Archive for the ‘calculation’ Category
September 3, 2010
Wall Street finished higher on Thursday, avoiding the profit-taking after surging the day before with the announcement of an unexpected recovery of promises in real estate sales and falling jobless claims. In volumes remain relatively low, the Dow Jones finished with a gain of 50.63 points, or 0.49%, to ...
August 31, 2010
Hermes International, which saw operating profit climb 52% in the first half thanks to strong sales of its leather and leather goods division, has revised marginally upwards its annual objectives. After a leap in its first half sales (+20% at constant exchange rates), the luxury goods group announced in ...
August 24, 2010
The Nikkei ended down 1.33% Tuesday, and passes for the first time in 15 months below the threshold of 9,000 points, foreign investors and hedge funds selling their securities, concerned about the inertia of Japanese authorities against the yen. The Nikkei lost 121.55 points to 8,995.14 points and the ...
July 31, 2010
Michelin announced a net profit in the first half, when it was lost a year earlier and said he expected a continued rebound in demand for tires in the second half of the year. The group, world leader with Japan's Bridgestone, has reached the first six months of 2010 ...
July 29, 2010
AstraZeneca announced the doubling of its program of share buybacks in 2010, encouraged by the publication of strong results and after the green light given by an expert panel of the U.S. Food Brilinta its anticoagulant, a blockbuster potential. The title earned more than 4% on the London Stock ...
July 28, 2010
Nexans Account return to profit on its overall performance, with a rebound expected sales in the second half after posting another loss during the first six months of the year. The group now expects an operating margin of 4.5% over the whole year after reaching its target of 4% ...
July 15, 2010
Novartis AG Thursday unveiled figures slightly better than expected second quarter 2010 but has attracted attention in revising upward its forecasts for the current year. Thanks to strong sales of vaccines, the group now expects growth at constant exchange rates, its revenues would fall between the middle and upper ...
July 9, 2010
We need more European integration and a new "architecture" of economic governance to reassure investors, said Friday the president of the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF). Jean-Pierre Jouyet doubts that Germany accepts one day an economic government for the euro area at Heads of State and Government. The ...
July 3, 2010
The U.S. economy is destroying jobs in June for the first time this year, with the end of thousands of temporary contracts in the public sector related to the identification and recruitment of fewer than expected in the private sector. It is a blow to Barack Obama's job is ...
June 28, 2010
Saint-Gobain announces the sale of his division advanced to the American Ceramics CoorsTek for 245 million dollars (199 million euros). The world of production and distribution of building materials said that the transfer was done as part of its commitment to focus on businesses with high technological content and ...