Half-year loss for Spyker, sales of the Saab brand morose

The Dutch manufacturer Spyker sports cars, which bought Sweden's Saab to GM, announced Friday that it had lost money in the first half and predicted annual sales of Saab in the bottom of its forecast range.
The group has however assured that he would not be obliged to undertake a recapitalization and that it [...]

Time Warner has exceeded expectations and raised its forecast

Time Warner publishes a quarterly profit above Wall Street expectations after posting the largest increase in sales for two years.
It also raised its forecast for the full year, saying that now rely on an increase of at least 20% of its current earnings per share.
The U.S. media group has achieved in [...]

Berli Jucker coveted assets Carrefour Thailand

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 [...]

Daimler will raise its forecasts after a strong second quarter

Daimler pledged on Friday to raise its earnings forecast 2010 before the end of the month after publishing strong preliminary results for the second quarter, supported by the results of its upscale subsidiary Mercedes-Benz.
The German carmaker said on Friday an operating profit of 2.1 billion euros for the period April to June, against [...]

The quarterly sales above expectations by Burberry

The UK retailer specializing in luxury Burberry Tuesday reported a turnover exceeding expectations under its first fiscal quarter due to strong demand in Asia and Europe.
Turnover rose 24% to 282 million pounds (337 million euros) for the period April to June, excluding currency effects and taking into account the restructuring of its Spanish [...]

Nissan aims to double the autonomy of its first hybrid vehicle

Nissan Motor said target a nearly two-fold increase of the autonomy of its first internally developed hybrid car compared to petrol models, while keeping its costs as low as possible through a simple single engine.
The third Japanese automaker, with French automaker Renault holds 43%, is expected to launch its year-end sedan "Infiniti M" [...]

Technip will pay $ 338 million for litigation in the USA

Technip will pay 338 million dollars (275 million euros) to settle litigation with the U.S. authorities on suspicion of having bribed Nigerian officials to win contracts in Nigeria, announced the Department of Justice.
Technip pay $ 240 million in criminal restitution and $ 98 million to settle lawsuits brought by the Securities and Exchange [...]

600 million euros to extend each nuclear reactor

The CEO of EDF, Henri Proglio, estimated at 600 million per reactor investment costs required to extend the life of the French nuclear power plants.
"I estimate at 600 million euros for each extension of the lifetime of nuclear power plants," he said in an interview published Saturday by the Latest News from Alsace. [...]

The phrase du jour – The postponement of the carbon tax, "a crime against humanity"

Former Socialist Prime Minister Michel Rocard on Wednesday described as "very bad news" the indefinite postponement of the carbon tax saying that "in ten years," we speak of "crime against humanity" about those who have "fallen behind".
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