Daimler disappointed the market despite strong quarterly results

Daimler on Friday issued an operating profit higher than expected first quarter but still disappointed investors excited about the latest results of the competition.
The action yielded 1.88% to 52.09 euros by 0900 GMT, underperforming the European sector index, fell 1%.
Operating earnings of Daimler as a whole was up by 71% to [...]

Quarterly revenue rose to Thomson Reuters

Information group Thomson and Reuters financial data saw an increase in its sales accelerate in the first quarter, reaping the fruits of its major investments in new products.
The group announced include the sale of two additional assets to fund its future investments.
Thomson Reuters hopes to draw such a billion dollars from [...]

Up 6.8% of quarterly sales of Havas, no 2011 forecast

Havas announced Wednesday an organic growth of 6.8% of its income in the first quarter and indicated that the main performance indicators of the group were in line with expectations during the period.
The sixth largest advertising group achieved a turnover of 361 million euros in the first three months of the year with [...]

PSA and Renault fully reimburse the state Tuesday

PSA Peugeot Citroen and Renault Tuesday repay the entire loan of three billion euros that the state had consented to the two manufacturers to enable them to pass the crisis.
During a conference call with analysts held last Wednesday on the occasion of the publication of quarterly revenue of the group, the CFO of [...]

No further discussion with Vivendi's Canal + Lagardère

Vivendi did not reopen discussions with Lagardere on the possible acquisition of its 20% share in the television channel Canal +, said Jean-Bernard Levy, CEO of Group Telecom & Media in an interview published Thursday in the daily Le Figaro.
Vivendi wants to eventually be able to control all of its subsidiary, which owns [...]

Publicis confident for 2011, online sales in Q1

Publicis has always outperform the market in 2011, achieving growth of at least 5%, despite the events in Japan and the Middle East, said the CEO.
The third group worldwide in terms of advertising revenue on Thursday posted a turnover in line with expectations in the first quarter, supported by buoyant U.S. and the [...]

Despite mixed results, Wall Street ends higher

Wall Street closed higher Tuesday, but faced with mixed results companies according to sectors, following the decommissioning of the perspective of the United States to negative by ratings agency Standard & Poor's.
In this regard, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner played the card of appeasement, saying Tuesday that investors do not sulked U.S. debt, including [...]

France Telecom, Deutsche Telecom want to pool their purchases

France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom announced Monday the creation of a joint venture to pool their purchases, the two telecom operators expect 1.3 billion euros of annual savings within three years.
These potential savings would be less than EUR 900 million per year in the French incumbent operator, while its German partner could draw [...]

Wall Street occult BofA and Google through indicators

Encouraging indicators supported the U.S. stock indices and overshadowed the disappointing results posted by Google and Bank of America.
According to government statistics, the underlying inflation remained contained in March, while the monthly survey from the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters has shown that consumer morale rose more than expected in April.and
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Glencore launches IPO

Glencore, the giant commodities trading, Thursday launched the process of its initial public offering (IPO), a long overdue operation that could reach $ 12.1 billion (7.6 billion euros) if " greenshoe "is exercised.
The group will be listed in London and Hong Kong, confirmed in a document stating its intention to go public (Intention [...]