Japanese electronics firm Sharp has issued a profit warning,expressing"material doubt"that it will be able to stay in business. Expecting to end the financial year in March 2013 with a net loss of Y450bn(3.5bn euros),Sharp's main problems ...
Danone has today(27 July)confirmed higher raw material costs hit margins in the first half of 2012,six weeks after surprising the market with a profit warning. The French food giant said trading operating margin fell 61 basis points to ...
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Weak markets and delays mean full-year sales are now expected to be nearly 10%lower than previous estimate. Stock slippage Thermal imaging giant FLIR Systems has issued a profit warning for its fiscal year 2012,blaming weak ...
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Philips chief executive,Frans van Houten Following on from its June profit warning,Philips has announced'disappointing'growth figures for its lighting division and overall losses of 1.3 billion. The company reports that worse than ...
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Kellogg said today (25 April) that its net profit dropped 2.2% in the first-quarter, as income was hit by weakness in Europe and higher raw material costs. For the three months ended 31 March, Kellogg's net income fell to US$358m from ...
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What a difference a year makes. In late 2010, solar panel makers were sold out, Germany was gobbling up record numbers of the clean energy systems, and new markets were steadily growing. Now, the erosion of subsidies in Germany and Italy, ...
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What a difference a year makes. In late 2010, solar panel makers were sold out, Germany was gobbling up record numbers of the clean energy systems, and new markets were steadily growing. Now, the erosion of subsidies in Germany ...
Tags: solar cell