<div id="subtitle">German drug company Bayer 4Q net profit up 58 percent to euro106 million</div><div><p>German drug and chemical maker Bayer AG reported Tuesday a 58 percent jump in fourth quarter net profit despite difficult market conditions, and said it expected further growth at ...
<div><p>South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor said Sunday its subsidiaries in China posted record monthly sales in January despite waning global auto demand due to the economic downturn.</p><p>Hyundai said sales by its Chinese unit rose 35 percent year-on-year to 42,790 vehicles last ...
AP Source: Chrysler to report small sales increase in February compared with last year A person briefed on the numbers says Chrysler Group LLC will report a slight sales increase when it releases February figures. The rise would be Chrysler's first year-over-year ...
<div><p><p>Most people are probably unaware of it, but on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, handguns, rifles and shotguns will be sales tax free in South Carolina. State lawmakers passed a bill in June that includes the sales tax holiday on firearms. ...
<div id="subtitle">Taiwan chip-maker TSMC lowers fourth quarter sales forecast amid economic slump</div><div><p>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest chip contractor, lowered its fourth quarter sales forecast by 8.6 percent, as the global economic slowdown continued to cut demand for wafers.</p>< ...
<div id="subtitle">Reports: Toyota to cut global sales target for 2009 to around 8 million</div><div><p>Toyota Motor Corp. will sharply cut its global sales target for 2009 to around eight million vehicles, hit by nose-diving demand amid a deepening global downturn, reports said Thursday.</p>< ...
<div id="subtitle">Survival tactics accelerate as retailers fear deeper slump; who'll be shopping in January?</div><div><p>Retailers are accelerating their use of survival tactics — slashing prices further and pulling merchandise off shelves to send to liquidators — as the number of holiday shopping days ...
<div><p>German pharmaceutical and chemical company Merck KGaA said Monday that its first-quarter net profit dropped by 76 percent as demand for chemicals declined due to the world economic slump.</p><p>Darmstadt-based Merck said net profit for the January-March quarter fell to euro57 million ($75 ...
<div id="subtitle">Toyota executive says US, European sales in serious trouble, denies lowering goals</div><div><p>Shares of Toyota Motor Corp. plunged Wednesday following a major business daily report that Toyota may have trouble meeting global vehicle sales targets.</p><p>But Toyota declined to comment ...
<div id="subtitle">F5 Networks gives 1Q profit outlook above, sales target below Wall Street's expectations</div><div><p>F5 Networks Inc., whose products manage and route computer network traffic, said Wednesday it expects fiscal first-quarter earnings of 26 cents to 27 cents per share, above Wall Street's ...
