23.10.2012
- DuPont reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and announced 1,500 job cuts as part of a cost savings program designed to offset falling sales around the world...
18.10.2012
- Chemicals producer PPG Industries posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as cost cuts helped offset nearly flat revenue. For the third quarter, net income rose...
18.10.2012
- Hopes for a key new heart and lung drug overshadowed nine-month results from Actelion, which showed a modest 4% slide in sales of the Swiss group's current mainstay Tracleer...
18.10.2012
- Cash-strapped Europeans are cutting back on decorating, leading Dutch group AkzoNobel to take a €2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) writedown on its 2008 purchase of Dulux paint maker ICI...
17.10.2012
- Abbott Laboratories reported mixed quarterly results, with earnings topping estimates but sales missing expectations as growth slowed for its Humira arthritis drug and other...
17.10.2012
- Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world's biggest petrochemicals group by market value, posted a 23% slump in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday, citing lower product...
16.10.2012
- Johnson & Johnson reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Tuesday, as pharmaceutical sales rebounded with the help of newer products, including treatments for prostate...
16.10.2012
- Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding is banking on a new generation of breast cancer medicines to drive sales growth after strong demand for its established cancer treatments helped it to...
