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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 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...
Asian currencies slide in first weekly loss this year Taipei Times | Asian currencies had this year’s first weekly loss after European leaders held back a bailout package for Greece, sapping demand for emerging-market assets. | The Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Dollar Index fell 0.5 percent this week, led by the Indian rupee’s biggest drop since December, as data showed Chinese and Philippine exports shrank, while M...
