Germany's Lufthansa reports 2nd-quarter profit of $252 million as ticket sales rise Orlando Sentinel BERLIN (AP) — Airline group Deutsche Lufthansa AG more than doubled its net earnings to €194 million ($252 million) in the second quarter as ticket sales and its cargo business recovered, the company said Thursday. | Earnings in the April-June period compared with last year's equivalent ...
Amazon Hopes New Kindles Stoke Sales The New York Times | Filed at 10:25 p.m. ET | SEATTLE (AP) -- Amazon.com hopes to entice consumers with a new smaller, lighter version of its Kindle e-reader, which can wirelessly download e-books over 3G cellular networks, and a cheaper Wi-Fi-only version. | Amazon says that it will start shipping the latest Kindle t...
Colgate-Palmolive 2nd-quarter net income climbs 7 percent on strong sales Hartford Courant NEW YORK (AP) — says its second-quarter net income rose more than 7 percent as it kept selling more of its Palmolive dish soap, Ajax cleanser and Colgate toothpaste. | The world's largest toothpaste maker has maintained sales of its name-brand ...
Nintendo slumps to loss as game sales fade The Boston Globe | TOKYO-Nintendo, maker of the Wii home console and DS handheld, slumped into the red last quarter as sales faded amid a strong yen and a lack of new game titles. | Kyoto-based Nintendo Co. said Thursday it suffered a loss of 25.22 billion yen ($289....
Nissan returns to profit on sales growth Kansas City Star Koji Sasahara A woman walks by a dealer of Nissan Motor Co. in Tokyo Thursday, July 29, 2010. Nissan veered back into the black for the fiscal first quarter as sales grew on a global auto recovery and stuck to its full year forecasts. More News | Nis...
Irn Bru maker, AG Barr, to increase sales BBC News The maker of Irn Bru has predicted sales will rise 13% in the first half of this year to £118m. | Cumbernauld-based AG Barr said the fine weather in the early summer had increased sales of soft drinks by 7.1%. | The company said that sales growth co...
Sales at Alessi and A&G Merch The New York Times | All Alessi bar accessories are being discounted 20 percent during August (the Pop wine cooler, originally $205, is $164; a set of three Banana Boys caps, shown, regularly $38, is $30; the 5052 Wine Cooler, originally $232, is $185); 130 Greene Stre...
The Scoop on Unauthorized Celeb Books: Fewer Sales ABC News The Associated Press | By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer | NEW YORK July 29, 2010 (AP) | In this book cover image released by St. Martin's Press, Andrew Morton's unauthorized biography "Angelina," is shown. (AP Photo/St. Martin's Press) (AP) | Put ...
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CIMB to give update on Seasam's stake sale The Star | Nazir: Selling more than 51% in bad bank would be nice | KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Group Holdings Bhd, the country's second largest bank by assets, will update investors on its plans to...
Kmart sales look up as it sidesteps stimulus carnage The Australian | THE Coles supermarket division may get all the attention, but Wesfarmers' other retail businesses are not doing too badly either. | In a quarter when Woolworths' market-lead...
California cigarette sales fall 8% The Business Review Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: ...
TSMC Sales, Profit Hit All-Time Highs in Second Quarter The New York Times | Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported its best quarterly net profit and sales ever in the second quarter, and predicted the third quarter will be even better. | The company's strong performance highlights the speed at wh...
France Telecom reports profit jump but sales slip Breitbart | A person enters the France Telecom office in Annecy-le-Vieux. France Teleco... | A person enters the France Telecom office in Annecy-le-Vieux. France Teleco... | A man uses a mobile phone in the centre of Paris. France Telecom reported a... | Franc...
Panasonic returns to black as appliance sales boom Breitbart | A model shows Panasonic's digital camcorder SDT750, right, capped with... | A model shows Panasonic's digital camcorder SDT750, right, and a 3-D conver... | TOKYO (AP) - Panasonic, Japan's biggest home appliance maker, returned to profit in its lat...
Schwarzenegger orders government worker furloughs Herald Tribune | SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday brought back furloughs for thousands of state workers until California passes a budget. | Schwarzenegger released a new executive order requiring state workers to take three unpaid days off per month starting next month. State workers were furloughed a total of 46 days when Schwarzenegg...
