Following the results of 2018, Henkel, the German chemical industrial company, realized a net profit of 2 billion 330 million euros, which is 8.3% less than in 2017. The company for the year reduced sales by 0.6%. Their volume amounted to 19 ...
In January, the fall in sales to the lowest since November 2015 level in the secondary housing market was recorded in the United States. According to the National Association of Realtors, the figure for December fell by 1.2% to 4 million 940 ...
Lenovo, the Chinese manufacturer of personal computers, following the results of the third financial quarter, which ended in December, reported a net profit of $233 million after a net loss of $289 million a year earlier. Profit exceeded the ...
British financial conglomerate Barclays has published its reports for the past year. According to the information based on these statements, the net profit of the bank before taxes decreased by 1% to 3 billion 494 million pounds, being below ...
In January, China’s non-financial companies reduced direct investment abroad by 15% from a year earlier to $9 billion 190 million, the country's Ministry of Commerce reported. The tightening of checks on the security of foreign investment in ...
In January, a slowdown in annual inflation rates was recorded in Germany to 1.4% from 1.6% in December, the country's statistical office reported. Compared to December, consumer prices fell by 0.8%. According to EU standards, consumer prices ...
The UK budget surplus in January reached a record size and, according to the British Office for National Statistics, amounted to 14 billion 900 million pounds. Revenues to the budget increased in annual terms by 9.8%. This was facilitated by ...
Annual inflation in Italy amounted to 0.9% in January, slowing from the December value of 1.1%, Istat statistics showed. Relative to the previous month, consumer price growth was 0.1%. The slowdown in inflation was mainly due to lower energy ...
The Ministry of Finance of Japan reported a decline in Japanese exports for the second month in a row, which is the first time since 2016. According to the ministry, in January, exports from the country decreased by 8.4% compared to the same ...
Ford Motors was engaged in the reorganization of business structures in Brazil as part of changes in the global business of the concern. Concern has planned 11 billion dollars for global restructuring. The American automaker announced that ...
The Ministry of Finance of Japan reported a decline in Japanese exports for the second month in a row, which is the first time since 2016. According to the ministry, in January, exports from the country decreased by 8.4% compared to the same ...
Swiss supplier of commodities, Glencore, following the results of 2018, reported the fall in net profit to 3 billion 408 million dollars (1.7 times). Revenues amounted to 219 billion 754 million dollars, showing an increase of 7%. Adjusted ...
The largest airline in Europe, Air France-KLM, published its report for 2018, according to which the French-Dutch company increased its net profit 2.5 times to 409 million euros. The annual growth rate was possible, despite the fact that the ...
Over the past 3 months, contracts for approximately 7.5 cubic meters per year have been concluded with suppliers of liquefied natural gas from the United States to Poland, US Ambassador to Poland, Georgette Mosbacher, said. According to her, ...
A survey conducted by the Confederation of British Industry, pointed to an increase in the number of manufacturing orders in the UK in February. The indicator was plus 6 points, rising from January value to minus 1 point. The forecast ...
In Germany, producer prices in January rose by 2.6% compared with the same period a year earlier, the Federal Statistical Office reported. Compared with the December price increase of 2.7%, inflation slowed in February. The forecast of experts ...
The International Aluminum Institute reported that for the first month of this year, the volume of aluminum production in the world was 1.1% less than in January last year. Its volume amounted to 5 million 304 thousand tons. In comparison with ...
Armenia’s GDP grew by 5.2% in 2018, slightly exceeding 6 trillion drams, the statistical office of the country reported. The most significant economic growth - by 9.9% - was achieved by the country in the first quarter. In subsequent ...
Following the results of 2018, the largest British mortgage bank, Lloyds Banking Group, realized a net profit of 4,400,000 pounds sterling. Over the year, the figure increased by 24%, but turned out to be lower than the forecast of 4,600,000 ...
According to the German Insurance Association (GDV), about 144 thousand car owners submitted applications to German insurance companies in 2018, demanding compensation for damages related to their expenses for lawyers, expertise and court costs, ...