Iliad Tuesday reported a significant improvement in profitability in the first half thanks to a quicker recovery than expected from its subsidiary, Alice, restructuring since it was bought 18 months ago.
The Internet service provider, which owns the brand Free, has published a net profit of 171.4 million euros, signing an improvement of 27% [...]
The biotechnology company Allergan Inc. specializes in the manufacture of Botox is currently used to treat wrinkles, or breast implants could be a target for a major pharmaceutical company through a tender offer (OPA).
This probability has indeed risen sharply since last month and the presumed interest of the French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis U.S. [...]
Singapore Airlines, world's second largest airline by market value, said that the resumption of passenger and freight is expected to continue in the near future, having reported earnings above expectations for the first quarter.
The group reported a net profit of 253 million Singapore dollars (143 million euros) for the quarter April to June, [...]
U.S. Laboratories Eli Lilly and Bristol-Myers Squibb on Thursday posted quarterly results above expectations, despite a tighter price controls in Europe, fluctuations in exchange rates and costs of health reform in the U.S. .
Eli Lilly has taken its game in the second quarter thanks to cost control and higher prices in the U.S. [...]
The Thai Berli Jucker main conglomerate said Wednesday he was keen to bid for Carrefour's local activities within the framework of its development.
"We expect the details of the tender of Carrefour, said Asavin Techacharoenvikun, CEO of Berli Jucker reporters.
Carrefour has already indicated its desire to separate its operations in Malaysia, Singapore [...]
Novartis AG Thursday unveiled figures in line with expectations in the second quarter of 2010 but has attracted attention in revising upward its forecasts for the current year.
The laboratory in Basel now expects growth at constant exchange rates, its revenues would fall between the middle and upper range of a single-digit rate (excluding [...]
The tire manufacturers and chemists are working hard to develop a tire "green" new generation trucks could boost their revenues at a time when environmental pressure promises be still higher.
Analysts and experts interviewed by Reuters argue that the issue relates to several billion dollars over the next decade even if technical and economic [...]
The Nikkei ended down 2.04% Wednesday, falling to a low of seven months due to a strong aversion to risk caused by both the decline posted Wednesday on Wall Street and by the disturbing news in from China.
The Nikkei lost 191.04 points to 9,191.60 and the broader TOPIX, surrendered 13.03 points (1.55%) to [...]
Financial markets are again under tension, as investors worried always the budgetary situation of the euro area and the funding of banks in the region that ends Thursday, so an important program refinancing established by the European Central Bank (ECB) last year.
The financial institutions in the euro area will thus have to reimburse [...]
Some 300,000 consumers in 2010 could face a cut of their supply of natural gas, due to inability to pay their bills, 30 times more than in 2008, the company said Monday GrDF, manager of network distribution of natural gas .
"The number of cases of unpaid breaks to grow from 10,000 in [...]