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Variety collection of diamond jewellery such as ring, chain, necklace and many more are displayed for sale at a mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
(photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
Sale of luxury goods climbs
The Florida Times Union
| BALTIMORE | It’s no longer taboo to spend money lavishly if sales of high-end goods are any indicator. And that was a good omen for retailers this Valentine’s Day. | A resurgence in spending by the luxury consumer was expected to benefit stores that sell accessories, jewelry and appare...
A booth selling used mobile phones such as iPhone, Blackberry and more others were found at a mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
(photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
iPhone Sales May Slip In 2012, Gartner Research Finds
Huffington Post
| (Reuters) - Apple, which became the world's largest smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter, will see its iPhone market share slipping for a couple of quarters as the novelty of its latest 4S model runs out, research firm Gartner said on Wednesday. | Apple saw its iPhone sales more than double in ...
Renault earnings down on lower asset sales
Fresno Bee
| PARIS -- Renault SA saw its earnings fall in 2011 compared to a year earlier when the French car maker booked an exceptional euro2 billion ($2.62 billion) gain on the sale of part of its stake in Sweden's Volvo AB. | France's number two car maker a...
Cold weather boosting retail sales in Poland
Warsaw Business Journal
| 16th February 2012 | ...
Ericsson completes sale of joint venture to Sony
m&c
| Stockholm - Sweden's Ericsson said Thursday it had completed the sale of its 50-per-cent stake in mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson to Japan's Sony for 1.05 million euros (1.36 million dollars). | The deal, announced in October, was completed Wednes...
European car sales plunge in January amid austerity campaigns
m&c
| Berlin - The European new car market contracted sharply at the start of the year with auto registrations falling 7.1 per cent in January compared with the same month last year, the European Automobile Association said Friday. | This fall resulted i...
Renault earnings down on lower asset sales
The Tribune San Luis Obispo
| Renault SA saw its earnings fall in 2011 compared to a year earlier when the French car maker booked an exceptional euro2 billion ($2.62 billion) gain on the sale of part of its stake in Sweden's Volvo AB. | France's number two car maker after Peug...
Renault says 2011 earnings fall to $2.62 billion after Volvo sale boosted year earlier profit
Star Tribune
| PARIS - Renault SA saw its earnings fall in 2011 compared to a year earlier when the French car maker booked an exceptional euro2 billion ($2.62 billion) gain on the sale of part of its stake in Sweden's Volvo AB. | France's number two car maker af...
In this April 23, 2010 photo, a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site is seen near Burlington, Pa., in Bradford County. So vast is the wealth of natural gas locked into dense rock deep beneath Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and Ohio that some geologists estimate it's enough to supply the entire East Coast for 50 years.
AP / Ralph Wilson
Chesapeake Energy eyes $12 billion in asset sales
Ohio
| Chesapeake Energy Corp., the second-biggest U.S. natural gas producer with operations in Ohio, is seeking as much as $12 billion from asset sales and joint ventures to cope with ...
Samsung Galaxy Tab
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Apple seeks US ban on Samsung Galaxy Nexus sales
Business Journal
| Apple last week opened a new front in its escalating battle with Samsung Electronics over smartphone patents. | The Cupertino company asked a California court in San Jose to issu...
Samsung Galaxy Tab
WN / Yolanda Leyba
Apple wants U.S. Samsung Galaxy Nexus sales halted
Business Journal
| Apple Inc. has asked a California court in San Jose to issue a preliminary injunction to block sales of Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Nexus smartphone, arguing that it infring...
Renault says 2011 earnings fall to $2.62 billion after Volvo sale boosted year earlier profit
Orlando Sentinel
PARIS (AP) — Renault SA saw its earnings fall in 2011 compared to a year earlier when the French car maker booked an exceptional euro2 billion ($2.62 billion) gain on the sale of part of its stake in Sweden's Volvo AB. | France's number two car...
Renault earnings down on lower asset sales
The Charlotte Observer
| PARIS Renault SA saw its earnings fall in 2011 compared to a year earlier when the French car maker booked an exceptional euro2 billion ($2.62 billion) gain on the sale of part of its stake in Sweden's Volvo AB. | France's number two car maker afte...
Renault earnings down on lower asset sales
my SA
| PARIS (AP) — Renault SA saw its earnings fall in 2011 compared to a year earlier when the French car maker booked an exceptional euro2 billion ($2.62 billion) gain on the sale of part of its stake in Sweden's Volvo AB. | France's number two car m...
Stock
Zynga Online Games
(photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Zynga's 4th quarter beats Wall Street view
Canada Dot Com
  | (Reuters) - Zynga Inc reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue, but the developer of social media games like FarmVille failed to add new daily players compared with last quarter. | Zynga said on Tuesday in its first financial results as a public company that it had fourth-quarter revenue of $311.2 million. Analysts, on average, had...



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