Keyword: sales and profits

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Dow Chemical Q4 Profit Misses View

31.01.2013 - Dow Chemical posted lower-than-expected adjusted profit on Thursday, as demand withered for polyurethane and chlorine around the world, especially in China and Europe. For the...

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Novo Hikes Forecasts on Hopes for New Blockbuster Drug

31.01.2013 - The world's biggest insulin producer Novo Nordisk raised sales and profit forecasts for 2013 on hopes its new Tresiba drug will soon win approval in the United States and add...

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Shell Increases Dividend and Chases Growth

31.01.2013 - Anglo-Dutch oil company Royal Dutch Shell pledged an ambitious 4.7% increase in its quarterly dividend on Thursday and pushed ahead with plans to deliver more oil and gas, despite...

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Endo Health in Talks with Potential Buyers

31.01.2013 - Endo Health Solutions has held talks in recent weeks with drugmakers potentially interested in buying the maker of pain relief medication, people familiar with the matter said on...

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AbbVie Forecasts Slower Humira Growth

31.01.2013 - AbbVie, the pharmaceuticals business spun off earlier this month by Abbott Laboratories, forecast 2013 earnings in line with Wall Street forecasts but slowing sales growth for...

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AstraZeneca's New CEO Warns of Tough Year Ahead

31.01.2013 - AstraZeneca's new boss warned on Thursday the drugmaker faced a tough year in 2013, with sales expected to fall by a mid-to-high single digit percentage rate as patent expiries...

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Roche Cautious on Outlook after FY Earnings Lift

30.01.2013 - Swiss drugmaker Roche expects sales to hold up this year as strong sales of its top three cancer medicine and improvements in productivity pushed it to an 11 % rise in full-year...

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Pfizer Q4 Results Top Forecast

29.01.2013 - Pfizer on Tuesday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results, helped by rebounding sales in emerging markets, but the drugmaker forecast 2013 profit weaker than Wall...