措正在按計劃實施,應該會改善我們的業務業績。 我們將我們的資本投資限制在那些能夠產生顯著銷售額、利潤和流程改進的項目上。我們正在擴大我們曾受限品類的生產,這些品類在經濟好轉時具有最大增長潛力,包括豪華膠地板 (LVT)、高級層壓板、石英檯面、瓷板和隔熱產品。我們在巴西和墨西哥完成了兩項瓷類業務收購,其 2022 年的總銷售額約為 4.25 億美元,幾乎使我們現有的市場份額翻倍。我們正在制定增加銷售額的策略,並將開始整合業務以降低成本、提高效率和優化