Aug 25

The Chinese company Geely Automobile Holdings Wednesday reported a 35% rise in interim profits, higher than expected, but is facing a slowdown in sales due to increased competition in the biggest car market world.
The automaker, whose parent company Zhejiang Geely bought Volvo to Ford, posted a net profit of 804.85 million yuan (94 [...]

Aug 23

Asahi Breweries and SABMiller are interested in operating in the Australian beer Foster's Group, valued over 10 billion dollars (7.9 billion euros), but no formal offer has yet been made, it was Monday learned from sources close to the matter.
The Sunday Times reported Sunday that SABMiller, the second brewer in the world, was [...]

Jul 29

Publicis has raised its expectations for 2010 after having exceeded expectations in the first half to gain the favor of budgets and increased spending of its customers.
The third group in terms of global advertising revenues for 2010 it now expects organic growth above the rate of 3.5% estimated for the global market through [...]

Jul 22

The Paris Bourse has picked lower Thursday in the opening exchanges in the wake of Wall Street affected by pessimistic about Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on U.S. growth.
At 9:28, the CAC 40 was down 0.36% to 3481.19 points.
Rodamco Unibail-resistant, with a gain of 2.9%, largest increase in ACC after the announcement [...]

Jul 15

Global growth will slow in the coming months, in the wake of China and the United States, because of austerity plans implemented in various countries, according to a Reuters poll.
However, several Asian countries, like India and South Korea, should yield better performance this year that envisioned a few months ago.
Ultimately, the [...]

Jul 13

The stock starts up slightly Tuesday after five sessions of consecutive increase, supported by Alcoa, which started the season with a publication of the results better than expected.
But the continued restrictions on some Chinese real estate loans should limit growth.
At 9:27, the CAC 40 gained 0.26% to 3576.98 points, after 6.16% [...]

Jun 17

Spain is the subject of any concerns this week. Financial Times highlights the massive refinancing of Iberian banks from the ECB while El Econmista, a Spanish newspaper, described the preparation of a plan with 250 billion euros to avoid a crisis of "liquidity". A rumor that only reinforce the arrival of Dominique Strauss-Kahn in [...]